I know I will get people calling me crazy here, but I think NHL is the only game where you have to vary your units played on games to make a profit. The favorites do cover more in the NHL than in any other sport, but they get extremely expensive very quicky in pucks, I have already seen lines at -250 which is suicide in the long run, but bumping a play to 2 or 3 units when you really like a favorite of -140 or less is OK in my book. Personally I only bet a favorite at home, I just don't like playing road chalk in the NHL. I will also take +.5 on a dog IF I DO NOT CROSS THE JUICE LINE, meaning I don't want to lay even 10 cents juice when I could be getting +money if I take em straight up, I will just live with the tie if that happens, on the opposite side I am willing to lay the half goal if it crosses the line from laying juice to getting juice, personally I think losing the occasional tie is worth the estra money I make on winning bets, and don't forget the money you save when your favorite loses outright. NHL more than anything is about the juice you are laying or not laying, it is similar to baseball in that sense, but in bases you are betting different pitchers every night, and bullpens come in to play along with weather, wind, etc... in hockey the goalie may change now and then, but for the most part what you see is what you get.
Penguinfan