Season Record To Date: 34-41 for -6.62 units.
San Jose Sharks @ Edmonton Oilers
The Sharks continue to lose games and their hold on a playoff spot in the Western Conference seems to be slipping away. They have got Martin Havlat back from injury, but even before he went down the team struggled to put up points. This is especially true on the road where the Sharks have won just 4 of 15 games this season. The Oilers are coming off a big win over Nashville and will look to continue the momentum against this struggling Sharks team. I do expect San Jose to turn things around at some point, but until it happens I will be fading them.
Play: Oilers +100 (5Dimes.eu)
Dallas Stars @ Colorado Avalanche
The Avs have lost 4 straight and adding Ryan O’Reilly to the lineup doesn’t seem to have helped much as the Avalanche have won just 2 of 9 games with him in the lineup. The Avalanche have dropped from 4 points back with 3 games in hand to 6 points back of 8th with no games in hand and now sit in last place in the Western Conference. I never understood why they wouldn’t take the first and third round picks from the Flames, considering the first rounder will almost certainly be a top 10 pick and O’Reilly won’t be worth the $6.5 million per year that they will have to offer him to keep him from becoming an unrestricted free agent after next year. They can’t even trade him for a full year now and there is a chance that will bring them past next years trade deadline, so they probably signed a player for too much money, gave up a top 10 pick and won’t even be able to get anything for him next year when the team is once again not in the playoff race at the deadline. Anyways, enough ranting on that, the Stars responded to an 8-1 thrashing at the hands of the Blackhawks with a 4-3 win over the Flames on Monday and I expect more of the same tonight.
Play: Stars +106 (5Dimes.eu)
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