For some dumb reason i think van might do it but its against the sharks so might not.. Let the dogs bark, GL
On a side note last time vancouver played in san jose they were -220 and in horrible spot is was two days before XMAS the canucks were in 3 in 4 and had to travel to San jose and play in a B2B game. They did not arrive in San jose until 4am due to plane problems. At the time the canucks were in 1st place in their division - luongo was on the shelf and sundin was on his way, things look oh-so rosy. Yet they were still dogged and San Jose was -220.
Now fast forward to today - the nucks are fairly well rested, have both Sundin and Luongo in the lineup and just lost 6 in a row at home. Realisitically this line should be -280, -300 given current form of the canucks.
Todays line opened at -230 and got whacked down to -200 in the first move that is a rare ML move in first move. It still sits at -200 and the PL is at +145 it has only dropped 15. these things are out of whack.
The problem for San Jose is the Canucks showed some signs of playing better vs Columbus. They were up 3-1 at one point only to allow 4 straight goals and be down 5-3. Any really fragile team would have caved and quit - the canucks managed to gut it out and score two more goals to tie it salvage a point only to loose b/c of penalty in OT. The bottom line is they put 5 pucks behind Steve Mason the hottest goalie in the NHL and came from behind.
There is no doubt the sharks are way more talented team but Vancouver may want it more tonight and that could be the difference. Vancouver is definately worth a shot given the books stance on this game.
Now fast forward to today - the nucks are fairly well rested, have both Sundin and Luongo in the lineup and just lost 6 in a row at home. Realisitically this line should be -280, -300 given current form of the canucks.
Todays line opened at -230 and got whacked down to -200 in the first move that is a rare ML move in first move. It still sits at -200 and the PL is at +145 it has only dropped 15. these things are out of whack.
The problem for San Jose is the Canucks showed some signs of playing better vs Columbus. They were up 3-1 at one point only to allow 4 straight goals and be down 5-3. Any really fragile team would have caved and quit - the canucks managed to gut it out and score two more goals to tie it salvage a point only to loose b/c of penalty in OT. The bottom line is they put 5 pucks behind Steve Mason the hottest goalie in the NHL and came from behind.
There is no doubt the sharks are way more talented team but Vancouver may want it more tonight and that could be the difference. Vancouver is definately worth a shot given the books stance on this game.
Its worth a shot with that kind of money.. i might play the +1 goal line and hope they play aclose game..
GL Powers
