I'm on Pittsburgh in this one, at -145, for the following reasons:
---visiting teams have won every game of this series, and I figure this trend cannot last
---Buffalo was a much better team at home than on the road this year
---Pittsburgh, while it didn't show as much this past season, has historically been deadly at home
---Jagr and Lemieux have had a few days off, in Pittsburgh, to have a meeting of minds and try to put aside any difficulties (I don't if this happened, I just figure that Mario would see it as being in his best interests; the media, and Don Cherry, have been all over this one)
---no injuries to Penguins while Sabres have a couple of minor ones
---Hasek is only human
Let me know if you think (any of) these reasons are good ones, or provide counter-arguments to save others who might think that they are.
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---visiting teams have won every game of this series, and I figure this trend cannot last
---Buffalo was a much better team at home than on the road this year
---Pittsburgh, while it didn't show as much this past season, has historically been deadly at home
---Jagr and Lemieux have had a few days off, in Pittsburgh, to have a meeting of minds and try to put aside any difficulties (I don't if this happened, I just figure that Mario would see it as being in his best interests; the media, and Don Cherry, have been all over this one)
---no injuries to Penguins while Sabres have a couple of minor ones
---Hasek is only human
Let me know if you think (any of) these reasons are good ones, or provide counter-arguments to save others who might think that they are.
Extrapolater