[sick gambler]

NO JJ, forget that.. However, i will give you some good sound advice and you can make the picks yourself. Linesmakers will be boosting those totals up this year by 40% or more. But remember one thing, yes, hockey scoring will be up, but not as much as everyone in the world thinks it will. In the beginning, goals might come in bunches because of the rule changes and all, BUT... believe me when i say this, by mid December at the latest, we will be back to totals of 5 again.. Reason being is they said they are going to call penalties on the clutching and grabbing and create more power plays, which would lead to more scoring, however, they say this every year and never can keep up with it and then allow them to continue on the clutching and grabbing.. And most important, just like the trap was invented by Jacques Lemaire, which stopped players from getting in the defensive zone and protected leads in the past, that too will be back.. They say that by elimating the red line, that teams won't be able to do this anymore.. WRONG. i guarantee you like I'm sick gambler that coaches will create a system where when you are up by 2 goals late, they won't be able to comeback, as they will leave 4 guys lined up at their blue line, and 1 guy in the neutral zone standing in front of the net. And before you know it, we will have 2-1 games again in hockey and these new rules to bring more offence will go down the tubes.

So don't think hockey will become high scoring again, because it might at first, but coaches will catch on and make it like it was in the past.. which means, don't be scared with the high totals, bet more unders this year until books catch on and start to adjust their numbers again...