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What I Bet - Thursday May 21st
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- Straight Outta Vegas AM
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- May 21, 2026
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Summary
Griffin Warner talks betting for Thursday. Griffin Warner — Real_G Warner across all social media — is back with a full Thursday slate on the What I Bet podcast, part of the Pregame.com Podcast Network on the Straight Outta Vegas AM feed, and tonight he is here to set you up right before Memorial Day weekend with sharp analysis on every relevant game on the board. On the hockey side, Griffin recaps the Vegas Golden Knights' Game 1 win over Colorado — breaking down how the Cale Makar and Mark Stone injury situations shaped the market in real time — before turning his full attention to the Eastern Conference Finals opener between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Montreal Canadiens. Carolina enters as heavy minus 194 favorites with 11 to 12 days of rest and a perfect 8-0 playoff record, while Montreal is battle-tested but weary after two consecutive road Game 7 victories, including a grueling overtime escape against Buffalo that Griffin argues should have been closed out in five games. Griffin pushes back on the Carolina price, questioning whether nearly two dollars in the playoffs is justified given home-ice limitations, a less-than-packed arena, and a Canadiens team with a defensively disciplined identity that historically suppresses scoring. He digs into goaltender Jakub Dobes — the rookie who joins Ken Dryden as the only goalies ever to win multiple road Game 7s in a single playoff year — and raises the real concern that Carolina's volume-shooting style could frustrate Dobes into a penalty, while also acknowledging the confidence a goalie builds when easy saves pile up early. The team total sits at 6 with heavy under juice, and Griffin lands firmly on Under 6 as his official What I Bet best bet. The MLB card covers six games: Joey Cantillo vs. Casey Mize in Cleveland a…