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06/22/2010 - Toronto, Canada (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The National Hockey League's annual silverware party is set to go on Wednesday in Las Vegas, which is a city familiar with shiny, pretty things.
Below are some predictions on who will claim the sparkling hardware. Keep in mind that the voting for the awards takes place at the end of the regular season, so playoff heroics don't count, which might not be a bad thing for Hart finalist Alexander Ovechkin.
HART TROPHY (Most Valuable Player) - Alexander Ovechkin, Washington
Ovechkin joins Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby and Vancouver's Henrik Sedin as the finalists for the Hart Trophy, which goes to the player judged to be most valuable to his team.
Although Sedin had a breakout year, notching 112 points, which gives him the Art Ross Trophy as the league's top point getter, it's impossible to ignore Ovechkin's contribution to the Capitals' massive regular season, which saw them notch 121 points to take the President's Trophy and 318 goals. Nobody else was even close in goals.
Ovechkin finished with 109 points, tied for second with Crosby, but played 10 fewer games than Sedin. And, of course, Ovechkin brings buzz, electricity and a physicality that neither Crosby nor Sedin are capable of.
Look for Ovie to take home his third consecutive Hart Trophy, tying him with Mario Lemieux, Bobby Clarke, Bobby Orr and Howie Morenz.
CALDER TROPHY (Top rookie) - Tyler Myers, Buffalo
Myers, Colorado's Matt Duchene and Detroit's Jimmy Howard all had terrific seasons, but given that it usually takes defensemen a little longer to mature, Myers' maturity, size, composure and numbers - 11 goals, 48 points - are more compelling.
VEZINA TROPHY (Top goalie) - Ilya Bryzgalov, Phoenix
That Marty Brodeur can rack up 45 wins at the age of 38 should qualify him for a special award, and Buffalo's Ryan Miller will one day win this trophy, but for this year it will belong to Bryzgalov, who racked up 42 wins for a Phoenix team that was expected to go nowhere and which had major ownership problems.
NORRIS TROPHY (Top defenseman) - Duncan Keith, Chicago
Keith finished with 69 points - seven fewer points than fellow finalist Mike Green - but he was a more complete player. There are still questions about Green's defensive capabilities. Nobody is a better skater than Keith at the moment. Drew Doughty had a fantastic season, but this one's Keith's.
SELKE TROPHY (Defensive forward) - Ryan Kesler, Vancouver
Best defensive forward is always a tricky award because it involves so many little things that go unseen, including scoring chances thwarted. Bob Gainey, of course, was the master of the Selke, winning it the first four times it was awarded. Guy Carbonneau, another Montreal Canadien, won it three times. Jordan Staal had a solid season as did defending Selke winner Pavel Datsyuk, but Kesler had a breakout year with 75 points . The 25-year-old also spent four minutes a game - about six shifts - killing penalties, though his candidacy could be hurt by the fact that Vancouver's penalty-killing was an unspectacular 18th in the NHL last season.
JACK ADAMS AWARD (Top coach) - Dave Tippett, Phoenix
Joe Sacco did a great job coaching in Colorado last season with a young, rebuilding team, and Barry Trotz quietly makes the Nashville Predators competitive year after year. Tippett, however, took a Phoenix Coyotes team that had major ownership problems and that had been abandoned by coach Wayne Gretzky and won 50 games with it. The Coyotes' 107 points in 2009-10 were third-most in the Western Conference and fourth best in the league; a 28-point improvement over 2008-09. This should be an easy call.
MASTERTON TROPHY (awarded for perseverance and dedication) - You decide.
Washington's Jose Theodore had a terrific season, notching 30 wins. How he did so following the death last summer of his two-month-old son from respiratory complications is difficult to comprehend. Kurtis Foster came back from a horrific broken leg - one of those terrible races to the puck on an icing call where one of the players trips or is pushed and crumples into the end boards - to post eight goals and 42 points for the Tampa Bay Lightning. San Jose's Jed Ortmeyer has torn his ACL twice in his career, suffered a pulmonary embolism and blood clots and missed 41, 31 and 28 games in 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09 respectively. This season, he was back in full health, notching eight goals and 19 points, but more importantly, 76 games played. Don't want to even predict this one. They're all worthy.
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Mets return home to battle Tigers >>
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Sportsbook betting odds favor Europe in Ryder Cup
September 19, – Despite holding a decided edge in the all-time series, with 24 wins, 2 ties and 10 losses, Team USA is the underdog again heading into the Ryder Cup in Kidare, Ireland this weekend, according to MySportsbook.com. The Europeans have captured four of the past five editions, including their largest victory ever, an 18 ½ to 9 ½ thumping in Michigan in 2004. Current Ryder Cup betting odds favor the Europeans to continue their winning ways; they are a 4-5 bet to take the title, compared to 6-5 for the Americans.
Despite being knocked out in the first round of World Match play by Shaun Micheel, Tiger Woods is predicted to lead the US charge and be their highest point scorer for the week, with odds listed at 9-4 that he outpoints all other American players, including Jim Furyk, Phil Mickelson and Chris DiMarco to name a few. Team USA has four relatively unknown players on the roster but all four are 2007 tournament winners and have posted some of season’s best performances, each earning over $1.5 million on the PGA TOUR. They include Zach Johnson, Vaughan Taylor, JJ Henry and Brett Wetterich.
The experienced European squad includes the likes of Luke Donald, Sergio Garcia, Padraig Harrington, Jose Maria Olazabal and Darren Clarke, who’s emotions will be tested after the passing of his wife to a battle with cancer. Donald and Garcia are in particularly good form and each is a 5-1 bet to lead the European squad in the points race. Donald has proven he can go head to head with Woods at a major event after a run for the $1.2 million purse at the PGA Championship. Garcia’s Ryder Cup credentials prove he’s ready for battle too.
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Ryder Cup Odds| Europe Tie USA |
4-5 10-1 6-5 |
| Tiger Woods Jim Furyk Phil Mickelson Chris DiMarco David Toms Stewart Cink Chad Campbell Scott Verplank Zach Johnson Vaughan Taylor JJ Henry Brett Wetterich |
9-4 4-1 5-1 7-1 8-1 12-1 15-1 15-1 25-1 30-1 30-1 50-1 |
| Sergio Garcia Luke Donald Padraig Harrington Colin Montgomerie Darren Clarke David Howell Lee Westwood Paul Casey Henrik Stenson Jose Maria Olazabal Paul McGinley Robert Karlsson |
5-1 5-1 6-1 13-2 8-1 9-1 9-1 11-1 12-1 12-1 20-1 25-1 |
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Let’s take a look at the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds and the betting line and figure out where they’ve been and where they are going to go.
MySportsbook.com put up the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds late on Sunday night with the Pittsburgh Steelers favored by 6.5 points and a total betting line at 47.5 points.
Since then, however, the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds have seen a good deal of movement and you’ll want to be on top of where they are likely to move to make sure you get the best line value for the big game.
Since opening, the Super Bowl 2009 betting lines went to Steelers -7 in the span of roughly 3 hours but were quickly bought back down just minutes later to 6.5 again.
After that is took about 5-6 more hours before the betting line went back to -7 where it has sat for a while now and is likely to remain. The opening betting total of 47.5 was bet down right after the line became available and went to 47 within minutes.
Roughly a day later it has been bet even further down to the 46.5 tally it currently is set at.
Roughly 60% of gamblers seem to be on the Cardinals here so the point spread will be bet down and a 7.5 would not last very long at all with many taking the early 6.5 in hopes of finding a potential middle in the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds.
If you like Arizona and see a 7.5, I’d take it as soon as possible because it’s unlikely to last. For Pittsburgh backers, the -7 might be the best you’ll be able to find but a 6.5 is definitely possible close to game time.
Regarding the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds for the total, most tracked gamblers are already on the over and with those who took the under 47.5 already securing a middle on the over 46.5, the only way I see it moving is back up to 47 so if you like the over, I’d recommend betting now.
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