Defense is a good place to start....

[Investment Executive]

The top 8 defensive teams last year all made good money vs the moneyline over the course of the season....its good place to start handicapping a game(in conjunction w/ other factors) is to try and figure out who will be keeping their opposition well under the current season goals against avg...don't go by any other seasons when thinking...think current season only.

last year avg nhl goals was 2.73 per game.

top 8 defensive teams:

colorado $+2245
buffalo +1400
new jersey +1535
dallas +995
san jose +280
st louis +825
detroit +900
nashville +1020

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NHL ATS Standings 2000-01


Team ATS W/L $
1 Colo. 62-33 67-27-10 $2245
2 NJ 61-35 63-31-12 $1535
3 Buf. 53-38 53-37-5 $1400
4 Clmb. 39-39 28-45-9 $1350
5 LA 44-38 45-37-13 $1100
6 Nash. 34-37 33-39-9 $1020
7 Dal. 49-35 52-32-8 $995
8 Edm. 41-35 41-35-12 $975
9 Det. 49-30 51-28-9 $900
10 St.L 50-36 52-33-12 $825
11 Phil. 43-34 45-32-11 $750
12 Min. 32-40 25-44-13 $560
13 Wash. 42-35 43-35-10 $535
14 Atl. 30-44 23-47-12 $380
15 Pit. 47-44 51-40-9 $360
16 SJ 40-36 42-33-12 $280
17 Ott. 45-34 48-29-9 $275
18 Car. 39-40 40-39-9 $230
19 Bos. 36-38 36-38-8 $125
20 Phoe. 35-31 35-30-17 $65
21 Tor. 45-42 44-38-11 $-30
22 Cal. 29-38 27-40-15 $-140
23 Mont. 29-46 28-46-8 $-595
24 Ana. 29-42 25-46-11 $-705
25 Chi. 30-45 29-45-8 $-740
26 Van. 35-41 36-39-11 $-825
27 NYR 34-43 33-44-5 $-955
28 TB 28-51 24-52-6 $-995
29 NYI 25-50 21-54-7 $-1900
30 Flor. 23-48 22-47-13 $-1940

 

[wannabe whale]

Just a note on my team-Buffalo. This will be a DIFFERENT team this year. Remember that Biron is replacing Hasek and although they did not pick up a big goal scorer-their preseaon output was impressive-esp the power play.
Buffalo will try to open it up more-needing to get those extra goals for Marty.

 

[Ice Picks]

WW - Have to disagree with you a bit about the Sabres "pening up" the offense. The Sabres have about the same guys they had 2 and 3 years ago, when they were the youngest team [average age] in the NHL. They were winning and Hasek was stopping 40-50 shots on goal per game.

Last year they struggled a bit even though they cut down the shots on goal in many games to under 20. They just do not have any major goal scorers.

I think they will have a decent season because those young players now have a couple of years experience under their belts, but I am willing to bet that their games are 5 or under more than 6 or over.

I.P.