Vegas over/unders for this season

Anaheim Ducks 96.5
Atlanta Thrashers 80.5
Boston Bruins 101.5
Buffalo Sabres 91.5
Calgary Flames 96.5
Carolina Hurricanes 94.5
Chicago Blackhawks 105.5
Colorado Avalanche 72.5
Columbus Blue Jackets 86.5
Dallas Stars 89.5
Detroit Red Wings 106.5
Edmonton Oilers 89.5
Florida Panthers 87.5
Los Angeles Kings 86.5
Minnesota Wild 88.5
Montreal Canadiens 93.5
Nashville Predators 84.5
New Jersey Devils 96.5
New York Islanders 70.5
New York Rangers 91.5
Ottawa Senators 83.5
Philadelphia Flyers 102.5
Phoenix Coyotes 72.5
Pittsburgh Penguins 102.5
San Jose Sharks 107.5
St. Louis Blues 91.5
Tampa Bay Lightning 85.5
Toronto Maple Leafs 85.5
Vancouver Canucks 96.5
Washington Capitals 104.5

What are your five best bets from this list? Which one is your lead pipe lock?

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My picks:
Chicago – Under (lock)
Ottawa – Over
Penguins – Over
Islanders – Over
Oilers – Under

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by Down Goes Brown on Sep 23, 2009 11:36 AM EDT reply actions

Ottawa – Over

Time to move out of Ottawa because Garrioch is getting to you. The correct answer is “Under…by a mile”

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by PPP on Sep 23, 2009 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions

Nah, I think they get off to a decent start (leading to a million articles of Clouston popsicle-sucking) before Alfie and Leclaire break down and Kovalev quits. Should be enough to get them into the high 80s.

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by Down Goes Brown on Sep 23, 2009 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions

Hm, come to think of it, give me some action on the Panthers under.

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by Down Goes Brown on Sep 23, 2009 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions

Under on Chicago and San Jose. Under on Colorado too… seriously I think they will be quite godawful this year.

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by stucky on Sep 23, 2009 11:49 AM EDT reply actions

Deuchane will be the biggest let down of the draft me thinks, he wont come into his own for 3-5 years

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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 23, 2009 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions

Leafs – Over (lock)

by general borschevsky on Sep 23, 2009 12:20 PM EDT reply actions

Leafs – Over
Oilers – Under
Coyotes – Over
Thrashers – Over (LOCK)
Blackhawks – Under

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by PPP on Sep 23, 2009 12:24 PM EDT reply actions

Chicago – under
Philly – under
Canucks – over
Oilers – under
Leafs – over

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by Robot Godzilla on Sep 23, 2009 12:29 PM EDT reply actions

Man, I really hope this is the year the wheels fall off in Detroit.

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by Robot Godzilla on Sep 23, 2009 12:31 PM EDT reply actions

Me too

Unfortunately I don’t think it will happen, because they seem to replace their personnel losses with freshly developed talent, their existing star players are still really really good, and they will probably be highly motivated due to lsing the Cup to Pittsburgh. Not to mention the asinine Sid-“missing the handshake line” “scandal” (/vomit)

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by stucky on Sep 23, 2009 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions

yeah, their core is still very much intact, and they have a couple very good prospects ready to step into the bigs.
their only weakness is goaltending, Osgoods horse shoe must be getting pretty rusty

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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 23, 2009 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions

God help the rest of the league if they ever got a hold of a Louongo or Lundqvist. I think they just have Osgood still to humour us.

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by Robot Godzilla on Sep 23, 2009 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions

yah, If detroit didnt have so much money tied up in all those good forwards and defensemen (not that its a bad idea) and they could land one though free agency..dear lord
when Lindstrom retires look for the best UFA goalie to have a good contract thrown at em or over paid but good goalie to be snapped up by the wings for cents on the dollar

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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 23, 2009 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions

How the odds makers see the conferences finishing

East

Washington Capitals 104.5
Philadelphia Flyers 102.5
Pittsburgh Penguins 102.5
Boston Bruins 101.5
New Jersey Devils 96.5
Carolina Hurricanes 94.5
Montreal Canadiens 93.5
Buffalo Sabres 91.5
New York Rangers 91.5
Florida Panthers 87.5
Tampa Bay Lightning 85.5
Toronto Maple Leafs 85.5
Ottawa Senators 83.5
Atlanta Thrashers 80.5
New York Islanders 70.5

West

San Jose Sharks 107.5
Detroit Red Wings 106.5
Chicago Blackhawks 105.5
Vancouver Canucks 96.5
Anaheim Ducks 96.5
Calgary Flames 96.5
St. Louis Blues 91.5
Dallas Stars 89.5
Edmonton Oilers 89.5
Minnesota Wild 88.5
Columbus Blue Jackets 86.5
Los Angeles Kings 86.5
Nashville Predators 84.5
Colorado Avalanche 72.5
Phoenix Coyotes 72.5

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by SkinnyFish on Sep 23, 2009 12:53 PM EDT reply actions

How the fuck does it happen that Montreal bookies have so much influence over this? Or do they plan on making their retirement off of local fans?

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by kidkawartha on Sep 23, 2009 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm taking the over

86 points for the Leafs would be a record of 37-33-12; only 3 more wins that last season’s record of 34-35-13. I’m sorry Vegas, but I think all the moves done by the Leafs will equate to more than a 3 win increase.

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by SkinnyFish on Sep 23, 2009 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Really,

they’re just copying last year’s final standing with some minor juggling of teams. Please refer to DGB for why this is destined to be horrendously wrong.

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by Sergei Puckizin on Sep 23, 2009 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Actually, if I had to listen to any experts it would be the vegas guys. They have money on this, so they put some actual work into it.

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by Down Goes Brown on Sep 24, 2009 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions

When it comes to hockey, the amount of time they spend making the lines is negligible. It’s enough to making a semi-reasonable line and letting it flow. There is very very little action on the NHL in Vegas compared to other sports and there is a direct correlation between the action and the time spent on developing and managing the lines.

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by RepressedOptimism on Sep 24, 2009 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions