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**Udog** · 03-10-2016, 07:30 AM

Armadillo: Thursday's six-pack

NFL has an amazing gift for staying in the headlines 12 months a year........

-- Texans signed QB Osweiler, traded for RB Thomas, redoing their offense.

-- Texans stayed at 35-1 to win the Super Bowl, even after the Osweiler signing; Las Vegas was unimpressed.

-- New Jersey Giants spent $105.5M revamping their defense yesterday. one day after they re-signed Jason Pierre-Paul for $10.5M.

-- Colts gave K Vinatieri $6M for two years; he is 43 years old.

-- ESPN replaced Mike Ditka with Matt Hasselbeck on its Sunday morning show; Ditka is 76, will still be on SportsCenter now and then.

-- Chiefs lose a 3rd round pick next month, a 7th round pick next year because they tampered with free agent WR Jeremy Maclin last off-season.

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Armadillo: Thursday's List of 13: Nobody asked me, but.......

13) Pittsburgh 72, Syracuse 71-- Orangemen went 0-3 vs Pitt this year, are off the bubble; expect to hear lot of ESPN people push for them this weekend; over half the ESPN play-by-play guys went to college at Syracuse, but they lost five of their last six games. See ya.

12) Duke 92, NC State 89-- Grayson Allen got a flagrant foul for grabbing a player by the shirt from behind; at what point does Coach K sit this brat down? Duke gave up 1.30 ppp in this game and won; that almost never happens. Curious to see what hjappens today when they play a rested Notre Dame team thats beaten them four of their last five meetings.

11) Pac-12 tournament isn't on in my house, because the nitwits at the Pac-12 don't have a deal with DirecTV. In fact, while SEC Network and Big 14 Network are on in roughly 70 million homes each, the Pac-12 Network is on in 12 million. No bueno.

10) USC 95, UCLA 71-- Bruins finish a hideous 15-17, losing last five games and 10 of last 13, but since Steve Alford's buyout is $10.4M, he'll be back in Westwood next year. Two years from now, the buyout will be half that, but Alford's best player will be gone by then and he doesn't have any more sons to play for him.

9) Handicapping is difficult; the dilemma in these conference tournaments is this: which teams are just going to mail it in and not compete, like Stanford/Minnesota did Wednesday? You see Oklahoma State, FIU, Georgia Tech fight back from behind, but these other teams just showed up, but didn't bother to compete. Thats the goal, to try and figure out which teams have had enough and want the season to be over?

8) People were skeptical when Buzz Williams bolted from Marquette (a basketball school) to Virginia Tech (a football school) but Williams has Tech on the upswing and they hung 96 points on Florida State last night in an impressive win.

7) San Francisco canned coach Rex Walters after he went 127-127 in eight years, with zero NCAA tournaments; Dons were 63-65 in WCC play under Walters.

6) Southern Illinois had its best season in years, going 22-10, but they're turning down postseason tournaments-- apparently some of their better players are banged up and their students are on break, so it makes no sense, basketball-wise or financially, to coach Barry Hinson or the school's AD, to go on this season. Too bad.

5) NHL has struck gold with these outdoor games; next year, Pittsburgh, St Louis, Toronto and Winnipeg will all host outdoor games.

4) Illinois sold 2,000 football season tickets in first 48 hours after they hired former Bears coach Lovie Smith as their new football coach.

3) Arizona Diamondbacks will wear eight different uniforms this season. Eight.

2) Brad Boxberger saved 45 games for Tampa Bay LY; he made the All-Star team, yet the Rays cut his salary $2,200 this year. Seriously? They don't have $2,200 to kick in so they don't totally insult one of their players? If they don't have that kind of money, they should sell the team to someone who does.

1) If you like college basketball, today and tomorrow are two of the best days of the year; ton of games, all important ones. Enjoy!!!

**Udog** · 03-10-2016, 07:33 AM

NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Thursday, March 10

Hot teams
-- Bruins won six of their last eight games.
-- Edmonton won four of its last six games. Minnesota won four of its last five.
-- San Jose won five of its last six games.

Cold teams
-- Carolina lost four of its last six games.
-- Winnipeg lost eight of its last ten games. Detroit lost last three games, outscored 14-6.
-- Ottawa lost four of its last five games. Florida lost five of its last six.
-- Sabres lost six of their last nine games. Montreal lost four of its last five games.
-- New Jersey lost eight of its last ten games.

Series records
-- Bruins won six of last seven games with Carolina.
-- Winnipeg won six of its last eight games with Detroit.
-- Panthers won three of last four games with Ottawa.
-- Sabres won five of last six games with Montreal.
-- Minnesota won six of its last eight games with Edmonton.
-- Sharks won five of last six games with New Jersey.

Totals
-- Five of last seven Boston games stayed under total.
-- Over is 5-2-1 in last eight Winnipeg games.
-- Six of last eight Florida-Ottawa games stayed under.
-- Over is 4-0-1 in last five Buffalo-Montreal games.
-- Nine of last ten Edmonton games stayed under the total.
-- Six of last eight New Jersey games went over the total.

Back-to-backs
-- None

**Udog** · 03-10-2016, 07:35 AM

NHL

Thursday, March 10

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Trend Report
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7:00 PM
CAROLINA vs. BOSTON
Carolina is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Boston
Carolina is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston's last 5 games when playing Carolina
Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Carolina

7:30 PM
BUFFALO vs. MONTREAL
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Buffalo's last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Buffalo's last 5 games when playing Montreal
Montreal is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Buffalo
Montreal is 3-10 SU in its last 13 games when playing at home against Buffalo

7:30 PM
OTTAWA vs. FLORIDA
Ottawa is 17-8 SU in its last 25 games when playing on the road against Florida
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Ottawa's last 11 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Florida's last 8 games when playing Ottawa
Florida is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Ottawa

7:30 PM
WINNIPEG vs. DETROIT
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Winnipeg's last 7 games when playing on the road against Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 11 of Winnipeg's last 14 games when playing Detroit
Detroit is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Winnipeg
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit's last 7 games when playing at home against Winnipeg

8:00 PM
EDMONTON vs. MINNESOTA
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Edmonton's last 8 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Edmonton is 4-21 SU in its last 25 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Minnesota is 3-10 SU in its last 13 games at home
Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games

10:30 PM
NEW JERSEY vs. SAN JOSE
The total has gone OVER in 6 of New Jersey's last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New Jersey's last 6 games when playing on the road against San Jose
The total has gone OVER in 4 of San Jose's last 6 games when playing at home against New Jersey
San Jose is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games

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**Udog** · 03-10-2016, 08:33 AM

NHL
Long Sheet

Thursday, March 10

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CAROLINA (30-26-0-11, 71 pts.) at BOSTON (38-23-0-7, 83 pts.) - 3/10/2016, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CAROLINA is 18-46 ATS (+82.5 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5 or less over the last 3 seasons.
BOSTON is 8-13 ATS (-8.5 Units) in a home game where where the total is 5 or less this season.
BOSTON is 239-213 ATS (-98.6 Units) in home games second half of the season since 1996.
BOSTON is 188-157 ATS (-56.3 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record since 1996.
BOSTON is 89-80 ATS (-65.0 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record in the second half of the season since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
BOSTON is 6-1 (+4.7 Units) against the spread versus CAROLINA over the last 3 seasons
BOSTON is 6-1-0 straight up against CAROLINA over the last 3 seasons
3 of 4 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.8 Units)

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WINNIPEG (27-34-0-5, 59 pts.) at DETROIT (32-23-0-11, 75 pts.) - 3/10/2016, 7:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
WINNIPEG is 27-39 ATS (+66.3 Units) in all games this season.
WINNIPEG is 49-38 ATS (+89.1 Units) after allowing 4 goals or more over the last 3 seasons.
WINNIPEG is 10-3 ATS (+13.8 Units) in road games after playing 3 consecutive home games over the last 2 seasons.
DETROIT is 5-13 ATS (-9.3 Units) in March games over the last 2 seasons.
DETROIT is 14-18 ATS (-7.9 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
WINNIPEG is 4-1 (+4.2 Units) against the spread versus DETROIT over the last 3 seasons
WINNIPEG is 4-1-0 straight up against DETROIT over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.3 Units)

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OTTAWA (31-29-0-8, 70 pts.) at FLORIDA (36-21-0-9, 81 pts.) - 3/10/2016, 7:35 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
FLORIDA is 6-5 (+1.1 Units) against the spread versus OTTAWA over the last 3 seasons
FLORIDA is 6-5-0 straight up against OTTAWA over the last 3 seasons
4 of 9 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.8 Units, Under=-0.2 Units)

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BUFFALO (27-32-0-9, 63 pts.) at MONTREAL (31-30-0-6, 68 pts.) - 3/10/2016, 7:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
MONTREAL is 18-5 ATS (+10.9 Units) in home games after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.
BUFFALO is 262-226 ATS (+30.6 Units) vs. division opponents since 1996.
BUFFALO is 15-11 ATS (+28.5 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record this season.
MONTREAL is 12-18 ATS (-11.8 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
BUFFALO is 5-6 (+3.8 Units) against the spread versus MONTREAL over the last 3 seasons
MONTREAL is 6-5-0 straight up against BUFFALO over the last 3 seasons
5 of 9 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.4 Units)

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EDMONTON (26-36-0-7, 59 pts.) at MINNESOTA (31-26-0-10, 72 pts.) - 3/10/2016, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
EDMONTON is 50-101 ATS (+195.0 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
EDMONTON is 6-28 ATS (+55.1 Units) in road games after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.
EDMONTON is 0-13 ATS (+20.6 Units) in road games after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game this season.
MINNESOTA is 31-36 ATS (-5.5 Units) in all games this season.
MINNESOTA is 11-20 ATS (-18.6 Units) second half of the season this season.
MINNESOTA is 9-15 ATS (-11.4 Units) after a division game this season.
MINNESOTA is 14-18 ATS (-6.1 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
MINNESOTA is 6-2 (+0.9 Units) against the spread versus EDMONTON over the last 3 seasons
MINNESOTA is 6-2-0 straight up against EDMONTON over the last 3 seasons
5 of 8 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.8 Units)

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NEW JERSEY (31-29-0-7, 69 pts.) at SAN JOSE (37-23-0-6, 80 pts.) - 3/10/2016, 10:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NEW JERSEY is 7-2 ATS (+9.9 Units) in road games after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game this season.
NEW JERSEY is 14-11 ATS (+28.4 Units) after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game this season.
SAN JOSE is 5-11 ATS (-9.5 Units) in a home game where where the total is 5 or less this season.
SAN JOSE is 16-21 ATS (-21.3 Units) in home games second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
SAN JOSE is 151-130 ATS (-70.0 Units) in home games after a division game since 1996.
SAN JOSE is 11-17 ATS (-17.8 Units) in home games in non-conference games over the last 2 seasons.
SAN JOSE is 11-15 ATS (-21.8 Units) in home games after a win by 2 goals or more over the last 2 seasons.
SAN JOSE is 37-36 ATS (-16.1 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.
SAN JOSE is 6-9 ATS (-12.7 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
SAN JOSE is 4-1 (+2.0 Units) against the spread versus NEW JERSEY over the last 3 seasons
SAN JOSE is 4-1-0 straight up against NEW JERSEY over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.9 Units)

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**Udog** · 03-10-2016, 01:05 PM

NHL
Dunkel

Thursday, March 10

Edmonton @ Minnesota

Game 59-60
March 10, 2016 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Edmonton
11.989
Minnesota
10.414
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Edmonton
by 1 1/2
5 1/2
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Minnesota
-180
5
Dunkel Pick:
Edmonton
(+160); Over

New Jersey @ San Jose

Game 61-62
March 10, 2016 @ 10:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
New Jersey
11.332
San Jose
10.416
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
New Jersey
by 1
4
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
San Jose
-260
5
Dunkel Pick:
New Jersey
(+220); Under

Carolina @ Boston

Game 51-52
March 10, 2016 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Carolina
11.514
Boston
12.665
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Boston
by 1
6
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Boston
-210
5
Dunkel Pick:
Boston
(-210); Over

Winnipeg @ Detroit

Game 53-54
March 10, 2016 @ 7:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Winnipeg
10.221
Detroit
12.566
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Detroit
by 2 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Detroit
-200
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Detroit
(-200); Under

Ottawa @ Florida

Game 55-56
March 10, 2016 @ 7:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Ottawa
11.414
Florida
10.309
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Ottawa
by 1
4 1/2
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Florida
-170
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Ottawa
(+150); Under

Buffalo @ Montreal

Game 57-58
March 10, 2016 @ 7:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Buffalo
11.501
Montreal
10.464
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Buffalo
by 1
5 1/2
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Montreal
-160
5
Dunkel Pick:
Buffalo
(+140); Over

NHL
Short Sheet

Thursday, March 10

Carolina at Boston, 7:05 PM ET
Carolina: 8-4 SU in road games when playing their 2nd game in 5 days
Boston: 1-6 SU after having won 6 or 7 of their last 8

Winnipeg at Detroit, 7:35 PM ET
Winnipeg: 9-1 SU off 2 or more consecutive home losses
Detroit: 5-13 SU in March games

Ottawa at Florida, 7:35 PM ET
Ottawa: N/A
Florida: N/A

Buffalo at Montreal, 7:35 PM ET
Buffalo: 6-4 ATS as a road underdog of +100 to +150
Montreal: 5-15 SU after failing to cover 3 of their last 4

Edmonton at Minnesota, 8:05 PM ET
Edmonton: 10-4 SU revenging 2 straight losses where opp scored 3 or more
Minnesota: 3-10 SU after having won 3 of their last 4

New Jersey at San Jose, 10:35 PM ET
New Jersey: 7-3 SU in road games after 2 or more consecutive losses
San Jose: 5-11 SU in home games off a win or tie in their previous game

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