YTD: 3 - 4 - 2 = -1.37 units
first off, happy thanksgiving from ME to all of ya!!!!
plays to come later.
first off, happy thanksgiving from ME to all of ya!!!!
plays to come later.
Monday Nhl:
- Thread starter TORONTO-VIGILANTE
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gonna wait and see what the board thinks of the games today....
kinda tricky....a few of these games....
1) tor / pitts : pitts has revenge in this game, and beat the rangers handily....toronto lost to ottawa on a crappy late goal....
my lean is undecided.
2) calg / vancouver : calgary has revenge motivation in this game....but i CAN see them losing to vancouver twice in one week...
LEAN: undecided.
3) PHX / COLUM : PHNX dyin for a win, but their offense hasn't gelled yet....and PHNX on the road.
UNDECIDED.
4) BOST / COLORADO : boston looks bad too..and in need of a win....they may surprise COLORADO...? BUT, then there's the SAKIC factor.
leaning towards COLORADO, but the high price....??? -150.
we'll see.
kinda tricky....a few of these games....
1) tor / pitts : pitts has revenge in this game, and beat the rangers handily....toronto lost to ottawa on a crappy late goal....
my lean is undecided.
2) calg / vancouver : calgary has revenge motivation in this game....but i CAN see them losing to vancouver twice in one week...
LEAN: undecided.
3) PHX / COLUM : PHNX dyin for a win, but their offense hasn't gelled yet....and PHNX on the road.
UNDECIDED.
4) BOST / COLORADO : boston looks bad too..and in need of a win....they may surprise COLORADO...? BUT, then there's the SAKIC factor.
leaning towards COLORADO, but the high price....??? -150.
we'll see.
havent even looked at lines, just reading a bit...
PITTSBURGH
Fueled by the 6-0 loss to the Maple Leafs in the opener Thursday, Coach Rick Kehoe fulfilled his vow to make changes to the lineup and line combinations. He replaced Vujtek, Laukkanen and Jonsson with LW Dan LaCouture, D Marc Bergevin and D Dick Tarnstrom. He also shook up all four lines: C Mario Lemieux was with LW Aleksey Morozov and RW Alexei Kovalev, C Randy Robitaille with LW Jan Hrdina and RW Alexandre Daigle, C Wayne Primeau with LaCouture and RW Ville Nieminen, and C Kent Manderville with LW Steve McKenna and RW Shean Donovan. The defense pairings were all new, as well: Josef Melichar and Jamie Pushor, Bergevin and Michal Rozsival, and Tarnstrom and Ian Moran.
Kehoe declined to criticize any of the three healthy scratches, although one comment he made was telling. He said Vujtek and Laukkanen would be taking the pregame warmup and might not be scratched, but he added of Jonsson, "Hans is out for sure. Definitely." Jonsson posted a minus-3 rating against Toronto and displayed little confidence with or without the puck. "We needed an overall change," Kehoe said. "We have extra guys, and the coaching staff felt it was time for them to get their opportunity to get in and show what they can do. Anytime you lose, you always have to make a couple of changes, especially the way that first game went."
For all that went right for the Penguins last night, it might have been easy to miss that they allowed almost no odd-man breaks. Toronto, by contrast, skated down the ice three-on-two or two-on-one countless times in the opener. The Penguins' defense made a concerted effort to stay back. "Odd-man breaks will kill you, especially when you give them up to great players," Bergevin said.
Mario Lemieux had an instructional chat with linemates Aleksey Morozov and Alexei Kovalev yesterday morning, but it might as well have applied to all the Penguins.
The order was Hockey 101:
Go to the net.
"That would be a big plus," he said a few hours before faceoff against the New York Rangers last night at Mellon Arena. "That would certainly open things up for me. That's what I'm used to. I don't need two shooters in the slot. I need one going to the net and the other to be ready for a quick pass. Hopefully, something's going to change, and I think my two wingers understand that."
PITTSBURGH
Fueled by the 6-0 loss to the Maple Leafs in the opener Thursday, Coach Rick Kehoe fulfilled his vow to make changes to the lineup and line combinations. He replaced Vujtek, Laukkanen and Jonsson with LW Dan LaCouture, D Marc Bergevin and D Dick Tarnstrom. He also shook up all four lines: C Mario Lemieux was with LW Aleksey Morozov and RW Alexei Kovalev, C Randy Robitaille with LW Jan Hrdina and RW Alexandre Daigle, C Wayne Primeau with LaCouture and RW Ville Nieminen, and C Kent Manderville with LW Steve McKenna and RW Shean Donovan. The defense pairings were all new, as well: Josef Melichar and Jamie Pushor, Bergevin and Michal Rozsival, and Tarnstrom and Ian Moran.
Kehoe declined to criticize any of the three healthy scratches, although one comment he made was telling. He said Vujtek and Laukkanen would be taking the pregame warmup and might not be scratched, but he added of Jonsson, "Hans is out for sure. Definitely." Jonsson posted a minus-3 rating against Toronto and displayed little confidence with or without the puck. "We needed an overall change," Kehoe said. "We have extra guys, and the coaching staff felt it was time for them to get their opportunity to get in and show what they can do. Anytime you lose, you always have to make a couple of changes, especially the way that first game went."
For all that went right for the Penguins last night, it might have been easy to miss that they allowed almost no odd-man breaks. Toronto, by contrast, skated down the ice three-on-two or two-on-one countless times in the opener. The Penguins' defense made a concerted effort to stay back. "Odd-man breaks will kill you, especially when you give them up to great players," Bergevin said.
Mario Lemieux had an instructional chat with linemates Aleksey Morozov and Alexei Kovalev yesterday morning, but it might as well have applied to all the Penguins.
The order was Hockey 101:
Go to the net.
"That would be a big plus," he said a few hours before faceoff against the New York Rangers last night at Mellon Arena. "That would certainly open things up for me. That's what I'm used to. I don't need two shooters in the slot. I need one going to the net and the other to be ready for a quick pass. Hopefully, something's going to change, and I think my two wingers understand that."
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no prob, tv..big game for kidd who seems to be the overwhelming fan fave right now behind the pipes. i heard beflour was already receiving a few boos. fans still pretty upset with management i suppose. no real thoughts on the game, first of back2back for tor as they travel tues to ny. gotta think pit remembers 6-0 whitewash less than a week ago. maybe under 6 but i am a little hesitant on unders right now. teams getting too many pp ops imo..
1) Phoenix ML -110 ( 3 units)
hopefully PHNX will get back on track....or the tie will save us again....
2) Vancouver -0.5 -150 (one unit)
Vancouver should continue their hot start and bury their inter-div foes....
3) Colorado -0.5 -150 ( one unit)
also helps that boston has not won here since 1998.
hopefully PHNX will get back on track....or the tie will save us again....
2) Vancouver -0.5 -150 (one unit)
Vancouver should continue their hot start and bury their inter-div foes....
3) Colorado -0.5 -150 ( one unit)
also helps that boston has not won here since 1998.
