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**Udog** · 09-10-2020, 08:35 AM

Armadillo: Thursday's six-pack

NFL teams with most room under the salary cap:
$34.74M— Cleveland
$32.24M— New England
$31.31M— NJ Jets
$30.95M— Jacksonville
$26.03M— Washington
$25.43M— Denver

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Armadillo: Thursday's Den: Nobody asked me, but……..

13) A courageous gambler in New Jersey wagered $22,000 on the New Orleans Saints to win the Super Bowl, at 11-1 odds.

This isn’t related to that note, but over the last nine seasons, Saints are 2-15 ATS in Weeks 1-2 of each season. New Orleans is favored over Tom Brady’s Buccaneers Sunday.

12) Over the last decade, which NFL quarterback is the most profitable on to bet on Week 1?
I’ll post the answer below.

11) Justin Timberlake has become an investor in a group trying to bring major league baseball to Nashville; I’m thinking MLB will expand to 32 teams fairly soon; Nashville, Portland, Montreal are among the teams who are potential homes for new teams.

10) What do these people have in common?
John McCain, John McEnroe, Amy Adams, Bruce Willis

They were all born overseas, with their parents stationed in the military.

9) Houston Astros are 22-22, have lot of injuries; they’re 3-14 in California this season.

8) Other than Jacob deGrom, Mets’ starting pitchers have a 6.47 ERA this year.

7) Random opinion; Dave Parker should be in the Hall of Fame; Cubs’ TV guys were talking about the greatest RF’s ever and Jim Deshaies is throwing out a few names, all-time greats, and Parker is right in there with them. Hopefully he’ll get his day soon.

6) The best compliment a coach can give a basketball player; tie game, 2:00 to play, and you’re on the floor. Who finishes a close game is way more important than who starts the game.

5) Tuesday night, Oakland reliever Lou Trivino became the first reliever since 2005 to pitch the last inning of a win, getting the last three outs on three pitches. That has happened only seven times since 1988.

4) Duke Blue Devils were 2-4-1 ATS as an underdog last year, after going 27-10-1 from 2013-18.

12a) Answer to quiz: Over the last decade, Andy Dalton is 6-2-1 ATS in Week 1, making him the NFL’s most profitable QB in Week 1 games. He is the backup in Dallas now.

3) Toronto 125, Boston 122, 2OT (series 3-3)
— This was big-time basketball at its finest; high quality, intense game.
— Four Raptors played 50:00+.
— Kyle Lowry scored 33; shot 6-10 on the arc, 6-10 inside the arc.
— Four Boston subs played a total of only 39:00.

2) LA Clippers 96, Denver 87 (LA leads 3-1)
— Clippers led 26-12 after first quarter, then held Denver off.
— Other than Nokic, Denver starters were 10-28 from the floor.
— Nuggets were down 3-1 in last series, and won that one.

1) If the baseball playoffs started today (they do not):
AL East- Tampa Bay, Toronto
AL Central- Chicago, Cleveland
AL West- Oakland, Houston
AL Wild Cards- Minnesota, New York

NL East- Atlanta, Philadelphia
NL Central- Chicago, St Louis
NL West- Los Angeles, San Diego
NL Wild Cards- Miami, San Francisco

**Udog** · 09-10-2020, 08:37 AM

NHL public betting, odds movement September 10
Patrick Everson

The Golden Knights hope to have more to celebrate after Thursday night's Game 3 against the Stars. Vegas opened a -165 favorite at The SuperBook, briefly went to -160, then returned to -165.

NHL betting odds are on the board as the Stanley Cup chase resumes Thursday with Game 3 of the Western Conference finals. The Vegas Golden Knights go for a second straight win in their series against the Dallas Stars.

The SuperBook at Westgate provided insights on NHL opening odds and early odds movement, sharp money and public betting for Thursday’s contest.

NHL odds movement

The Golden Knights got shut out 1-0 in Game 1, then returned the favor Tuesday night in Game 2, notching a 3-0 victory to knot the series. Vegas opened -165 at The SuperBook for Game 3, spent about 30 minutes Wednesday at -160, then returned to the opening price for an 8 p.m. ET puck drop. The Stars are +150.

On the total, The SuperBook was stable at 5.5 through late Wednesday night, although the Under is juiced to -135.

NHL public betting

The Consensus, often indicative of public action, showed a lean toward Vegas by late Wednesday night. The Knights were drawing 64 percent of early picks, while the Over/Under was almost dead two-way play, with 51 percent of picks on the Over.

**Udog** · 09-10-2020, 08:54 AM

39VEGAS -40 DALLAS
DALLAS are 10-3 ATS (6.7 Units) when playing their 4th road game in 7 days in the current season.

NHL
Long Sheet

Thursday, September 10

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VEGAS (51-29-0-8, 110 pts.) vs. DALLAS (47-32-0-8, 102 pts.) - 9/10/2020, 8:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
VEGAS is 97-80 ATS (-18.6 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
DALLAS is 272-180 ATS (+74.7 Units) after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game since 1996.
DALLAS is 242-167 ATS (+29.6 Units) after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game since 1996.
DALLAS is 20-16 ATS (+36.8 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
VEGAS is 8-3 (+6.3 Units) against the spread versus DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
VEGAS is 8-3-0 straight up against DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
7 of 10 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+3.9 Units)

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NHL

Thursday, September 10

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Trend Report
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Vegas @ Dallas
Vegas
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Vegas's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Vegas's last 5 games on the road
Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dallas's last 7 games when playing Vegas
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Dallas's last 10 games

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**Udog** · 09-10-2020, 09:53 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Thursday, September 10

Vegas @ Dallas

Game 39-40
September 10, 2020 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Vegas
13.897
Dallas
11.551
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Vegas
by 2 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Vegas
-165
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Vegas
(-165); Under

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