Of all of todays opportunities, this is the one I wrestled with the most.
Detroit Red Wings -1? -130
I was initially intrigued by the contest because by all that I measure a team by, Detroit should easily ruin the Ducks tonight in the Motor City, but as of late, there's something about Anaheim that I just can't get a grip on well enough to put into words.
There's something going on with ANA lately that is prompting me to reconsider over and over again whether 1 1/2 goals might be giving Detroits offense too much credit.
Even though I know in my head that ANA is playing their third game in four nights on the road and lost by 2 to the Dreaded Blue Jackets on New Years Eve, I'm not comfortable believing that these Ducks who since December 23rd have beaten PHO, SJO, Tied LAK and only losing by 1 to CHI will have any trouble giving DET a game if they choose to show up.
The following was taken from an interview conducted with the Chicago BlackHawks coach Brian Sutter following their game the other night in CHI...
...Anaheim's season-high, four-game unbeaten streak was ended by the Blackhawks, but Chicago coach Brian Sutter was impressed with the Ducks' effort.
"That was as hard a game as we've played in awhile, and we've played some tough ones," Sutter said. "They have been playing that way. Even if they had played the Detroit Red Wings, it probably would have been a one-goal game."
So I'll look like a coward wearing my feathers and beak as I play the Redwings ML,
but at least I'll make something for this frustration.
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Jeannie had this nightclub walk that made grown men feel underage.
Detroit Red Wings -1? -130
I was initially intrigued by the contest because by all that I measure a team by, Detroit should easily ruin the Ducks tonight in the Motor City, but as of late, there's something about Anaheim that I just can't get a grip on well enough to put into words.
There's something going on with ANA lately that is prompting me to reconsider over and over again whether 1 1/2 goals might be giving Detroits offense too much credit.
Even though I know in my head that ANA is playing their third game in four nights on the road and lost by 2 to the Dreaded Blue Jackets on New Years Eve, I'm not comfortable believing that these Ducks who since December 23rd have beaten PHO, SJO, Tied LAK and only losing by 1 to CHI will have any trouble giving DET a game if they choose to show up.
The following was taken from an interview conducted with the Chicago BlackHawks coach Brian Sutter following their game the other night in CHI...
...Anaheim's season-high, four-game unbeaten streak was ended by the Blackhawks, but Chicago coach Brian Sutter was impressed with the Ducks' effort.
"That was as hard a game as we've played in awhile, and we've played some tough ones," Sutter said. "They have been playing that way. Even if they had played the Detroit Red Wings, it probably would have been a one-goal game."
So I'll look like a coward wearing my feathers and beak as I play the Redwings ML,
but at least I'll make something for this frustration.
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Jeannie had this nightclub walk that made grown men feel underage.
