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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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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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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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2010 Winter Olympic Hockey Betting: Who Will Win Gold?

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: February 9, 2010

As the world descends onto Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics, all eyes in the sporting world are focusing on the marquee event — men’s ice hockey. Since allowing NHL players to participate in the 1998 Nagano games, Olympic ice hockey has truly become a spectacle. The world’s greatest players are divvied up by nationality,...