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Canucks -0.5 goals (reg) -152 vs Bolts
I'll continue to fade TB on the road with that swiss-cheese defence and lack of goaltending. Once again, TB gave up 40+ shots against Edmonton in another road loss...the 5th straight game where they've been shelled like that. I hit that EDM game hard, and will do so again. They are really hurting on the back end, and I don't see how a fast, quality set of Canuck forwards don't do the same tonight. They'll get the 40+ shots, hopefully 4+ goals, and with Luongo in net, I like my chances. TB has nothing in the tank, and cannot compensate with 2 quality forwards for the lack of overall depth and terrible defensive play (Plus...Vinny has a sore ankle, and has been struggling overall).
Vancouver has been playing great hockey this month winning 8 of 10, scoring alot of goals, and have come together for the stretch run nicely. Also a nice spot for the Canucks, coming off a disappointing road loss in Montreal on Tuesday at the end of a long roadtrip, where they still doubled the Habs shot total, but ran into a hot Halak in what was a chippy game. They still outshot the Habs 13-3 in the last period, and were the better team late in that game, despite being at the end of a trip. That shows me something about this team. I think they bounce back at home in a big way, rested and facing the worst group of defencemen in the league.
Interesting Canucks "spot" fact... the Canucks have had exactly 4 long roadtrips this year (3 games or more) before this one that ended Tuesday, and I found it interesting that in the first game back home at GM Place after these roadtrips, the Canucks are a perfect 4-0. These include big wins over EDM, DET, FLA and MTL. Very impressive. I know some people like to fade teams coming home off a roadtrip (I know FF does), so I looked into it, expecting to be scared off a bit, and was surprised to see the Canucks dominance in this spot. With a lame opponent like TB on deck in this situation, I expect a 5-0 record in this kind of spot.
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Canucks -0.5 goals (reg) -152 vs Bolts
I'll continue to fade TB on the road with that swiss-cheese defence and lack of goaltending. Once again, TB gave up 40+ shots against Edmonton in another road loss...the 5th straight game where they've been shelled like that. I hit that EDM game hard, and will do so again. They are really hurting on the back end, and I don't see how a fast, quality set of Canuck forwards don't do the same tonight. They'll get the 40+ shots, hopefully 4+ goals, and with Luongo in net, I like my chances. TB has nothing in the tank, and cannot compensate with 2 quality forwards for the lack of overall depth and terrible defensive play (Plus...Vinny has a sore ankle, and has been struggling overall).
Vancouver has been playing great hockey this month winning 8 of 10, scoring alot of goals, and have come together for the stretch run nicely. Also a nice spot for the Canucks, coming off a disappointing road loss in Montreal on Tuesday at the end of a long roadtrip, where they still doubled the Habs shot total, but ran into a hot Halak in what was a chippy game. They still outshot the Habs 13-3 in the last period, and were the better team late in that game, despite being at the end of a trip. That shows me something about this team. I think they bounce back at home in a big way, rested and facing the worst group of defencemen in the league.
Interesting Canucks "spot" fact... the Canucks have had exactly 4 long roadtrips this year (3 games or more) before this one that ended Tuesday, and I found it interesting that in the first game back home at GM Place after these roadtrips, the Canucks are a perfect 4-0. These include big wins over EDM, DET, FLA and MTL. Very impressive. I know some people like to fade teams coming home off a roadtrip (I know FF does), so I looked into it, expecting to be scared off a bit, and was surprised to see the Canucks dominance in this spot. With a lame opponent like TB on deck in this situation, I expect a 5-0 record in this kind of spot.
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GL :thumbs:
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