{"id":6506,"date":"2009-05-12T13:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-12T18:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/nhl-odds-and-free-picks\/"},"modified":"2009-05-12T13:55:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-12T18:55:00","slug":"nhl-odds-and-free-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/nhl-odds-and-free-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Odds and Free Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is the wild second round of NHL playoff betting about to get wilder? Maybe,   as two tough franchises\u2014the Boston Bruins and Anaheim Ducks\u2014face elimination   tonight and don&#8217;t want to go quietly. Can the Hurricanes and Red Wings close out   their respective series?<\/p>\n<p><b>Bruins <span class=SpellE>vs<\/span>   Hurricanes odds &#8211; Game 6 tonight at <\/b><?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = ST1 \/><st1:TIME   Minute=\"5\" Hour=\"19\"><b>7:05 p.m. ET<\/b><\/st1:TIME><b><br \/><\/b><a   title=\"NHL odds\"   href=\"http:\/\/www.betonline.com\/sports-betting\/NHL-odds-1005.aspx\">NHL odds<\/a>:   Bruins -115, Hurricanes -105<\/p>\n<p>No matter what the Hurricanes accomplish in   Stanley Cup betting, they seem doomed to be sportsbook underdogs\u2014even at home   tonight. <span class=SpellE>Zdeno<\/span> <span class=SpellE>Chara<\/span> can&#8217;t   do it all on defense for <st1:CITY><st1:PLACE>Boston<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:CITY> and   the &#8216;Canes have capitalized, overwhelming the Bruins&#8217; <span   class=SpellE>blueline<\/span> with their size and speed. Game in, game out, the   <span class=SpellE>Chara-versus-Eric-Staal<\/span> matchup has dictated this   series; when <span class=SpellE>Staal<\/span> scores,   <st1:CITY><st1:PLACE>Carolina<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:CITY> wins. While <span   class=SpellE>Chara<\/span> dominated <span class=SpellE>Staal<\/span> when the   Bruins stayed alive in Game 5, he hasn&#8217;t done it yet on the road, where   <st1:CITY><st1:PLACE>Carolina<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:CITY> is 2-0 in this NHL betting   series. Even if <span class=SpellE>Staal<\/span> one-ups <span   class=SpellE>Chara<\/span> again tonight, though, don&#8217;t rush to throw your <a   title=\"online sports bets\" href=\"http:\/\/www.betonline.com\/\">online sports   bets<\/a> down on <st1:CITY><st1:PLACE>Carolina<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:CITY> just yet.   Something big happened for <st1:CITY><st1:PLACE>Boston<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:CITY> in   Game 5 as two of their most important weapons\u2014Marc <span   class=SpellE>Savard<\/span> and Phil <span class=SpellE>Kessel<\/span>\u2014woke up.   When those two play with confidence and creativity, the Bruins odds usually   prevail. I think the Bruins can carry that regained swagger into Game 6 and   finally steal one on the road.<\/p>\n<p>Hockey betting pick: Bruins   -115<\/p>\n<p><b>Red Wings <span class=SpellE>vs<\/span> Ducks odds &#8211; Game 6   tonight at <\/b><st1:TIME Minute=\"5\" Hour=\"22\"><b>10:05 <span   class=SpellE>p.m<\/span> ET<\/b><\/st1:TIME><b><br \/><\/b><a title=\"NHL odds\"   href=\"http:\/\/www.betonline.com\/sports-betting\/NHL-odds-1005.aspx\">NHL odds<\/a>:   Red Wings -155, Ducks +135<\/p>\n<p><span class=GramE>With<\/span> their season on   the line, the Ducks will be the hungrier team tonight, right? Well, not   necessarily. The defending champion Red Wings suddenly have a juicy carrot   dangling in front of them: the Chicago <span class=SpellE>Blackhawks<\/span>, who   advanced to the Western Conference final Monday <span class=GramE>night.<\/span>   They Wings would likely relish the chance to battle their old rivals in an epic   Original-Six showdown, so they&#8217;ll be more motivated than some <a   title=sportsbook   href=\"http:\/\/www.betonline.com\/sportsbook\/default.aspx\">sportsbook<\/a> players   would expect tonight. The Wings also have a couple of X-factors on their side.   First, Johan <span class=SpellE>Franzen<\/span> is repeating his amazing Stanley   Cup odds performance of last year, with 13 points in 10 games and five goals in   six games against the Ducks. Second, although neither roster will have   jitters\u2014these are the last two Stanley Cup winners\u2014the exception is Jonas   Hiller. He&#8217;s never faced elimination before and has looked shaky in the last few   games. <st1:CITY><st1:PLACE>Detroit<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:CITY> just has too much   going for it right now, so it should close out the series tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Hockey   betting pick: Red Wings -155<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is the wild second round of NHL playoff betting about to get wilder? Maybe, as two tough franchises\u2014the Boston Bruins and Anaheim Ducks\u2014face elimination tonight and don&#8217;t want to go quietly. Can the Hurricanes and Red Wings close out their respective series? Bruins vs Hurricanes odds &#8211; Game 6 tonight at 7:05 p.m. ETNHL odds: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/nhl-odds-and-free-picks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NHL Odds and Free Picks<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6506\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}