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Vancouver (6-8-0-0) at Calgary (6-6-2-1)
Thurs, Nov 8, 2007 9:00 PM ET
Vancouver +140
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The Vancouver Canucks will make their way to the Saddle Dome tonight to take on the Calgary Flames.The Vancouver Canucks have been struggling of late, but good news, they won their last road outing to the Colorado Avalanche, 4-3. The Canucks got goals from Daniel Sedin, Ryan Kesler and Brendan Morrison. The Nucks defense has been plagued by injuries and the majority of their defense is made up of Manitoba Moose call ups. Losing Sami Salo and Kevin Bieksa really hurts the Canucks. They’re currently letting too many shots hit the net, which explains Goalie Roberto Luongo’s struggling stats. He’s currently 5-8 with a 2.93 GAA and a .899 save percentage, not the same Luo as last year! Offensively the Canucks continue to struggle. They’re averaging 2.6 goals a game and it seems the best chance they have of scoring is on the power play. They’re currently ranked 9th with 20 goals during the power play. They must shoot more on net if they want to start scoring. The top producer for the Canucks is Daniel Sedin with 14 points and Marcus Naslund leads with 39 shots on net. The Nucks are currently 5-2 on the road and they sit in 4th place in the Northwest Standings.

The Calgary Flames are on serious losing skid. They’ve lost three in a row and they’ve only scored 1 goal in each of the three games. Besides their recent losses, their ranked 9th in goals scored and they average 3 goals a game. Strange! You would think they could score on the power play, but they are having troubles doing so. Defensively the Flames are great at not letting shots get through to their net. Last years’ super star goalie Miikka Kiprusoff is only 6-6-3 with a 3.15 GAA and a .884 save percentage. The top producer for the Flames is Jerome Iginla with 22 points and he also leads his team with 69 shots on net. The Flames are currently 3rd in the Northwest Standings are they are 4-3-2 at home.

Bottom Line: Even though both teams are struggling I have to give the upper hand to the Canucks based solely on their road record. They seem to do much better without the home crowd pressure.

Let’s go Canucks! Please win!

Michael Bisping has a very poor performance versus an average Matt Hamill and he is a better fighter than his last showing. Rashad Evans in my mind does not have the overall skills to beat Bisping who has more experience and is a better rounded fighter.

Evans is a great wrestler and has vastly improved his stand up but Bisping has a better ground game and stand up skills. Judging but each of their last performance one would bet on Evans but Bisping is a better fighter hands down and will take Evans to the ground and submit him. This is a great bet to make with the books edging on their last performances

Bottom Line: Bisping has more experience in MMA as he has fought in major events like cage rage. Evans might be a better fighter one day, but not on November 17.

Take Bisping with a good payout at +210

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