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NWSB Betting insider Dave B has his free NHL Betting Odds & Picks on the Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Vancouver Canucks Tuesday night matchup. The Canucks are -191 home favorites. Dave says the fact that the Canucks are winning without contributions from their best players is a very, very good sign. Van City will get Alex Edler back from suspension Tuesday night. The Jackets are miserable on the road. Play from Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin must improve.
NWSB Betting insider Dave B has his free NHL Betting Odds & Picks on the Vancouver Canucks vs. Phoenix Coyotes Thursday night matchup. The Canucks are -110 road favorites. Dave says the Phoenix Coyotes will be happy to be home where they have been solid as of late. He points out Dan Hamhuis has one point in his last six games and Chris Higgins is now pointless in his last five. Vancouver will look for a rare 60 minute effort on Thursday.
NWSB Betting insider Dave B has his free NHL Betting Odds & Picks on the St. Louis Blues vs. Vancouver Canucks Tuesday night matchup. The Canucks are -128 home favorites. The Canucks still don`t look like the Canucks and on Tuesday they host another team that is riding a high. They’ll have Cory Schneider in net. The Blues are playing great hockey. Jaroslav Halak and Brian Elliott have been on the sidelines watching rookie Jake Allen steal the starting job.
NWSB Betting insider Dave B has his free NHL Betting Odds & Picks on the Minnesota Wild vs. Vancouver Canucks Monday night matchup. The Canucks are -154 home favorites. The Vancouver Canucks have done well traditionally against Minnesota, but there is no doubt that they are struggling to look like the elite team they are. The absence of both David Booth and Ryan Kesler will be detrimental for Vancouver.
NWSB Betting insider Dave B has his free NHL Betting Odds & Picks on the Nashville Predators vs. Vancouver Canucks Thursday night matchup. The Canucks are -155 home favorites. Dave says the Canucks still appear to be lacking a bit of chemistry, not what you want up against a Barry Trotz coached team. Chris Higgins has just one point in his last four games, Alex Burrows and Mason Raymond are pointless in their last three games. Get goin!
NWSB Betting insider Dave B has his free NHL Betting Odds & Picks on the Vancouver Canucks vs. the Columbus Blue Jackets Tuesday night matchup. The Canucks are -142 road favorite. Dave says it is pretty difficult to trust the Canucks at the moment indeed. For Van City Kevin Bieksa should be back in the lineup Tuesday to help an anemic power play but will it be enough? Vancouver will turn to Roberto Luongo between the pipes.
NWSB Betting insider Dave B has his free NHL Betting Odds & Picks on the LA Kings vs. the Vancouver Canucks Saturday night matchup. The Kings are +125 road favorites. Dave likes the road team in this one. With Kevin Bieksa already on the shelf with injury, the Canucks are getting deeper into injury problems with news that Ryan Kesler will be joining him.
NWSB Betting insider Dave B has his free NHL Betting Odds & Picks on the Vancouver Canucks vs. Chicago Blackhawks Tuesday night matchup. The Canucks are +113 road underdogs. The over/under is set at 5.5. Dave likes the road team in this one. He says the Hawks have to lose sometime – Ray Emery’s undefeated streak has to end soon! Looks like Cory Schneider and Roberto Luongo have finally hit speed bump.
NWSB Betting insider Dave B has his free NHL Betting Odds & Picks on the Dallas Stars vs. Vancouver Canucks Friday night matchup. The Canucks are -184 home favourites. The over/under is set at 5.5. Dave likes the road team in this one. He says Vancouver’s twins Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin may have a little more room with Ryan Kesler in the lineup.
NWSB Betting insider Dave B has his free NHL Betting Odds & Picks on the Vancouver Canucks vs. Minnesota Wild Thursday night matchup. The Canucks are -111 road favourites. The over/under is set at 5. Dave likes the road team in this one. He says Vancouver will be riding a wave of momentum and will take care of the Wild in Minnesota.
NWSB Betting insider Dave B has his free NHL Betting Odds & Picks on the Vancouver Canucks vs. Edmonton Oilers Monday night matchup. The Canucks are -116 road favourites. The over/under is set at 5.5. Dave likes the road team in this one. He says the bottom line here is that Vancouver has found a sense of optimism with Roberto Luongo between the pipes. He is and will likely continue to be a difference maker. Sorry Cory Schneider.
NWSB Betting insider Dave B has his free NHL Betting Odds & Picks on the Chicago Blackhawks vs. Vancouver Canucks Friday night matchup. The Canucks are -116 home favourites. The over/under is set at 5.5. Dave likes the road team in this one. He says Vancouver has gained three of a possible four points in their last two games – all because of Roberto Luongo. While Cory Schneider is 2-2-0 with a 3.13 GA and .897 save percentage.
