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Habs Coach Therrien Shields Blame from Goalie Carey Price

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: April 17, 2013

Carey Price may not have been at his best lately, but Montreal Canadiens coach Michel Therrien isn’t blaming his struggling goaltender. Therrien says there’s more than enough blame to go around in the Canadiens’ dressing room. Price has allowed nine goals in the last 33 shots he has faced, including six goals on 29 shots...

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Rumour Mill In Overdrive as NHL Trade Deadline Approaches

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: April 1, 2013

Let’s get this out of the way first: because this story was posted after noon on Monday, this is not an April Fools prank. There is also no joking around when it comes to discussing the National Hockey League trade deadline at 3 PM Eastern time on Wednesday, April 3. Between now and then, all...

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NHL Saturday Give and Go: Bruins to Beat up on Flyers

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: March 8, 2013

HNIC NHL Odds, Preview and Predictions Like it or not, the Boston Bruins are the team to beat in the Eastern Conference almost halfway through this shortened NHL season. Habs fans, sit down. Leafs supporters, let’s be serious. Pittsburgh, get a goaltender already. Most days, I’d rather go through a Jersey Shore marathon than subject...

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NHL Saturday Give and Go: Questioning the Canucks

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: March 1, 2013

Saturday’s NHL Preview, Odds and Picks Since we’re closing in on the midway point of the NHL season, we figured it was high time we get a weekly column together. Frank will check in on a handful of Saturday’s games, giving his picks. What you go do with those picks are entirely up to you....

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NHL Preview: Sleepers, Schedules and Best Bets

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: January 18, 2013

NHL Fantasy, Team Betting Targets, NHL Schedule Conflicts As the NHL runs out apologies all across the league, fantasy freaks, bettors, and traditional fans are all scrambling to get ready for Saturday’s opening day. There are a lot of variables to consider this season. Firstly, we’re obviously dealing with a 48-game shortened schedule that will...

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Flyers, Pens Fight Renew Violence in Hockey Debate

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: April 17, 2012

Frank Doyle drops his gloves and gets stuck in to another annual violence in hockey debate. The Rashomon effect is in full force in the NHL Playoffs. Rashomon is the Kurosawa movie from 1950 in which a violent crime is recounted from four completely different points of view. Everybody saw the crime, but nobody recounts...

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NHL Playoffs: Expect War In Penguins-Flyers Series

• Joe LaTengo

• Last Updated: April 11, 2012

Of all the matchups in the Eastern Conference, the best-of-seven between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Philadelphia Flyers is anticipated to be the most acrimonious. Based on the bad blood spilled in the regular season between these divisional and state rivals, this Battle of Pennsylvania won’t be taking any prisoners. Accusations of dirty play were...

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NHL: Pugnacious Penguins Tangle With Bruising Bruins

• Joe LaTengo

• Last Updated: April 3, 2012

While this preview is supposed to focus on Tuesday night’s game in Boston between the Bruins and the Penguins, Pittsburgh’s clash with Philadelphia on Sunday is the talk of the hockey world. It even prompted analyst Mike Milbury to jump into the fray, calling Penguins captain Sidney Crosby “a little punk.” More on that later:...

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NHL: Penguins, Rangers To Duel In Pittsburgh

• Joe LaTengo

• Last Updated: February 20, 2012

The New York Rangers are running away with the Atlantic Division title and are also well ahead of the Boston Bruins and the New Jersey Devils in the Eastern Conference standings. Pittsburgh is hosting the Broadway Blueshirts on Tuesday night, and it seems like one of those times when taking the “over” on an over/under...

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NHL: Habs Home Underdogs Against Pittsburgh

• Charlie Boccanegra

• Last Updated: February 7, 2012

The injury-plagued Pittsburgh Penguins will cross the border to face the Montreal Canadiens in an Eastern Conference match-up tonight. Given the disparity between these two teams, there will be some interesting betting angles for those people who are looking to do some midweek NHL betting. With 64 points, the Penguins are currently in fifth place...

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NHL Thinking Playoffs at the All-Star Break

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: January 27, 2012

It’s All-Star weekend and Frank Doyle looks ahead to the second half of the hockey season as the teams hurtle towards the playoffs! The great players of the NHL are exhibiting their skills in Ottawa this weekend at the All-Star Game, but don’t be fooled. Whatever those guys do on the ice at the Scotiabank...

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NHL: Canadiens, Blackhawks, and Caps in Action on Friday

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: January 20, 2012

There are only four games in the NHL tonight but Al Dannity says they all carry a sense of intrigue as the All-Star break nears. Great to be in the Original Six…unless you’re a Canadien This season has seen the best cumulative performance from the Original Six since 1974. As it stands, four of the...

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The Kid is Back – Can the Crosby-Ovechkin Rivalry Return Too?

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: November 23, 2011

Frank Doyle celebrates the Return of the Kid, and previews St Louis at Pittsburgh and Winnipeg at Washington. All sports fans you know that sports are graced by the greatest players, no matter where they play. The guy might break your heart every year but if he’s great you can see it and you have...

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NHL Preview: Pittsburgh Penguins

• Charlie Boccanegra

• Last Updated: October 6, 2011

The Pittsburgh Penguins are the best team in the NHL. When healthy. Charlie Boccanegra reports. Last year’s loss of the league’s best player Sidney Crosby & top 10 scorer Evgeni Malkin pretty much eliminated any realistic chance of them winning the Cup. However, what it did do was force coach Byslma to find new ways...

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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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Somewhere, Ovi the Rainbow – Caps Look Good in NHL East

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: April 12, 2011

Frank Doyle weighs up the contenders in the NHL Eastern Conference. The Eastern Conference looks like a straight fight – and I choose my words carefully – between Washington and Boston. Washington is the NHL betting favorite to win the East, +225 at time of writing, while Boston is fourth favorite at +450. Philadelphia and...

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Matt Cooke Suspension More Grief Than Pittsburgh Needs

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: March 21, 2011

Frank Doyle looks at Mario’s misery, the devil in New Jersey and happy times in the Sad Song Capital of the world. What a fun game that was yesterday between the Rangers and the Penguins. Mario Lemieux’s comments about headshots in the light of the Max Pacioretty situation came back to haunt him with a...

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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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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 at Oilers Top Choice for Hockey Bettors

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: February 14, 2011

Frank Doyle looks back at the weekend hockey betting action, and thinks Mario Lemieux has more than fighting on his mind. The game with the most NHL betting action this weekend wasn’t Toronto at Montreal, although that was close. Most interest was shown in Anaheim’s visit to Edmonton last night, when opinion seemed pretty much...