Sportsbooks Overview If anyone would have said that a game in February between the Ottawa Senators and Florida Panthers would be a battle of two playoff powerhouses, most price per head sports experts would have called that statement crazy. But the Panthers are the top team in the Southeast Division and the Senators have been battling for the fifth and sixth playoff spots for most of the … [Read more...]
NHL Game Preview for Wednesday February 15, 2012 – Ottawa Senators @ Florida Panthers
Sports Betting Overview When sports fans start betting March Madness college basketball games, that means that the end of theNHL season is not too far off. Now the mad scramble for playoff spots in theNHL begins and teams like the Ottawa Senators are trying to atone for several bad seasons in a row by finally making it into the post-season tournament.Ottawa is currently ranked seventh in the … [Read more...]
College Basketball Betting – Blue Devils Remain Thorn In Tar Heels’ Side
After coming so very close to beating out the Duke Blue Devils and capturing an ACC title a year ago, the North Carolina Tar Heels took a step back and reflected on all that they had done. Even though they may not have had the talent and depth that the Blue Devils had at the time, they still managed to take one of the three meetings against them and battle them to the end of a disappointing ACC … [Read more...]
NHL Playoff Preview: Teams that May be Able to Make That Playoff Push
The online betting world is fixated on the Super Bowl and the race for the NHL playoffs. Now that the NHL All-Star break is over, many of the teams in the lower part of the NHL standings need to start making their playoff pushes or risk being left out of the post-season. There are a few teams that have been slumping as of late and put themselves in bad situations while other teams are surging but … [Read more...]
NHL Game Preview for Wednesday January 18, 2012: Washington Capitals @ Montreal Canadiens
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
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
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 December 28, 2011: New York Rangers @ Washington Capitals
Sports Betting Overview The Washington Capitals are in trouble. As most people expected, firing head coach Bruce Boudreau and replacing him with rookie NHL head coach Dale Hunter was not the answer to the Capitals’ woes. The pay per head sportsbook experts do not seem phased by the recent challenges facing the Capitals as Washington is still a 6 ½ to 1 favorite to win the Stanley Cup this season. … [Read more...]
NHL Game Preview for Friday December 23, 2011: Philadelphia Flyers @ New York Rangers
Sports Betting Overview On the last day before the two-day Christmas break, hockey fans get a quick preview of the 2012 Winter Classic as the New York Rangers host the Philadelphia Flyers. It is still strange to think that the Rangers are playing in the Winter Classic and the game is not in the New Yankee Stadium. But this game will be held at Madison Square Garden, and it is a game that both … [Read more...]
NHL Game Preview for Wednesday December 14, 2011: Chicago Blackhawks @ Minnesota Wild
Sports Betting Overview Anyone who would have made the prediction that the Chicago Blackhawks and Minnesota Wild would be battling it out to see who is the best team in the league on into the middle of December would have been laughed at by the price per head bookie crowd. There was absolutely nothing going on with either team that would have indicated that such a drastic turnaround was possible. … [Read more...]