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**Udog** · 01-31-2018, 08:15 AM

Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

— Chiefs are trading QB Alex Smith to the Redskins; they get a 3rd round draft pick and CB Kendrick Fuller- they save $17M by trading Smith.

— Smith gets $94M for four years from Washington, $71M of it guaranteed, but is he better than Kirk Cousins?

— Rockets 114, Magic 107— James Harden had 60 points, 11 assists, 10 rebounds.

— Cavaliers’ Kevin Love broke his left hand, is out 6-8 weeks.

— Syracuse is down to six healthy scholarship basketball players.

— Miami Hurricanes’ Bruce Brown had foot surgery, is out 6-8 weeks.

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

13) West Virginia’s basketball team got thrown under the bus by their athletic department when the school joined the Big X six years ago.

You look at their nine basketball road trips; the closest Big X rival to Morgantown is Iowa State, which is 860 miles away. Lot of long road trips in the cold of winter, all so the football team would have a good league to play in. Hope it is worth it.

Basketball team would’ve been fine playing in the Big East or the A-14, or even the ACC. Look at a map and plot the 10 teams in the Big X; it is weird to see how far West Virginia is from everyone else.

12) Two things about the Blake Griffin-to-Detroit trade:
a) I wouldn’t be too eager to trade with any team Jerry West works for (Clippers)
b) Blake Griffin has missed 84 games the last three years, and this year isn’t over.

11) 18 players on the Patriots’ 53-man roster are undrafted players, which is a lot. Eagles have nine undrafted players on their roster.

10) There is a new Arena Football team here in Albany this spring; 300 people showed up for an open tryout Saturday, at an indoor facility in Halfmoon. Wonder if any of them will make the squad, which starts play April 14.

Think it might actually be harder to make an Arena League team as a walk-on, since there really aren’t special teams the way there are in the NFL.

9) Jacksonville QB Blake Bortles played all season with a wrist injury that needs surgery; the team knew this before the season— looks like Bortles will play for $19M next year, the $$ the Jaguars to give him if he is on the roster March 14.

8) Washington Wizards star John Wall is having his knee scoped, will be out 6-8 weeks. Right now, Wizards are #6 seed in the East- can they stay there?

7) I’m a big fan of the TV show Suits on USA Network; one of the actresses on the show is a woman named Meghan Markle who will soon marry Prince Harry in England, so she’s leaving the show after this spring’s episodes.

Read Tuesday that Patrick Adams will also leave the show after this season; his character (Mike) is one of the two main characters in the show, so interesting to see how they’ll proceed moving forward.

6) Former New Mexico basketball player Hugh Greenwood now plays Australian Rules Football for the Adelaide Crows in the AFL. Tough sport.

5) Carolina Hurricanes just got sold to a guy who says the team might play some games in Hartford Whalers throwback uniforms— the Hurricanes moved to Raleigh from Hartford 21 years ago. Whalers had green uniforms with an awesome logo; this is a good idea.

4) Doug Pederson is bringing Brett Favre in to speak to the Eagles Saturday night. Pederson was Favre’s backup for seven years in Green Bay.

3) Milwaukee is the smallest TV market in the major leagues; they averaged 31,282 fans a game last year because they were smart enough to build a retractable dome in a cold-weather city, so fans don’t have to suffer while they’re watching the game.

2) Arkansas is paying former football coach Bret Bielema $11,395,000 as a going away present; if he gets 36 monthly payments thru 2020, that works out to $316,527.78 a month.

1— I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out that Tuesday was the 18th anniversary of the greatest NFL game ever played: Rams 23, Titans 16 in Super Bowl XXXIV.

Think about Falcons-Patriots last year and SB XXXIV was a similar game, except the team that stormed back from behind fell just short of winning……thank God.

**Udog** · 01-31-2018, 08:31 AM

NHL
Long Sheet

Wednesday, January 31

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NY ISLANDERS (25-20-0-5, 55 pts.) at TORONTO (28-18-0-5, 61 pts.) - 1/31/2018, 7:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
TORONTO is 5-12 ATS (-9.4 Units) in home games in January games over the last 3 seasons.
TORONTO is 14-19 ATS (-13.8 Units) in home games second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
TORONTO is 32-43 ATS (-27.9 Units) in home games when playing with 3 or more days rest since 1996.
TORONTO is 88-103 ATS (-77.7 Units) in home games after a non-conference game since 1996.
TORONTO is 133-145 ATS (-83.8 Units) in home games after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
TORONTO is 3-3 (+1.1 Units) against the spread versus NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons
TORONTO is 3-3-0 straight up against NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons
5 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+4.1 Units)

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PHILADELPHIA (24-17-0-8, 56 pts.) at WASHINGTON (29-15-0-5, 63 pts.) - 1/31/2018, 8:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
PHILADELPHIA is 7-9 (+1.0 Units) against the spread versus WASHINGTON over the last 3 seasons
WASHINGTON is 9-7-0 straight up against PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons
8 of 12 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+3.8 Units)

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SAN JOSE (26-15-0-7, 59 pts.) at DETROIT (19-21-0-8, 46 pts.) - 1/31/2018, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
SAN JOSE is 413-327 ATS (-115.5 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record since 1996.
SAN JOSE is 204-164 ATS (-71.8 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the second half of the season since 1996.
DETROIT is 8-16 ATS (+26.1 Units) in a home game where where the total is 5.5 this season.
DETROIT is 1-8 ATS (+9.0 Units) in home games after a non-conference game this season.
DETROIT is 3-13 ATS (+16.7 Units) after allowing 4 goals or more this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
DETROIT is 2-2 (+0.4 Units) against the spread versus SAN JOSE over the last 3 seasons
DETROIT is 2-2-0 straight up against SAN JOSE over the last 3 seasons
2 of 3 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.0 Units)

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NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Wednesday, January 31

Islanders are 5-3 in last eight games with Toronto; home side won last four meetings. Islanders split their last four visits to Toronto. Islanders lost four of their last six games overall; they won four of last five road games- they’re 2-6 if they played night before. New York’s last three games stayed under. Maple Leafs won three of last four games overall; they lost their last four home games. Under is 7-2-1 in their last 10 games.

Philly/Washington split their last ten meetings; Flyers split their last four games in this arena. Under is 5-1-3 in last nine series games. Philly won eight of its last ten games overall, three of last four on road. Four of their last five games stayed under the total. Washington lost three of its last four games overall- they lost their last three home games. Over is 6-4 in their last ten games.

Sharks won seven of last ten games with Detroit; they’ve won four of last five visits to the Motor City. Under is 5-2-3 in last ten series games. San Jose lost its last three games, outscored 16-11; they’re 3-2 in last five road games, 1-4 on road if they played night before— five of their last six games went over the total. Red Wings lost six of their last eight games, losing last five games at home. Five of their last seven games stayed under the total.

NHL

Wednesday, January 31

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Trend Report
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NY ISLANDERS @ TORONTO
The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Islanders's last 5 games when playing Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Islanders's last 5 games when playing on the road against Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto's last 5 games when playing at home against NY Islanders
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto's last 5 games when playing NY Islanders

SAN JOSE @ DETROIT
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Jose's last 6 games
San Jose is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Detroit
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Detroit's last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Detroit's last 6 games at home

PHILADELPHIA @ WASHINGTON
Philadelphia is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Philadelphia is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Washington's last 5 games at home
Washington is 17-5 SU in its last 22 games at home

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**Udog** · 01-31-2018, 10:00 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Wednesday, January 31

NY Islanders @ Toronto

Game 51-52
January 31, 2018 @ 7:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
NY Islanders
11.824
Toronto
10.919
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
NY Islanders
by 1
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Toronto
-180
6 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
NY Islanders
(+160); Under

Philadelphia @ Washington

Game 53-54
January 31, 2018 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Philadelphia
12.201
Washington
11.359
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Philadelphia
by 1
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Philadelphia
No Line
N/A
Dunkel Pick:
Philadelphia
N/A

San Jose @ Detroit

Game 55-56
January 31, 2018 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
San Jose
10.756
Detroit
11.612
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Detroit
by 1
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Detroit
-110
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Detroit
(-110); Over

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