YTD 71-51-7 +38.40 Units
Yes this is my first 10 Unit play of the year. I have been looking at this game since the Pens made that Kovalev trade on Monday. I was waiting to post until I had as much info as I could have in regards to the teams line-ups.
Even though I am from Ottawa many of you know I bet with my head and not my heart. I have played against the Sens this year on about 6-7 occasions and other times I have not bothered to play on them at all.
Many things to look at for tonight. First, the Pens defence. With the trade on Monday the Pens defence is even more pathetic than it already was. They traded Ference to the Flames and Laukannen and Wilson to the Rangers. Outside of Tarnstrom the Pens traded away their next 2 best D. They got in return two defenceman who could not make many teams in the league. As it stands now the Pens D for tonight looks like this:
Heins/Tarnstrom/Bouchard/Pushor/Bergevin/Jonsson or Moran who has not scored a goal in all 55 games this year. Are you kidding me, this looks like an AHL defence. Maybe we will be watching the Scranton Wilkes-barre Penguins tonight and not the Pittsburgh Penguins.
To have 3 new D playing tonight you know all the defence pairings will make mistakes, plain and simple. You can not have that kind of turnover period, it would be bad enough if they had 3 new guys tonight playing from their system due to injuries but these are 3 new guys who have never played on this team before nor with anyone of the guys at any point in their career.
Secondly, the Sens are rested for the first time in 2 months and have not played since Sat. This team is poised to finish first in the Eastern Conference and even though Pitt is 4 points out of a playoff spot with the line-up they will icing tonight they most likely would be last in the Eastern Conference. Add in the fact that Straka is out tonight and Morozov is done for the year, who the hell is going to score for this team. Manderville, Donovan, Robitaille, McKenna, Fata, Rozsival, Kraft, Primeau or Samuelsson....not a chance. These guys are all career 3rd or 4th line guys. Now you are asking them to be 1st or 2nd line guys. The only skilled players for the Pens are Mario, Hrdina and maybe Nieminen but he only has 16 pts. this year.
Lalime is the confirmed starter for the Sens tonight and is keen to get back in after a week off. Hedberg goes for the Pens. Schaefar and Schastlivy are out for the Sens.
Sens never take the opposition lightly as Jacques always has them well prepared. Sens are wearing their 3rd jerseys tonight and they have a record of 6-1-2 when wearing them.
The Sens speed and skill will dominate a weak Pens team. As well, there is an article in todays paper stating that fans might boycott the Pens game tonight. Sens by 3 goals tonight. They pull away in the second period.
Ott. -.5(-135) 10 Units**********
GLTA!
HORNS
Yes this is my first 10 Unit play of the year. I have been looking at this game since the Pens made that Kovalev trade on Monday. I was waiting to post until I had as much info as I could have in regards to the teams line-ups.
Even though I am from Ottawa many of you know I bet with my head and not my heart. I have played against the Sens this year on about 6-7 occasions and other times I have not bothered to play on them at all.
Many things to look at for tonight. First, the Pens defence. With the trade on Monday the Pens defence is even more pathetic than it already was. They traded Ference to the Flames and Laukannen and Wilson to the Rangers. Outside of Tarnstrom the Pens traded away their next 2 best D. They got in return two defenceman who could not make many teams in the league. As it stands now the Pens D for tonight looks like this:
Heins/Tarnstrom/Bouchard/Pushor/Bergevin/Jonsson or Moran who has not scored a goal in all 55 games this year. Are you kidding me, this looks like an AHL defence. Maybe we will be watching the Scranton Wilkes-barre Penguins tonight and not the Pittsburgh Penguins.
To have 3 new D playing tonight you know all the defence pairings will make mistakes, plain and simple. You can not have that kind of turnover period, it would be bad enough if they had 3 new guys tonight playing from their system due to injuries but these are 3 new guys who have never played on this team before nor with anyone of the guys at any point in their career.
Secondly, the Sens are rested for the first time in 2 months and have not played since Sat. This team is poised to finish first in the Eastern Conference and even though Pitt is 4 points out of a playoff spot with the line-up they will icing tonight they most likely would be last in the Eastern Conference. Add in the fact that Straka is out tonight and Morozov is done for the year, who the hell is going to score for this team. Manderville, Donovan, Robitaille, McKenna, Fata, Rozsival, Kraft, Primeau or Samuelsson....not a chance. These guys are all career 3rd or 4th line guys. Now you are asking them to be 1st or 2nd line guys. The only skilled players for the Pens are Mario, Hrdina and maybe Nieminen but he only has 16 pts. this year.
Lalime is the confirmed starter for the Sens tonight and is keen to get back in after a week off. Hedberg goes for the Pens. Schaefar and Schastlivy are out for the Sens.
Sens never take the opposition lightly as Jacques always has them well prepared. Sens are wearing their 3rd jerseys tonight and they have a record of 6-1-2 when wearing them.
The Sens speed and skill will dominate a weak Pens team. As well, there is an article in todays paper stating that fans might boycott the Pens game tonight. Sens by 3 goals tonight. They pull away in the second period.
Ott. -.5(-135) 10 Units**********
GLTA!
HORNS
