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NHL Picks for Saturday, March 21, 2009

By |2009-03-20T14:45:50-04:00March 20th, 2009|NHL Picks/Props|

thunder

 

So much for making up ground last week!  Despite my best efforts, and a few games not ending soon enough and one game in particular ending a couple minutes early, I find myself licking my paws going 6-7 last week, while Thunder victorious again picked eight winners, including her first tie of the year between the Caps and Canes.  Seriously, Maggie the monkey, you’d better watchout. Thunder’s .553 winning percentage would have her ranked seventh place in the Western Conference right now ahead of the Edmonton Oilers, and just behind Columbus.  My winning percentage, well, let’s not go there right now… light schedule for a Saturday night with only eight matchups so let’s get to it:

 

No Matt, No Problem for Enstrom

By |2009-03-19T10:35:18-04:00March 19th, 2009|Eastern Edge|

enstrom

 

Tobias Enstrom’s overall numbers are a little deceiving. Fully half of his 22 points have come over the 14 games since Mat Schneider was dealt.  Enstrom has logged 25 minutes or more ice time in ten of the last 14 games, including four efforts over 27 minutes.
 

Blackhawk Down

By |2015-07-24T10:55:09-04:00March 16th, 2009|z-Archives (other articles)|

bulin

 

When Nikolai Khabibulin originally suffered a groin injury back on Feb. 11, Cristobal Huet only needed to keep the Blackhawks nestled safely in Stanley Cup playoffs. He delivered immediate results with a succulent four-game winning streak, but when that streak ended against Minnesota, Huet’s game completely reversed. Since then he has struggled to a 2-4-0 record and has allowed 23 troubling goals in seven games played.

 

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