Game starts in 15 mins. I know SIA and 5dimes and I think Canbet offer lines on the prelim round. Latvia MUST WIN to advance. They are done if they tie. Line was -1/2 -111 at SIA. Check it out. Latvia is probably the better overall team from what I've seen but Germany has the hot goalie. Game airs int he US on CNBC at 6 PST.
Irbe will play for Latvia tonight
- Thread starter Nick Douglas
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For those who are curious, I am playing this one at Latvia 250/225 at SIA. $250 is the max bet at SIA.
Nick,
Latvia is in a great position here to win. They will easily put pressure on teh Germans defence. Look for a 3-1 Latvia victory
Latvia is in a great position here to win. They will easily put pressure on teh Germans defence. Look for a 3-1 Latvia victory
My sincere apologies to anyone who followed me on this play. I may even shut down handicapping this year's Olympics. I watched both games from both teams and I saw a German team that got lucky to win a game controlled by Slovakia and then barely pulled it out against a very average looking Austrian team. Latvia looked great against Austria and then played the Slovaks fairly square. They had Irbe coming in and he played a strong game last time out against the Kings.
Where I completely misread this game is that the bigger, more physical teams have been pulling out victories by clogging up the neutral zone and forcing the smaller teams to dump and chase. I hope this squashes all the talk of removing the red line in the NHL, too, because if you think too many teams play the neutral zone trap now, imagine if they took the red line out for two line passes and that was the only real way to defend speedy players from breakaways.
If I do play any more games in these Olympics I am going to strongly look at playing teams with size that play a more physical game. I actually think this helps the U.S. and Russia more than Canada or the Czechs if this trend continues in the medal round.
Where I completely misread this game is that the bigger, more physical teams have been pulling out victories by clogging up the neutral zone and forcing the smaller teams to dump and chase. I hope this squashes all the talk of removing the red line in the NHL, too, because if you think too many teams play the neutral zone trap now, imagine if they took the red line out for two line passes and that was the only real way to defend speedy players from breakaways.
If I do play any more games in these Olympics I am going to strongly look at playing teams with size that play a more physical game. I actually think this helps the U.S. and Russia more than Canada or the Czechs if this trend continues in the medal round.
