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01/03/2009 - Nashville, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Todd Bertuzzi scored the game-winning goal with 23.4 seconds left, just minutes after setting up the game-tying score, lifting the Calgary Flames over the Nashville Predators, 3-2.
Daymond Langkow got the equalizer late in the third, and Miikka Kiprusoff kept it close throughout with 24 saves to get the win.
Curtis Glencross netted a first-period goal, and Craig Conroy picked up an assist on Bertuzzi's game-winner for his 500th NHL point for the first-place Flames, who won for the fifth consecutive time and moved four points clear of Vancouver in the Northwest Division standings.
Calgary has taken seven of the last eight games overall while earning at least a point in 10 straight games (7-0-3). The Flames also continued their strong play on the road, winning their third straight and for the seventh time in the last nine. David Moss added a pair of assists in the win.
Jerred Smithson and Jason Arnott lit the lamp for the Predators, who extended their losing streak to four games as the club has just three wins over its last 12 contests (3-8-1). Dan Ellis allowed three goals on 26 shots, letting the last two get by him over the final eight minutes.
The Flames capitalized on some tough forechecking from Bertuzzi to knot the game at two with 7:14 left to play. Bertuzzi gained possession of the puck in the right corner and snuck a pass behind the net to Langkow, who switched to the backhand and poked the puck up and over Ellis.
Then, in the waning moments of the third, Bertuzzi intercepted a careless pass deep in the Nashville zone and skated in on net from the right circle, sending a wrist shot over the left shoulder of Ellis for the game-winner.
Nashville got on the board first thanks to some good forechecking by Radek Bonk, who dug the puck out of the right corner and set up Smithson for a one- timer at the right circle.
Calgary tied the game with 1:16 left in the first following a nifty pass from Matthew Lombardi, who skated the puck behind the net and drew Ellis to the far post before dishing back to Glencross for an easy tally..
The Preds posted the lone goal of the middle period to take the 2-1 lead. Martin Erat raced into the left corner and flipped it back to a cutting J.P. Dumont at the left circle. Dumont faked a shot from in close and slid the disc across the goal-mouth to Arnott for a tip-in at 11:57.
Game Notes
Calgary is 3-0 against the Preds this season and has won six of the last eight in the series, including three of the last four encounters in Nashville...The Flames took the first of two straight on the road and will next visit Chicago on Sunday...Calgary is 10-7-1 as the visiting team this year...Nashville, which opened a five-game homestand Thursday with a loss to Vancouver, is still a solid 10-6-1 as the host this year with wins in three of their last five at Sommet Center.
<< Collins sharp as Kansas upends No. 14 Tennessee
Lawrence, KS (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sherron Collins tallied 26 points, nine
assists and five rebounds, leading the Kansas Jayhawks to a 92-85 victory over
the 14th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers at Allen Fieldhouse.
Collins went 7-of-14 fro
<< Xavier thumps Virginia
Charlottesville, VA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - B.J. Raymond registered 24 points and
six rebounds to lead the 22nd-ranked Xavier Musketeers past the Virginia
Cavaliers, 84-70, at John Paul Jones Arena.
Xavier (11-2) also received 13 point
<< Kennedy, St. John's upset Notre Dame
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - D.J. Kennedy connected for 20 points and 10
rebounds as St. John's toppled seventh-ranked Notre Dame, 71-65, at Madison
Square Garden.
Justin Burrell added 18 points for the Red Storm (10-4, 1-1), who po
<< No. 4 Sooners cruise past Coppin State
Norman, OK (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Blake Griffin scored 14 points and grabbed 12
rebounds, leading the fourth-ranked Oklahoma Sooners to a 93-62 rout of Coppin
State.
Tony Crocker added a team-high 20 points for Oklahoma (13-1), which was comi
Rivers, Clemson defeat East Carolina >>
Clemson, SC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - K.C. Rivers scored 18 points and grabbed six
rebounds to lead the 20th-ranked Clemson Tigers to a 79-66 win over the East
Carolina Pirates Saturday at Littlejohn Coliseum.
Trevor Booker added 13 points a
Ducks' Perry suspended four games >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Anaheim Ducks winger Corey Perry has been
suspended four games by the NHL for an elbowing incident in Friday's 5-4
shootout loss to the Philadelphia Flyers.
Perry received a double-minor for high
Chargers' Tomlinson, Gates active for Colts game >>
San Diego, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The San Diego Chargers have two of
their most potent offensive weapons active for Saturday's wild card playoff
tilt with Indianapolis, as running back LaDainian Tomlinson and tight
end An
It's in the Cards: Arizona edges Atlanta in Wild Card play >>
Glendale, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kurt Warner threw two touchdowns and the
Arizona defense came up with two big plays as the Cardinals downed the Atlanta
Falcons, 30-24, in NFC Wild Card play.
Warner went 19-for-32 with 271 yards and a
In the wake of the news that the 49ers have signed receiver Michael Crabtree after an extended holdout, there has been not a hint of the dollars to be paid to Crabtree.
And since this means that his agent hasn't leaked the numbers, it means that his agent feels no specific motivation to do so.
Possibly because his agent isn't all that thrilled to have his name on the deal.
So the numbers will come from sources other than Crabtree's agent. And we've gotten our mitts into them.
Per a league source, Crabtree has signed a six-year, $32 million contract. (The total includes guaranteed money, base salaries, and the one-time incentive based on achieving minimum playing time.)
The deal also includes $17 million in guaranteed money.
As reported elsewhere, the deal can void to five years based on performance triggers, wiping out a final year base salary of $4 million. But they won't be easily reached.
The source tells us that, in his first four seasons (including 2009), Crabtree must either qualify for two Pro Bowls, or he must qualify for one Pro Bowl in one year and he must participate in 80 percent of the offensive snaps in a separate year in which the team makes the playoffs.
In other words, if in 2010 he qualifies for the Pro Bowl and the team makes the playoffs and he participates in 80 percent of the snaps, he'll still need to make it to the Pro Bowl or achieve the 80-percent/playoffs in another season.
Since the chances of Crabtree making the Pro Bowl or participating in 80 percent of the offensive snaps this year is roughly zero percent, he'll have three years to get it done.
And it won't be easy. Frankly, he'll be hard pressed to make it to one Pro Bowl in three years with the likes of Larry Fitzgerald, Calvin Johnson, Anquan Boldin, Steve Smith, the other Steve Smith, Hakeem Nicks, DeSean Jackson, Johnny Knox, Percy Harvin, Greg Jennings, Roddy White, T.J. Houshmandzadeh in the same conference for sportsbook betting.
So, by all appearances, it's a six-year deal. And at $17 million in guaranteed money, the per-year guarantee is a tepid $2.83 million per year.
There's another problem with the deal -- it has no mid-tier incentive package. Instead, the additional $8 million that Crabtree can earn (pushing the max value to six years, $40 million) requires the kind of unrealistic, mega-star performances that no rookie is likely to ever achieve.
So while the contract paid to Packers defensive tackle B.J. Raji covers five years and pays $22.5 million, he has the ability (if he's a solid player) to make up the difference between his base deal and Crabtree's five-year, $28 million haul via the mid-tier incentive package in Raji's deal.
And unless Crabtree meets the performance thresholds necessary to void the sixth year, he'll be stuck under contract for another year at a base salary of only $4 million.
There's one other area of concern with the deal. Crabtree, per the source, received no option bonus. Instead, he has significant money tied to a fairly new device known as a "discretionary salary advance," which unlike an opition bonus is subject to forfeiture if Crabtree decides in a year or two that he wants to hold out for a better deal. (We're also told that the 49ers have included language that would make certain escalators subject to forfeiture, too.)
Meanwhile, the deal falls well short of the mark for which Crabtree and agent Eugene Parker were aiming -- the five-year, $38.25 million contract paid by the Raiders to receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey, the seventh overall pick in the draft.
Even if Crabtree successfully voids the final year, he'll make more than $2 million per year less on average than Heyward-Bey.
Thus, as we explained earlier in the day, this is a deal that Crabtree could have done in July, which would have given him a much better chance of making a contribution to the 49ers during his rookie year.
So while the final outcome can be described as win-win, the broader view suggests that it's really a lose-lose situation.
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New York, NY – October 3, 2007 – The dress rehearsal is over! The NHL preseason has ended and now that fans have had a glimpse of what is to come it is time to hit the book! Stanley Cup odds are live at MySportsbook.com, the world’s largest online sportsbook and casino.
The Ottawa Senators and Detroit Red Wings remain on top of the odds charts after an impressive start in the preseason. Betting lines opened for both teams at 6-1 in June. Since then the Sens have fallen to 7-1 and the Red Wings are now caught in a pack including the defending champion Carolina Hurricanes, the San Jose Sharks and the Anaheim Ducks, all at 10-1.
MySportsbook.com has also posted props on each team’s point total for the regular season. The Senators lead the charge at 108.5 followed by the Ducks at 106.5. Detroit will attempt a repeat for the prize as the Red Wings are deadlocked with the Predators at 104.5 a piece. The temporary loss of highly touted rookie Evgeni Malkin puts a lot of pressure on the stick of assistant captain Sidney Crosby - his lowly Pittsburgh Penguins are listed at 71.5.
Even if bettors are not brave enough to put their money on the underdog, an early bet on the favorites at sportsbook.com tends to produce bigger payouts than a mid-season wager. Placing a $1,000 bet last summer on the Detroit Red Wings or Ottawa Senators would have paid out to $8,000 and $10,000 respectively, opposed to a $2,500 or $3,000 payout at the beginning of the playoffs.
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