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Wednesday’s NHL Puck Luck Betting Picks

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: November 20, 2013

Frank drops tonight’s best hockey bets in NHL Puck Luck. Pittsburgh Penguins at Washington Capitals (+105, 5.5) Star power is factoring into this line and the total. Yes, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Alex Ovechkin, and Nicklas Backstrom will be sharing the ice tonight, but these teams play under the total more than you might realize....

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Tuesday's NHL Picks: Habs supporters getting restless

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: November 19, 2013

Columbus Blue Jackets at Edmonton Oilers (-110, 5.5) The Edmonton Oilers are going to get a close look at a team they’d like to be more like. The Columbus Blue Jackets get by with an aggressive forecheck, putting pressure on their opposition. They have five players with at least 10 points and aren’t going to...

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Monday's NHL betting picks: Bruins will bounce back

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: November 18, 2013

Frank is back with today’s Puck Luck, your top NHL betting picks. Boston Bruins at Carolina Hurricanes (+125, 5) The Bruins had a four-game winning streak Friday in Ottawa, but that’s more of a blip than anything else. Boston gave up the go-ahead goal five minute into the third period against the Sens and could...

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Friday’s NHL betting picks: Bet Sabres in Ted Nolan’s return

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: November 15, 2013

Check out today’s NHL Puck Luck, our three favorite hockey bets for Friday. Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres (+110, 5) It’s always interesting when the Leafs and Sabres get together, but tonight will be extra special with former Jack Adams award winner Ted Nolan returning behind the bench. Even though Nolan has been out...

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Puck Luck: Thursday's Best NHL Picks

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: November 14, 2013

Puck Luck is a daily picks piece breaking down the best NHL bets going. Phoenix Coyotes at Chicago Blackhawks (-195, 5.5) The Blackhawks have avoided the dreaded Stanley Cup hangover, losing just twice in regulation this season. That’s impressive. What’s also impressive is that the Coyotes have won six straight games in Chicago and still...

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NHL Puck Luck: Wednesday's best hockey odds and picks

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: November 13, 2013

Toronto Maple Leafs at Minnesota Wild (-160, 5) Until Toronto does something to fill their hole at center, their offence could be in real trouble. The Maple Leafs don’t generate many good scoring chances at the best of times, so playing without Tyler Bozak and Dave Bolland is a recipe for disaster. Toronto has scored...

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NHL Puck Luck odds & picks: Stamkos injury stuns Lightning

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: November 12, 2013

Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens (-175, 5.5) You just had to take one look at the Tampa Bay Lightning bench after Steven Stamkos broke his leg in Boston yesterday to get the whole story. Stamkos’ teammates sat there with blank stares on their faces, in disbelief of what had happened. Stamkos wasn’t just Tampa...

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NHL Puck Luck: Monday's best hockey odds and picks

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: November 11, 2013

Tampa Bay Lightning at Boston Bruins (-170, 5) The Bruins are coming off a hard-fought win over the Toronto Maple Leafs Saturday night in a rematch of last year’s epic seven-game series win. Patrice Bergeron was the difference again that time, scoring the game’s last two goals in a 3-1 victory. Meanwhile, Tampa Bay is...

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NHL Saturday odds & picks: Oilers to send Eberle packing?

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: November 8, 2013

When the Edmonton Oilers tangle with the Philadelphia Flyers Saturday afternoon, the word is more than a handful of guys will be playing for their jobs. Understandably enough, too. The two teams have just eight wins between them and both sit in the basement of their respective divisions. Supporters of both teams are calling for...

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NHL’s Brendan Shanahan “hates” Ray Emery fight

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: November 5, 2013

If there’s anybody qualified to talk about Philadelphia Flyers goalie Ray Emery beating the heck out of Washington Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby last week, it is Brendan Shanahan, the NHL’s VP of Player Safety. Shanahan, who will be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame this weekend, played in the NHL for more than 20...

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NHL Saturday odds & picks: Downie may turn Flyers around

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: November 1, 2013

So it’s back to where it all started for Steve Downie after he was traded from the Colorado Avalanche to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for veteran Max Talbot on Thursday. The Flyers originally drafted Downie 29th overall back in 2005, so they know exactly what they’re getting with him and what they’re getting might...

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NHL Saturday odds & picks: Carey Price keeps Habs afloat

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 25, 2013

The Montreal Canadiens head into Saturday’s matchup with the upstart San Jose Sharks at the Bell Centre sporting a 6-4 record. Without goaltender Carey Price, there’s a good chance they’d be hanging around with the Sabres and Panthers at the bottom of the Atlantic Division. Price sports a 2.13 goals against average and a .936...

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How to Make Money in Pro Sports – Infographic

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 27, 2017

Just how much money can someone expect to make as a professional athlete? Not quite as much as you might think. Frank Doyle does the numbers, and the results might surprise you. Iron men like John Stockton, Brett Favre or Cal Ripken, Jr, are the exceptions. For the majority of professional sportsmen, careers don’t even...

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Crosby vs. MacKinnon in first Battle of Cole Harbour

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 21, 2013

Colorado Avalanche rookie Nathan MacKinnon is already turning heads, but he’ll have a chance to see how he matches up with Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby Monday night. MacKinnon had better get used to being compared to Crosby too. With both players hailing from Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia and being No. 1 overall picks, it’s easy to...

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Saturday NHL odds & picks: Oilers running out of excuses

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 18, 2013

Yes, it’s still early, but the Edmonton Oilers are running out of excuses in a hurry. First off, enough with dubbing them the “young Oilers” already, because they really aren’t all that young anymore. Sure, they have young players they’re counting on right now, but they do have players with a lot of experience too....

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NHL odds & ends: Hockey Night in Canada Saturday betting picks

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 11, 2013

When the Toronto Maple Leafs started James Reimer in Montreal for the first game of the season, most agreed he had earned the first crack at the No. 1 job. He was the goaltender who led the Leafs into the playoffs last season and looked sharper than the new kid in town, Jonathan Bernier, during...

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Nathan MacKinnon living up to the hype with Avalanche

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 9, 2013

When you’re a highly-touted No. 1 overall draft pick drawing comparisons of Peter Forsberg and start playing in the NHL at 18 years old, you need to prove yourself early. That hasn’t been a problem for Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia native, Nathan MacKinnon. The Colorado Avalanche are off to a perfect 3-0 start, much to...

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Bobby Ryan gets first taste of Ottawa Senators media

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 8, 2013

Ottawa Senators sniper Bobby Ryan is quickly realizing on the hockey map, Anaheim couldn’t get much further away from Ottawa in every possible sense. In Anaheim, players are free to go about their on-ice and off-ice lives without a care in the world. Sure they’ll do a couple of postgame interviews, but it’s not like...

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Cory Schneider vs. Roberto Loungo as Devils visit Canucks

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 7, 2013

After answering questions about Roberto Luongo for more than a year, what’s a few more for New Jersey Devils goaltender Cory Schneider? After battling to be the No. 1 goaltender for the Vancouver Canucks for the last few years, Roberto Luongo will be in one net and Cory Schneider in the other when the Devils...

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Great One opens Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre in Brantford

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: September 30, 2013

Brantford, Ontario’s favorite son came home Sunday and it was just as you would have expected – classy. The city was celebrating the grand opening of the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre, which was just renovated, while unveiling the Gretzky Project monument. The renovations of the centre checked in at $64 million and were highlighted one...