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00:00 All right, let's take a look quick.

00:04 Five games on the ice tonight in the NHL, Kurtz.

00:08 I know a lot of attention will be given to Boston and Edmonton here.

00:15 And I don't know, it just seems like a tough spot for Boston now out on the road, right?

00:21 They had that overtime game a couple of nights ago, their final game after a ridiculously

00:27 long home stand here on the road against Edmonton.

00:32 Who are you buying here in this one?

00:33 Yeah, I'm going to be on the Oil.

00:35 All right, I'm going to be on the Oilers here, though I don't love it here.

00:38 But they are the, at home I would think the Oilers, if it was in Boston, I would probably

00:42 go with Boston.

00:43 But you mentioned that was a pretty devastating loss that Boston had on Monday in overtime

00:47 game.

00:48 They controlled and then just choked and lost it late here.

00:53 It's a rebound spot for them, sure.

00:55 In Edmonton, that's about as tough as it's getting right now.

00:57 Edmonton is playing nowhere near as well as they were during the streak, but they're still

01:01 playing well.

01:02 It's in Edmonton.

01:03 You're going to give me minus 134 with the Oil at home?

01:05 I'm going to take them and yeah, I'm probably going to have the over as well.

01:08 Edmonton is not playing, they're not playing the defense they were during the streak, where

01:13 they were winning, you know, 3-1, 3-2 games.

01:15 It's now opened up a little bit.

01:16 Not wide open, I'm not saying they're the Oilers of last year, but I think there will

01:20 be some goals scored tonight.

01:21 Yeah, we talked to Gabe Marenzi a little bit earlier here and Maple Leafs taking on the

01:29 Coyotes here.

01:31 He thinks Austin Matthews gets that number 50 goal on the season, which is kind of crazy

01:37 when you think about how quick we're talking about 50 goals here.

01:41 And yeah, well, he's going to have an opportunity to do it in front of the, that's where he's

01:46 from.

01:47 So he's going to have an opportunity to leave a lasting impression with the hometown fans.

01:51 Doesn't mean Toronto's going to win though, does it?

01:55 I think Toronto wins anyway.

01:56 All right, so I'm not worried about Toronto.

01:58 My bet tonight is going to be that Austin Matthews does get an any time goal and the

02:03 Maple Leafs win here.

02:04 Austin Matthews, by the way, is minus 125 for any time goal if you want to go for that.

02:08 And I said, if you do want to do my little parlay here, I'm definitely going to do that.

02:12 That's how I've been approaching the Maple Leafs when they play high here.

02:14 It's plus 136.

02:16 So Toronto to win, Austin Matthews to score, plus 136.

02:19 I'm going to take that.

02:20 I, even if they were, even if he wasn't playing in his hometown, Arizona, I would probably

02:25 still take this bet, but yeah, I'd be shocked if he doesn't get number 50 tonight.

02:29 All right.

02:30 Really shocked here.

02:31 And I've been playing this anyway, played it on, I think it was Monday when they played,

02:33 he scored, played there on the hat trick on Saturday.

02:36 He's a machine right now.

02:37 He's a goal scoring machine.

02:38 If you didn't want to play Matthews, you want to take somebody else.

02:41 Listen, I don't mind going with a William Nealon there either to score tonight, but

02:44 I'll take Austin Matthews to get number 50 and Toronto to win.

02:48 So what do we do here?

02:50 Two models of total inconsistency with the Sabres and Canadians here tonight.

02:55 Sabres are the most frustrating team because at any point they could win nine, nothing.

03:01 And yet they, they, who knows what you're going to get on a nightly basis.

03:05 I do think we're going to get some goals here in this one tonight.

03:08 What do you think?

03:09 That's exactly where I'm going.

03:11 I'll take the over.

03:13 I'll take the over here.

03:14 There's no way I'm laying 146 with Buffalo.

03:17 All right.

03:18 You don't know what you're going to get.

03:19 And Montreal is, they're not a good team.

03:21 They're not a pathetic team either.

03:23 You know, they're all right.

03:25 For a bad team, they're all right.

03:26 They could put up a game tonight, especially in the forum there in Montreal.

03:30 So if you were going to bet the game, I'm not, but if you were, I would take the plus

03:32 money and plus 122.

03:34 But I do have a bet on the over tonight.

03:35 I'll take the over.

03:36 Is there any way this side of the universe, the Blackhawks beat the Flyers tonight?

03:45 Sure.

03:46 Are you laying 240 with Philadelphia?

03:47 I mean, I know Chicago is a bad team.

03:48 That's what I'm saying.

03:49 No, there's no way I'm laying.

03:50 I would take the two to one with Chicago.

03:51 Can I expect Chicago to win?

03:52 No, but Philadelphia is not a great team.

03:53 They're playing above their head here.

03:54 Tortorello's got them playing well.

03:55 Great for him, but there's no way I'm laying 240.

03:56 I would definitely take the 195.

03:57 I'm not, mind you.

03:58 I kind of think goals might be coming in this game as well here.

03:59 More on the Philadelphia side.

04:00 Maybe I'll take over there at three and a half.

04:01 I can see that's a good bet.

04:02 I'm going to take the over.

04:03 I'm going to take the over.

04:04 I'm going to take the over.

04:05 I'm going to take the over.

04:28 I'm going to take the over.

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