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07/01/2010 - Buffalo, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Buffalo Sabres filled one vacancy on defense Thursday, signing free-agent Jordan Leopold to a three-year deal.
Leopold split last season between Florida and Pittsburgh, racking up 11 goals and 26 points in 81 contests but was a minus-two.
A former second-round choice of Anaheim back in 1999, the 29-year-old Minnesota native has produced 40 goals and 135 points in 436 NHL games with the Flames, Avalanche, Panthers and Penguins since breaking into the league in 2002.
The signing was the first step in offsetting the departures of Toni Lydman, who left for a three-year deal with the Anaheim Ducks and Henrik Tallinder, who fled to New Jersey.
<< Rangers' acquire Molina from Giants
Anaheim, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Texas Rangers have acquired catcher Bengie
Molina and cash from the San Francisco Giants in exchange for pitchers Chris
Ray and Michael Main.
Molina will join the Rangers on Friday when they open a
<< Maple Leafs ink Armstrong
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Toronto Maple Leafs signed free
agent forward Colby Armstrong to a three-year contract on Thursday.
The 27-year-old Armstrong, who had been with Atlanta since coming over from
Pittsburgh bef
<< Missouri State completes coaching staff
Springfield, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Missouri State has completed head football
coach Terry Allen's 2010 staff by naming Gerald Davis and Wayne Chambers as
assistant coaches.
Davis was a running back for four seasons at Missouri State, includi
<< Spain's Martinez injured in training
Potchefstroom, South Africa (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Spain midfielder Javier
Martinez left practice Thursday after injuring his ankle and could miss
Saturday's FIFA World Cup quarterfinal against Paraguay.
Spain released a statement
Thrashers get Ladd from Blackhawks >>
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Atlanta Thrashers acquired forward Andrew
Ladd from the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday in exchange for defenseman Ivan
Vishnevskiy and a second-round pick in the 2011 NHL Draft.
Ladd had spent the las
Lightning bring in goaltender Ellis >>
Tampa, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Tampa Bay Lightning continued their moves on
the free-agent market Thursday by signing goaltender Dan Ellis to a two-year
contract.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed but the St. Pete Times reported it i
Ducks bring back Koivu >>
Anaheim, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Anaheim Ducks have signed center Saku
Koivu to a two-year contract.
As per team policy, no terms of the deal were announced.
The 35-year-old Koivu netted 19 goals and added 33 assists over 71 games for
t
Stars agree to terms with Burish, Raycroft >>
Frisco, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Dallas Stars have agreed to terms
with center Adam Burish and goaltender Andrew Raycroft on two-year contracts.
Burish's deal is worth $2.3 million, while the first year of Raycroft's deal
is a
Is there such a thing as a trap game in the NFL?
I once asked that question to Pete Korner, who at the time was office manager and a senior linesmaker for Las Vegas Sports Consultants.
Korner almost ripped my head off. There is no such thing as a trap game, he loudly berated me. It’s a myth. The numbers are made using power ratings, he said.
There are trap games, though. They just might not be what you think. The perception is of a good team, say Philadelphia, laying a small number against New Orleans.
Using the highly-respected power ranking from The Gold Sheet, you’d find the Eagles with a power rating of 4 and the Saints at 8. When you factor the game being played in New Orleans, you could see why the line opened so short at less than a field goal.
For some, this makes it enticing to take the Eagles. That’s not a real trap game, though.
A real trap game, says professional gambler Dave Malinsky, is thinking you’re getting value betting a bad team, which brings us to the Oakland Raiders-Denver Broncos matchup.
The Raiders are +15 in this long-standing division rivalry. Denver is on a short week having dispatched Baltimore Monday. However, the Raiders haven’t covered the spread their last 10 games.
Many bettors don’t trust the Raiders to give a full effort. Few think much of Art Shell and his Oakland’s coaching staff.
So oddsmakers have to do something to make Oakland attractive if they hope to get equal action.
Now Malinsky is a value shopper. But he won’t touch the Raiders even getting more than two touchdowns.
“I try to eliminate the undisciplined, unfocused teams because they’re the ones most likely to suffer the bad beats,” he said.
Near the top of Malinsky’s list of stay-away teams is the Miami Dolphins, who have yet to cover a spread this season.
“Whatever you think of Nick Saban, you have to look at the penalties and turnovers,” Malinsky said.
It’s easy to point out the Dolphins failed to get the money this past week against New England because Olindo Mare missed a field goal and had another field goal blocked. But even though the Dolphins outgained the Patriots, 283-213, they committed eight penalties.
Bad teams not only cost themselves victories, but pointspread covers as well. The Arizona Cardinals and Green Bay Packers are two more examples.
The Cardinals couldn’t have been in a better position this past Sunday, up 14-0 at home against a mediocre Kansas City Chiefs squad. But they couldn’t hold it. The Packers got a push against St. Louis, but also could have won losing by three when Brett Favre fumbled at the St. Louis 11-yard line with 44 seconds left.
“The Packers were in a position to beat Philadelphia, too,” Malinsky said. “But they couldn’t even cover double digits.
“These teams just make mistakes and it costs you … they always will look good from a value standpoint. They really will. But that’s the trap.”
Houston and Tennessee rank among the six-worst teams. Malinsky wouldn’t be afraid to take either of these teams, however, if the price were high enough.
The Texans are bad, Malinsky said, but they have some discipline. The Titans showed they could not only come up with an outstanding game plan, but execute it as well, losing by one to the Colts on the road as an 18 ?-point underdog this past Sunday.
“Jeff Fisher is a worker,” Malinsky said of the Titans coach. “I’m not sure how hard Art Shell wants to work when he gets out of bed.”
Fisher, though, could be out as Tennessee coach after this season. Is he still worth backing in the right spot, with the right price, as a lame duck coach?
“It’s in his nature to keep working hard and not worry about any possible lame duck status,” Malinsky said. “He’s coaching for his resume.”
Note: Monday night game will be picked Monday. Lines used are from football betting lines.
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