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**Udog** · 12-13-2017, 08:15 AM

Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

Some prop bets for whether teams will make the NFL playoffs:

— Will Green Bay make playoffs? No, -$3,000, Yes, +$1,150

— Dallas? No, -$6,000, Yes +$1,500

— Detroit? No, -$600, Yes, +$420

— Kansas City? Yes, -$320, No, +$250

— Tennessee? Yes, -$80, No +$250

— Chargers? No, -$220, Yes, +$175

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Armadillo: Wednesday's List of 13: Mid-week musings……

13) In 2004, there were 31 unbeaten college basketball teams on December 10; 12 of them were at least 10-0. This year, there were only seven unbeaten teams on December 10, five of whom were 10-0 or better.

College basketball season starts earlier now than it did in ’04, but still, there don’t seem to be any great teams this year.

12) Aaron Rodgers was medically cleared to play in the Packers’ game in Carolina this week. Rodgers broke his collarbone in a game against the Vikings October 15- he has 13 screws in his collarbone. It hasn’t been announced if he’ll play, but you figure if they cleared him, he will.

11) Philadelphia Eagles were 6-1 to win the Super Bowl before last Sunday’s game; had Carson Wentz not gotten hurt, they would’ve been 4-1 after the game. Instead, they’re going to wind up around 14-1 to win the Super Bowl with Nick Foles playing QB.

10) ESPN’s Fran Fraschilla tweeted Tuesday that the Lithuanian coach the Ball brothers will soon be playing for:

1) Doesn’t speak any English
2) Sells meat to his players out of the trunk of his car after practice.

This should go really well.

9) Rams LT Andrew Whitworth celebrated his birthday Tuesday by giving bicycles to 550 elementary students in the Watts section of Los Angeles. Thats a lot of bikes to give away.

8) Wyoming QB Josh Allen is probably the #3 QB prospect in next April’s NFL Draft, but he hurt his shoulder against Air Force and missed Wyoming’s last two games. Allen says his shoulder is now 90% healed and he expects to play in Wyoming’s bowl game. Playing well in that game will quiet lot of questions about his health heading into the draft.

7) OF Marcell Ozuna can be a free agent in two years; his agent is Scott Boras, so you know the Miami Marlins are trading him, too. Christian Yelich is owed $43M over the next four years, so he is affordable and Miami might keep him.

6) Texas Longhorns loses their top scorer Andrew Jones for a while with a broken wrist; he is averaging 15.3 ppg. Longhorns’ first Big X game is December 29 at home vs Kansas.

5) SMU hired former Cal coach Sonny Dykes to replace Chad Morris, who is the new football coach at Arkansas. Dykes went 22-15 as coach at Louisiana Tech, 19-30 at Cal.

4) Patriots signed WR Kenny Britt to a 2-year contract, which will be interesting; Rams, Browns were both starved for talent when they had Britt, but they both let him walk, and New England gobbles him up. Want to see Belichick’s reaction the first time Britt gets a taunting penalty after one of his teammates scores a touchdown.

3) Set-up guy Bryan Shaw gets $9M for three years from Colorado; Shaw appeared in 79 games for Cleveland last year, the most games pitched in the big leagues. Colorado must’ve outbid the other teams by a lot; why else would a pitcher sign to pitch in the Mile High City?

2) Knicks 113, Lakers 109 OT— Kristaps Porzingis had 37 points, 11 rebounds, 5 blocked shots and 5 made 3-pointers as Knicks beat LA in overtime.

1) Angels just signed P/DH Shohei Ohtani; now there are reports the Ohtani has a sprained UCL in his elbow, and got one of those platelet-rich injections in his arm to help fix the injury. Oy.

**Udog** · 12-13-2017, 08:36 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Wednesday, December 13

Dallas @ NY Islanders

Game 51-52
December 13, 2017 @ 7:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Dallas
11.714
NY Islanders
10.223
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Dallas
by 1 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
NY Islanders
-130
6
Dunkel Pick:
Dallas
(+110); Under

NY Rangers @ Ottawa

Game 53-54
December 13, 2017 @ 7:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
NY Rangers
11.335
Ottawa
12.418
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Ottawa
by 1
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Ottawa
No Line
N/A
Dunkel Pick:
Ottawa
N/A

Boston @ Detroit

Game 55-56
December 13, 2017 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Boston
11.516
Detroit
10.404
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Boston
by 1
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Boston
-140
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Boston
(-140); Over

Nashville @ Vancouver

Game 57-58
December 13, 2017 @ 10:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Nashville
12.204
Vancouver
10.313
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Nashville
by 2
4
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Nashville
-135
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Nashville
(-135); Under

NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Wednesday, December 13

Home side won six of last seven Dallas-Islander games; Dallas lost its last four games in this building. Three of last four series games stayed under the total. Dallas Stars lost three of last four games; they won four of last five road games. Over is 9-6 in their last 15 games. Islanders also lost three of last four games; they won four of last five home games. Over is 10-3-1 in their last 14 games.

Boston won eight of its last ten games with Detroit; Bruins won three of last five games in the Motor City. Five of last six series games went over. Bruins won eight of their last ten games overall, four of last five on road. Under is 8-5 in their last 13 games. Detroit lost nine of last ten games overall, seven of last eight at home. Seven of their last ten games went over total.

Home side won eight of last nine Ranger-Ottawa games; New York lost their last four games in this building. Over is 3-1-2 in last six series games. Rangers won seven of last ten games overall; they split their last eight road games. Over is 5-1-1 in their last seven games. Ottawa was outscored 20-5 in losing its last five games; they’re 0-3 in last three home games, scoring total of four goals. Five of their last seven games stayed under the total.

Nashville is 6-4 in its last ten games with Vancouver; they split last four games in this building. Over is 5-3-1 in last ten series games. Nashville won eight of its last 11 games overall; they won five of last seven road tilts. Four of their last five games went over total. Vancouver lost its last three games, outscored 13-4; they lost four of last six home games. Over is 9-4 in their last 13 games.

NHL

Wednesday, December 13

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Trend Report
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DALLAS @ NY ISLANDERS
Dallas is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Dallas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
NY Islanders is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Dallas
The total has gone OVER in 18 of NY Islanders's last 24 games

NY RANGERS @ OTTAWA
The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Rangers's last 6 games on the road
NY Rangers is 13-5 SU in its last 18 games
Ottawa is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against NY Rangers
Ottawa is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against NY Rangers

This source is showing "no trends to report" for the two remaining NHL matchups today.

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**Udog** · 12-13-2017, 10:41 AM

NHL
Long Sheet

Wednesday, December 13

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DALLAS (17-13-0-1, 35 pts.) at NY ISLANDERS (17-10-0-3, 37 pts.) - 12/13/2017, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
DALLAS is 0-6 ATS (+6.4 Units) in road games after a non-conference game this season.
DALLAS is 18-34 ATS (+52.1 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
NY ISLANDERS are 26-12 ATS (+12.5 Units) after a division game over the last 2 seasons.
NY ISLANDERS are 26-9 ATS (+13.6 Units) in home games in non-conference games over the last 3 seasons.
DALLAS is 53-38 ATS (+91.3 Units) in a road game where where the total is 6 or more since 1996.
DALLAS is 198-170 ATS (+22.3 Units) in road games first half of the season since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
NY ISLANDERS is 3-2 (+1.0 Units) against the spread versus DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
NY ISLANDERS is 3-2-0 straight up against DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.9 Units)

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NY RANGERS (16-11-0-3, 35 pts.) at OTTAWA (9-13-0-7, 25 pts.) - 12/13/2017, 7:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
OTTAWA is 7-6 (+2.6 Units) against the spread versus NY RANGERS over the last 3 seasons
OTTAWA is 7-6-0 straight up against NY RANGERS over the last 3 seasons
7 of 11 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.4 Units)

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BOSTON (14-9-0-4, 32 pts.) at DETROIT (11-13-0-6, 28 pts.) - 12/13/2017, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
BOSTON is 26-32 ATS (-21.6 Units) after a win by 2 goals or more over the last 3 seasons.
BOSTON is 30-19 ATS (+49.2 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5.5 over the last 3 seasons.
DETROIT is 3-10 ATS (+13.9 Units) in a home game where where the total is 5.5 this season.
DETROIT is 5-11 ATS (+17.3 Units) in home games first half of the season this season.
DETROIT is 11-30 ATS (-19.9 Units) vs. division opponents over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
BOSTON is 6-2 (+3.8 Units) against the spread versus DETROIT over the last 3 seasons
BOSTON is 6-2-0 straight up against DETROIT over the last 3 seasons
5 of 7 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.9 Units)

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NASHVILLE (18-7-0-4, 40 pts.) at VANCOUVER (14-13-0-4, 32 pts.) - 12/13/2017, 10:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NASHVILLE is 20-25 ATS (-19.5 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.
NASHVILLE is 3-12 ATS (-11.4 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a losing record in the first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
NASHVILLE is 249-201 ATS (+31.4 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent since 1996.
VANCOUVER is 119-123 ATS (-64.0 Units) in home games after allowing 4 goals or more since 1996.
VANCOUVER is 5-19 ATS (+25.9 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
VANCOUVER is 3-4 (+0.5 Units) against the spread versus NASHVILLE over the last 3 seasons
NASHVILLE is 4-3-0 straight up against VANCOUVER over the last 3 seasons
3 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.6 Units, Under=-0.2 Units)

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**Udog** · 12-13-2017, 04:25 PM

NHL

Wednesday, December 13

Bruins are 8-2 in their last 10 overall & 5-0 in their last 5 vs. Eastern Conference.
Red Wings are 1-9 in their last 10 overall & 1-7 in their last 8 home games.
Bruins are 14-3 in the last 17 meetings.
BOS -140 DET +120

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