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**Udog** · 12-20-2017, 07:30 AM

Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

Top six picks in the 2018 NFL Draft, if the draft was held today:

1) Cleveland— Draft a quarterback already!!!!

2) NJ Giants— Who will they hire as GM to make this pick?

3) Indianapolis— They’re probably also looking for a new coach.

4) San Francisco— Could trade down from here for multiple picks.

5) Cleveland— Should be much better after this draft

6) Tampa Bay— Am guessing they won’t be on Hard Knocks for a while.

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

13) Who, in your opinion, is the greatest Los Angeles Laker ever?

Kareem, Wilt, Kobe, Jerry West, Shaq, Happy Hairston, Nick Young?

12) Why are the Baltimore Ravens rolling right now? In their last five games, Ravens have been playing on a shorter field, winning field position by 17-13-14-5-17 yards. Thats a combination of defense/special teams. John Harbaugh was a special teams coach before he was a head coach.

11) Arizona Cardinals didn’t score a touchdown in their last two games, are switching to Drew Stanton at QB this week for their home game against the Giants.

10) Last June, Golden State Warriors sent $3.5M to the Chicago Bulls for the 38th pick in the draft and then took Jordan Bell from Oregon.

Bell is playing 12.3 mpg for the powerhouse Warriors; he couldn’t have helped the 9-20 Bulls?

9) Stephen Curry’s father Dell played 16 years in the NBA for five teams, scored 12,670 points; he made 40.2% of 3-pointers in his career. Why did he go to Davidson? Why didn’t Dell’s alma mater, Virginia Tech, offer him a scholarship?

8) ESPN President John Skipper resigned Monday, citing a substance addiction problem. Guy in that job had to be making a freakin’ fortune; I hope he exorcises whatever demons he has.

ESPN fired a lot of people recently; couple of them weren’t very happy on Twitter Monday night, unhappy that they got fired by a guy who apparently was often drunk/stoned on the job.

7) Packers put Aaron Rodgers on IR, so he is done for the last two games. Probably a smart move, to avoid risking Rodgers getting re-injured in meaningless games the next two weeks.

6) NHL’s Islanders are moving from Brooklyn back to Long Island, to a new arena that will be built around Belmont Park. Barclays Center doesn’t have great sight lines for hockey, so this is a good move for Islander fans.

5) There won’t be any baseball moves announced next week; MLB offices are closed between Christmas and New Year’s, so while stuff may actually happen, it won’t get officially announced.

4) So far this season. Chicago, Minnesota, Las Vegas are your NHL attendance leaders.

3) If your fantasy football team is still alive in the playoffs and you need a WR to replace an injured guy, try Kendall Wright of the Bears.

In his last two games, Wright was targeted 24 times, caught 17 balls for 188 yards.

2) Kudos to Chick-fil-A, the fast food giant that is never open on Sundays.

When the Atlanta airport got shut down by a power outage Sunday, people from Chick-fil-A went in to the airport and GAVE OUT FREE FOOD to people stranded in the airport.

Good for them.

1) Can you imagine the personal injury lawyers busting their butts to get to Tacoma Monday in wake of the horrible train accident there? Hundreds of injured people just waiting for a lawyer to hand them his card, so they can sue Amtrak and everyone else within sight.

As Lloyd of Lubbock said on the The Odd Couple, “Shake my hand. You’re insured.”

**Udog** · 12-20-2017, 08:59 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Wednesday, December 20

Toronto @ Columbus

Game 1-2
December 20, 2017 @ 7:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Toronto
12.415
Columbus
10.506
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Toronto
by 2
4
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Toronto
No Line
N/A
Dunkel Pick:
Toronto
N/A

Detroit @ Philadelphia

Game 3-4
December 20, 2017 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Detroit
11.756
Philadelphia
10.404
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Detroit
by 1 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Philadelphia
-190
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Detroit
(+165); Over

St. Louis @ Calgary

Game 5-6
December 20, 2017 @ 9:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
St. Louis
11.419
Calgary
12.333
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Calgary
by 1
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Calgary
-115
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Calgary
(-115); Under

NHL
Long Sheet

Wednesday, December 20

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TORONTO (21-13-0-1, 43 pts.) at COLUMBUS (20-13-0-1, 41 pts.) - 12/20/2017, 7:35 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
COLUMBUS is 4-2 (+2.0 Units) against the spread versus TORONTO over the last 3 seasons
COLUMBUS is 4-2-0 straight up against TORONTO over the last 3 seasons
4 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.9 Units)

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DETROIT (13-13-0-7, 33 pts.) at PHILADELPHIA (14-12-0-7, 35 pts.) - 12/20/2017, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
DETROIT is 435-331 ATS (-133.5 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record since 1996.
PHILADELPHIA is 15-7 ATS (+6.1 Units) in December games over the last 2 seasons.
DETROIT is 9-5 ATS (+16.5 Units) in road games when playing on back-to-back days over the last 2 seasons.
PHILADELPHIA is 18-32 ATS (+50.0 Units) after a non-conference game over the last 2 seasons.
PHILADELPHIA is 4-10 ATS (-7.3 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record this season.
PHILADELPHIA is 4-10 ATS (-7.9 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the first half of the season this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
PHILADELPHIA is 4-2 (+2.1 Units) against the spread versus DETROIT over the last 3 seasons
PHILADELPHIA is 4-2-0 straight up against DETROIT over the last 3 seasons
4 of 6 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.9 Units)

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ST LOUIS (22-11-0-2, 46 pts.) at CALGARY (17-14-0-3, 37 pts.) - 12/20/2017, 9:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CALGARY is 12-3 ATS (+15.0 Units) when playing with 2 days rest over the last 2 seasons.
ST LOUIS is 20-12 ATS (+7.6 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5.5 over the last 2 seasons.
ST LOUIS is 16-4 ATS (+11.7 Units) in road games when playing with 2 days rest over the last 3 seasons.
CALGARY is 4-14 ATS (-13.5 Units) in home games after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
CALGARY is 4-4 (+1.3 Units) against the spread versus ST LOUIS over the last 3 seasons
CALGARY is 4-4-0 straight up against ST LOUIS over the last 3 seasons
5 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+4.5 Units)

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NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Wednesday, December 20
Blue Jackets won four of last five games with Toronto; road team won five of last six series tilts. Maple Leafs are 3-2 in last five visits to Ohio. Over is 3-1 in last four series games. Toronto lost three of its last four games overall, they’re 0-3 in last three road games,, 3-3 if they played night before. Under is 5-1-1 in their last seven games. Columbus lost three of its last four games; they’re 1-4 in their last five road games. Three of their last four games went over total.

Flyers won seven of last ten games with Detroit; under is 3-1 in last four series games. Red Wings are 1-5 in last six visits to Philly. Detroit won its last two games after a 1-10 skid; they lost three of last four road games. Three of their last four games stayed under total. Philadelphia won six of its last seven games overall, three of last four at home. Under is 4-0-1 in their last five games.

Flames won three of last four games with St Louis; Blues are 3-2 in their last five games in the Saddledome. Over is 4-1-1 in last six series games. Blues lost three of their last four games; they won four of last six road games. Last five St Louis games stayed under the total. Calgary lost six of its last nine games; they lost four of last five home games. Five of their last seven games stayed under the total.

NHL

Wednesday, December 20

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Trend Report
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TORONTO @ COLUMBUS
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 6 games when playing Columbus
Toronto is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Columbus
Columbus is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Toronto
Columbus is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Toronto

DETROIT @ PHILADELPHIA
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Detroit's last 5 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
Detroit is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 12-1 SU in its last 13 games when playing at home against Detroit
Philadelphia is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games

ST. LOUIS @ CALGARY
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of St. Louis's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of St. Louis's last 5 games when playing on the road against Calgary
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Calgary's last 5 games when playing at home against St. Louis
Calgary is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing St. Louis

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