Finnish mid-week

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Blues-TPS OVER 4? 1.725 2 units

TPS -? 2.150 2 units

3-7 -6.03

Right now Blues doesn't have a #1 coach , they fired Hannu Virta last week and hired Pekka Rautakallio instead but he is injured and won't be with a team any time soon. So as a back up help, Barry Smith from Detroit Red Wings is consulting them now, he was on his way from Russia to Detroit when he was hired, he did some consulting to the Blues when Virta was coaching. Barry didn't wan't to take any responsibility about coaching that's why he is just consulting before going back to Detroit.

Blues has just one win at regulation time, last week against IFK ( that, of course, was my 3 unit play ) and TPS has been playing better all the time. Best thing is Blues will play IFK day after = wednesday, and that game will be a paypack from last weeks 4-0 game, believe me.
Can't wait, centrebet had IFK 1.70 and i hope that Blues doesn't get new temporary coach before that.


?ss?t hired forward Jason Williams from Detroit Red Wings and Lukko got goalie Dwayne Roloson from Minnesota Wild. Either of them are not excepted to play tomorrow tuesday.

 

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Two more :

JYP - K?rp?t OVER 4? 1.676 2 units
K?rp?t -? 1.709 2 units

In the JYPs net tonight is Tommi Nikkil? their back up goalie who hasn't been too good through early season :

http://www.sm-liiga.fi/tilasto.asp?...arja=1303&maingroup=1&group=16&parm=0&kausi=0

he is on the bottom row and has allowed 4.21 goals/game and save% is 84,26. K?rp?t was supposed to have their back up in the net too, but line ups say that #1 B?ckstr?m will start.

Lukkos Dwayne Roloson is excepted to start tonight against ?ss?t. :yup

Good luck

 

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well, 3/4 +2.22 , i hope this is a sign of turning around this season.

Lukko won with Roloson, defenetly thing to look forward, he had 34 saves vs. ?ss?t's Scot Langkows 25.

Pelicans Nurminen had 49 saves and one goal against, opponent had 22 saves.


Big game tomorrow, maybe two...

6-8 -3.81

 

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Wednesday :

Tappara -? 2.08 4 units - Ilves

About these two games today, i see Tappara more clear winner than HIFK, still Tappara has better line ??
Ilves has lost four last, one of them with penalty shots. They have been allowing quite a lot of goals : 4-6-6-4-7 in last five and that is that i'm counting on today. Ilves won last local derby 6-1 ( both teams are from Tampere and they play in same ice-hall ), so it is
a revenge game to Tappara too. Mika Lehto, back-up, is in the net for Tappara, but has similar stats as Ilves first goalie Pitk?m?ki.


HIFK -? 1.709 3 units - Blues
OVER 4? 1.699 3 units

And second game, Blues won two weeks ago 4-0, IFK was in control of that game at first, two post shots and missed penalty shot, but Blues scored goals. Game was very physical and i hope tonight it is too because IMO it gives advantage to IFK. Blues had overtime winning game yesterday. They have played twice this season on next day and have lost to Pelicans 2-1 and Saipa 3-1.
In both games they have lost it in third period after leading both times. Back-up Jere Myllyniemi is in the net for Blues and he has played 5 games but haven't won yet; 2.41g/game.
IFK is missing Timo P?rssinen, last years #1 scorer. He is side lined at least 2-3 months, and i hope that makes other players to step up with their game, many of them haven't been playing with their full potential. Jarkko Ruutu ( Vancouver Canucks ) will take his place at the first line with Brett Harkins ( 1+10 in 13 games) with Kimmo Kuhta ( 9+2 13games ).

I really hope this time i hit it right, usually when putting up more units sh*t happens.... oh yeah, Blues new coach is Pekka Rautakallio and Smith assists him a few games.....

Good luck

 

[thepoolguy]

My play fizzled, so I will tail you, good luck to us.

 

[thepoolguy]

two and oh
way to go

 

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thanks Thepoolguy

Tappara game went as i thought and IFK game looked good until third period, Blues goalie was purely lucky and IFK's Stathos instead was good so under it went.

IFK was clearly holding back and saving them selves for fridays Jokerit and saturdays TPS games. Ruutu played well in first line and other lines were ok too, defense is getting their system to work.
There has been runours that Hannes Hyv?nen is going to be P?rssinen's "stunt man", let's see.


8-9 -0.363

 

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i took early play on HPK 2.170 x 3 units vs. Ilves tomorrow

Ilves had their #1 at the net tonight but was moved after 3 shots : 2-0 3.15 . Rask, their #2 had 34 saves and let 4 goals.
My wild guess is that Rask will start tomorrow, he played against IFK last week when i saw him play and i think he isn't that bad goalie, but he is so young and unexperienced.

 

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Montreals Saku Koivu signs with TPS, he has wrist injury but will be able to play in less than two weeks, major boost for TPS.
His father Jukka Koivu is TPS coach so this was more matter of time.

 

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Tuukka Rask will start at Ilves goal tonight, let's see if he finishes that game ? In last two goalie has been switched in some point of the game.

Back up Miikka Wiikman is in for HPK, he has played well, 7 games, 12 goals against with 94.31s%.

Last six Ilves games has had 53 goals, other team has scored 34... Last five 6-7-5-6-6 allowed goals :nooo: But 19 scored goals in 6 isn't that bad.

HPK won first meating at home 4-0, only worrying thing i see at this over is that does Ilves score any goals ? I doubt that HPK scores six or more.

and btw i think this is Rasks first back to back game.

Adding HPK-Ilves over 5? 2.020 2 units