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Four Intriguing Matchups on NHL's Wednesday Schedule

• Joe LaTengo

• Last Updated: January 4, 2012

East is East and West is West, at least in conference terms, and it’s up to Joe LaTengo to determine where these eight teams stand before the “great Judgment Seat.” Three of Wednesday’s pairings (Winnipeg at Montreal, Boston at New Jersey, San Jose at Anaheim, and Minnesota at Vancouver) feature recently ascending teams meeting squads...

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Leafs face Jets, Canucks play Kings on Last CBC-TV Hockey Night of 2011

• Joe LaTengo

• Last Updated: December 30, 2011

The gigantic lighted ball on top of One Times Square in New York City will do its classic descent on New Year’s Eve, indicating the end of 2011. Several hours before that, the puck will drop on the last Hockey Night In Canada of the year. Joe LaTengo puts on his party hat. Should auld...

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Luongo Out, Schneider In as Blackhawks Visit Canucks!

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: November 16, 2011

What’s going on with Roberto Luongo? Frank Doyle tries to figure it out ahead of Chicago’s visit to Vancouver tonight. Don’t it always seem to go, you don’t know what you got ‘til it’s gone? Roberto Luongo gets a lot of bad press from Canucks fans who aren’t sure if his goaltending is quite in...

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Oilers, Leafs Enjoying Life at the Top

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: November 3, 2011

Two Canadian teams are red hot right now and they’re not necessarily who you expect. Frank Doyle reports from the ice. The young men of Edmonton are growing up quickly. For two years the Oilers have languished in hockey’s basement. Now they are on top of the Western Division and lords of all they survey....

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NHL Preview: Vancouver Canucks

• Charlie Boccanegra

• Last Updated: September 30, 2011

The Canucks are still the team to beat. Charlie Boccanegra breaks them down. The Canucks won the Presidents’ Trophy last year. They ranked 1st in goals for and goals against in the NHL, and fell just one game short of the Stanley Cup last year. But a majority of the team are back and, while...

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Bombing Bruins and Can-Do Canucks Talked About Teams of the NHL Playoffs

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: April 18, 2011

Frank Doyle looks at what NHL bettors have learned from the playoffs so far. You Don’t Have to be a Shark to Choke In noting how reliable the Sharks are to letting themselves down in the playoffs one throaty team was omitted from the role of honour. Step forward the big, bad Boston Bruins, the...

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Canucks the Team to Beat in NHL Western Conference

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: April 12, 2011

Frank Doyle looks at the NHL Western Playoffs, where the Canucks look set to sweep down from British Columbia and conquer all before them. Vancouver is the best team in the league. From back to front, the Canucks are solid as a rock. Roberto Luongo in goal, a solid blue line and the forked terrors...

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Caution Advised when Betting the Canucks

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: March 18, 2011

Frank Doyle looks at the weekend matchups in the NHL as the playoffs loom. Vancouver’s suddenly patchy form over the past month didn’t really matter to the Canucks as regards the playoffs. The playoff berth was never in danger. But it was a matter of great concern to fans of NHL betting, who were never...

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NHL Betting Returns to 'Hawks, Caps and Canucks

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: March 7, 2011

Frank Doyle hails the return to form of the Blackhawks, Capitals and Canucks over the weekend. How about those Chicago Blackhawks? After being more or less flatlined and forgotten about all season, they’ve only gone off and won eight straight to put themselves right back in contention for the playoffs. Chicago was an NHL betting...

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NHL Odds Against Penguins While Crosby Remains Out

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: March 4, 2011

Frank Doyle previews the weekend action including Pittsburgh’s crisis, the fast-rising Devils and the struggling Canucks. In the continuing absence of Sidney Crosby – it’s fifty-seven days and counting since the kid picked up a stick – Pittsburgh’s difficulty is morphing in a fully-blown crisis. Hopes that a shootout win at Toronto on Saturday meant...

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Bruins Still the Winners as Deadline Passes

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: March 1, 2011

Frank Doyle searches through the trades to see if anything made a difference, and looks back at an interesting weekend’s hockey. Stanley Cups have been won in the past on trade deadline day. That’s unlikely to happen this year. Deadline day came and went yesterday without one trade that made people sit back and think:...

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Pained Pens at Canes, Sharks at Flames and Big Hockey Betting on Bruins at Canucks!

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: February 25, 2011

Frank Doyle worries for the Penguins, likes the Sharks and looks forward to Boston at Vancouver. Pittsburgh starts an important five game road trip with a visit to Carolina tonight. It’s important because Pittsburgh has lost three straight, is a wretched 3-5-2 over its last ten games and really doesn’t know when Sidney Crosby is...

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Ducks on the Road, Stars on the Slide and a Classic in Calgary!

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: February 18, 2011

Frank Doyle previews the weekend action – Anaheim at Minnesota and Philadelphia at Carolina tonight, Dallas at Vancouver tomorrow and the Heritage Classic in Calgary on Sunday! Ducks at Wild What an extraordinary road record the Ducks are currently enjoying. They’ve won their last six road games, starting with a 4-3 shootout win at Montreal...

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Hockey Betting Action in Toronto, Montreal Tonight

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: February 10, 2011

Frank Doyle previews tonight’s hockey action, and looks forward to Hockey Day in Canada as well. The Maple Leafs, whose fans’ patience knows no horizon, are dreaming of the playoffs again. Toronto hasn’t been there since 2004, the year before the strike, and the trade for Joffrey Lupul from Anaheim this week is a sign...

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Time to Shine for Stars, Lightning After All-Star Game?

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: February 3, 2011

The All-Star game is the NHL’s bar mitzvah. The time for childish pursuits is over; it’s now time to get serious and be a man. This is the time when we find out who won’t be using their razors in April and May, and who will be watching on the TV – and maybe putting...