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**Udog** · 05-01-2016, 09:58 AM

Armadillo: Sunday's six-pack

-- SEC had the most players drafted (50) this week, followed by the Big 14 (48), Pac 12 (32) and ACC (26). 26 non-Division I players were also drafted.

-- Ohio State had most players (12) drafted, followed by Clemson (9).

-- 107 kids left school early for the draft; 30 of them were not drafted.

-- Florida State had only two players drafted; in the previous three drafts, they had 29 players selected.

-- Over last five years, Stanford had 24 kids drafted, most of any Pac-12 school.

-- Brian Hoyer signed on as a backup QB with the Chicago Bears.

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Armadillo: Sunday's List of 13: Wrapping up a sports Saturday......

13) Coaching is a tough profession. Anaheim Ducks fired Bruce Boudreau this weekend, despite his 208-104 record in five years with the Ducks. Lot of teams would sell their souls to win 2/3 of their games, but Anaheim wanted more.

Why did the Ducks pull the plug on Boudreau? Well, his playoff record is only 24-19 with Anaheim, 41-39 overall and it is winning the Stanley Cup that is expected when you have great success in the regular season.

12) One parallel from another sport that comes to mind is Chuck Knox in the NFL; he went 186-147-1 as an NFL head coach, but was only 7-11 in playoff games and does not get enough credit for how good a coach he was because of his playoff record.

11) This will sound hokey, but NFL teams value things like loyalty when it comes to drafting players. QB Vernon Adams bolted I-AA Eastern Washington before his senior year to play at Oregon, because he thought playing in the Pac-12 would help his draft status. Well the draft just happened and Adams wasn't drafted- he got hurt at Oregon, missed about half the season- not good.

Meanwhile, the second pick in the draft this weekend was Carson Wentz, who played at I-AA power North Dakota State- they won the national title. Had Adams stayed at Eastern Washington and played well, he might've been drafted this weekend.

10) Chiefs drafted Stanford QB Kevin Hogan; the last time KC won a game where their QB was a guy they drafted was 1987, when Todd Blackledge played QB.

9) Seattle Seahawks drafted three RBs; Marshawn Lynch will be tough to replace.

8) Chris Fallica points out on Twitter that Tennessee and North Carolina should be really good this fall; Vols won nine games LY, UNC won 11 games and neither team had a player drafted this weekend, so they've got lot of talent coming back.

7) Chicago White Sox are 17-8, 8-1 in games where winning run scores from the 7th inning on; Orioles are 14-9, 7-2 in games decided late.

6) Atlanta Braves moved both their prize shortstop prospects up a level this week, Ozzie Albies to AAA, Dansby Swanson to AA. With parent club floundering with a 5-18 record, promoting their prospects is only way to keep their fans' hopes up.

5) Yoenis Cespedes drove in six runs in third inning Friday night; last big leaguer to knock in 7+ runs in one inning is Alex rodriguez, who did that on October 4, 2009.

4) Milwaukee Brewers got a double leading off bottom of the first inning last night; the next hitter bunted the guy over to third. Why? Why in God's name would you make the first out of the game on purpose? You have your best hitters up, maybe the other pitcher is having an off night and you give him his first out? I disagree with that.

3) As for kids who leave college early and do not get invited to the NBA Combine, you damn well better go back to school and get better; lot of kids I've seen get invited to the Combine who have a minimal chance to make the league next year, so if you're not even invited to go there, thats all the info you need about your pro prospects.

2) Spurs 124, Thunder 92-- Am curious to see how the Thunder competes in Game 2, because they did not offer much resistence in this game.

1) Red Sox 8, Bronx 0-- How does Bronx GM Brian Cashman keep his job? Team he has put on the field this season is dreadful, an aging roster of overpaid players who are 8-14 right now and figure to get worse when the schedule gets heavier and their lack of starting pitching depth is further exposed.

Their Opening Day payroll? $225,997,792-- they're already on the hook for $103M in 2018, just for seven guys.

Phillies cut their payroll $58M from LY and are 14-10 with an $88M tab.

**Udog** · 05-01-2016, 10:04 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Sunday, May 1

St. Louis @ Dallas

Game 13-14
May 1, 2016 @ 3:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
St. Louis
12.923
Dallas
11.422
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
St. Louis
by 1 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
St. Louis
-120
5
Dunkel Pick:
St. Louis
(-120); Over

Nashville @ San Jose

Game 15-16
May 1, 2016 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Nashville
10.154
San Jose
12.587
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
San Jose
by 2 1/2
4
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
San Jose
-165
5
Dunkel Pick:
San Jose
(-165); Under

NHL
Long Sheet

Sunday, May 1

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ST LOUIS (53-28-0-9, 115 pts.) at DALLAS (55-24-0-10, 120 pts.) - 5/1/2016, 3:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
DALLAS is 55-34 ATS (+17.2 Units) in all games this season.
DALLAS is 24-12 ATS (+9.5 Units) vs. division opponents this season.
DALLAS is 24-15 ATS (+0.8 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
DALLAS is 27-20 ATS (+49.0 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
ST LOUIS is 53-37 ATS (+5.2 Units) in all games this season.
ST LOUIS is 25-15 ATS (+9.4 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5 or less this season.
ST LOUIS is 17-10 ATS (+6.6 Units) in road games second half of the season this season.
ST LOUIS is 23-14 ATS (+6.8 Units) vs. division opponents this season.
ST LOUIS is 28-19 ATS (+7.6 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
ST LOUIS is 9-3 ATS (+12.4 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season.
DALLAS is 29-34 ATS (-7.5 Units) after a division game over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
DALLAS is 7-9 (+0.2 Units) against the spread versus ST LOUIS over the last 3 seasons
ST LOUIS is 9-7-0 straight up against DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
10 of 16 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+3.3 Units)

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NASHVILLE (45-31-0-14, 104 pts.) at SAN JOSE (51-30-0-7, 109 pts.) - 5/1/2016, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NASHVILLE is 45-45 ATS (-15.5 Units) in all games this season.
NASHVILLE is 10-20 ATS (+31.1 Units) in road games after allowing 4 goals or more over the last 2 seasons.
NASHVILLE is 21-35 ATS (+57.2 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
NASHVILLE is 215-173 ATS (+31.9 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent since 1996.
SAN JOSE is 9-16 ATS (-13.0 Units) in a home game where where the total is 5 or less this season.
SAN JOSE is 24-28 ATS (-25.7 Units) in home games second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
SAN JOSE is 7-11 ATS (-5.9 Units) in home games after a win by 2 goals or more this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
NASHVILLE is 6-4 (+3.7 Units) against the spread versus SAN JOSE over the last 3 seasons
NASHVILLE is 6-4-0 straight up against SAN JOSE over the last 3 seasons
6 of 9 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.8 Units)

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NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Sunday, May 1

St Louis-Dallas (D 1-0)
Blues had won six of last seven games with Dallas before Stars' 2-1 win in Game 1; home team won five of last six series games, with seven of last nine staying under total. Last three St Louis series wins all came in OT or SO-- Blues won three of last five games in this building, but they've lost three of last four games overall, with lone win Game 7 vs Chicago in last series. Dallas won sevne of last nine games, including five of last six at home; over is 3-1-1 in their last five games. Stars outshot St Louis 42-32 in Game 1; they were 0-3 on power play, St Louis 0-2. .

Nashville-San Jose (SJ 1-0)
Sharks exploded for five third period goals to win Game 1, after Nashville led 1-0 after second period; San Jose outshot Preds 13-9 in third period, was 2-3 on power play- Nashville was 1-2. Predators lost three of last four games here; they've lost four of last six games overall. San Jose had five extra days to prep after beating LA in five game sin first round; Sharks won eight of last ten games overall- they've lost six of last ten games with Nashville, but won last two. Six of last nine series games stayed under the total.

Playoffs tally: 1st round-- Home: 23-24, Over: 16-17-14
2nd round-- Home: 4-2, Over: 3-2-1

NHL

Sunday, May 1

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Trend Report
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3:00 PM
ST. LOUIS vs. DALLAS
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of St. Louis's last 6 games when playing Dallas
St. Louis is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dallas's last 6 games when playing St. Louis
Dallas is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against St. Louis

8:00 PM
NASHVILLE vs. SAN JOSE
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Nashville's last 14 games when playing San Jose
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Nashville's last 8 games when playing on the road against San Jose
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of San Jose's last 8 games when playing at home against Nashville
San Jose is 18-7 SU in its last 25 games when playing at home against Nashville

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