NHL Game Preview for Wednesday February 1, 2012: Dallas Stars @ Anaheim Ducks

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Online Betting Overview Sustained success throughout an entire NHL season is extremely difficult. Even the best teams go into slumps or start dropping games because key players are out with injuries. But the difference between decent teams and champions is that the champions find ways to keep on winning despite all of the problems. It looks like the Dallas Stars are at least a decent team this … [Read more...]

College Basketball Betting – Only Time In Kansas’ Way In Big 12

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While on the surface it might seem like the Big 12 is made up of a handful of top contenders that have a legitimate chance to win the conference, the fact of the matter is that there is only one team that has a legitimate chance. Even though there are four teams currently ranking the top-25, only time stands in the way of the No. 5 Kansas Jayhawks and another Big 12 title. The cracks have already … [Read more...]

NHL Game Preview for Wednesday January 25, 2011: Detroit Red Wings @ Montreal Canadiens

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Sports Betting Overview It would be a mistake to underestimate the Detroit Red Wings just because a game happens to be played outside of Joe Louis Arena. At home, the Red Wings have won 17 straight games and are approaching the all-time consecutive home win record of 20 posted by the 1929-30 Boston Bruins and the 1975-76 Philadelphia Flyers. Since the Superbowl betting in Detroit lost its … [Read more...]

NHL Game Preview for Friday January 20, 2012: Florida Panthers @ Chicago Blackhawks

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Betting Websites Overview The NHL fans in Florida have not exactly been going to the arena in droves. But the fans that did come out to see the Florida Panthers play in the early part of the NHL season saw a team that was dominating the Southeast Division. But as the fans in Florida attend to their Superbowl betting, the Panthers are starting to see injuries and inconsistent play dissolve part … [Read more...]

NHL Game Preview for Wednesday January 18, 2012: Washington Capitals @ Montreal Canadiens

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Online Betting Overview The Montreal Canadiens are having a very strange season. Earlier in the year, the Canadiens used one of its assistant coaches as a scapegoat and fired him during the morning skate. Then the Canadiens fired head coach Jacques Martin and replaced him with Randy Cunneyworth. The pay per head sportsbook experts in Montreal ignored the Canadiens’ desperate need for a better … [Read more...]

NHL Game Preview for Wednesday January 18, 2012: Florida Panthers @ Colorado Avalanche

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Sports Betting Overview Last season, the Florida Panthers and the Colorado Avalanche were not even factors in the playoff race. Both teams finished at or near the bottom of their divisions and missed the playoffs by several points. This year it is a much different story for both teams. The Florida Panthers still sit at the top of the Southeast Division while the Colorado Avalanche is only two … [Read more...]

College Basketball Betting – Tar Heels Cannot Be Overlooked

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It has to be one of the most ridiculous contradictions in sports betting, yet it happens every year when it comes to college basketbal. Perhaps it is the fact that in college football a team has to go undefeated or close to it just to have a chance at a national title, but it seems somewhat absurd that the same standard is applied to college basketball teams early on in the year. The No. 3 North … [Read more...]

NHL Game Preview for Wednesday January 11, 2011: Pittsburgh Penguins @ Washington Capitals

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Online Betting Overview Those simultaneous hissing noises you hear coming from Washington, DC and Pittsburgh, PA are the air being let out of the Capitals’ and Penguins’ seasons. The Penguins used to be resilient. It used to be that Pittsburgh could at least be competitive without its captain Sidney Crosby. But the price per head bookie experts have watched the Penguins fall from the top of the … [Read more...]

NHL Game Preview for Friday January 6, 2012: New York Rangers @ Pittsburgh Penguins

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Sports Betting Overview Any team that uses injuries as an excuse for poor play needs to look at the Pittsburgh Penguins over the last two seasons. Last season, the Penguins lost superstar Sidney Crosby in January for the rest of the season. But the team plodded forward and was still one of the top teams in the Eastern Conference. Then the Penguins lost superstar Evgeni Malkin a month before the … [Read more...]

NHL Game Preview for Wednesday January 4, 2011: Boston Bruins @ New Jersey Devils

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Online Betting Overview There is something about the way that the New Jersey Devils play on the road that always has opponents concerned. In its last 10 games, the Devils are 7-2-1 but that does include an overtime loss on the road. But the Devils are a different team this year than last year. Jacques Lemaire is not behind the bench and it does not look like he will be ever again. That is just … [Read more...]