Oilers bring in veteran G Gerber
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08/06/2010 - Edmonton, AB (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Edmonton Oilers have agreed to terms with goaltender Martin Gerber on a one-year contract.
The 35-year-old spent last season with Atlanta Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League and went 15-6-6 with a 2.19 goals against average.
He was originally selected by Anaheim in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft and broke into the NHL in 2002-03 with the Ducks and played in 54 games for them over two seasons, posting a record of 17-23-7.
Gerber finished the 2003-04 season in his native Switzerland and played the following season there and in Sweden before returning to the NHL with Carolina in 2005-06.
He played in 60 games that season going 38-14-6 with a 2.78 goals against and helped the Hurricanes reach the playoffs, though he was replaced by Cam Ward, who led them to the Stanley Cup title.
Gerber spent the next two-plus seasons with Ottawa before finishing the 2008-09 campaign with Toronto.
In 226 career games, Gerber is 110-78-21 with a 2.65 goals against.
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Bronson Arroyo and a two-run homer from Ryan Hanigan in a 3-0 decision over
the Chicago Cubs in the opener of a three-game series from Wrigley Field.
Brandon
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Bridgeview, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Red Bull New York travels to take on the
Chicago Fire at Toyota Park on Sunday night in what could be a star-studded
affair.
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Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Teemu Selanne is apparently returning to the
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a one-shot lead over Phil Mickelson and Justin Leonard after the second round
of the Bridgestone Invitational.
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Kansas University history, was signed to an undisclosed contract by the
Charlotte Bobcats on Friday.
Collins, who was not selected during the 2010
FOOTBALL BETTING LINES
NFL Football Sports BettingTwo playoff teams from 2007 take center stage on the NFL Network Sunday night in a Week 2 NFL betting match-up when the (0-1) New England Patriots betting head south to Florida for a contest with the (1-0) Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
New England HC Bill Belichick couldn’t care less about the way his team plays in the preseason. With a chance to tie last week’s game with the Baltimore Ravens betting, He elected to go for the two-point conversion and outright victory. The conversion failed, and the Pats ended up falling to the Ravens by a 16-15 final count.
New England rolled off twelve unanswered points to give it a chance at securing the victory, but it never threatened to cover the 3.5-point spread. NFL bettors saw this one coming, as they bet the Ravens down from +6 to +3.5 as the week progressed. QB Tom Brady didn’t take part in the Patriots first preseason clash, but could see action this weekend.
His three replacements all put up embarrassing numbers. They went a combined 17 for 33, and threw three interceptions and no touchdowns. The New England defense was encouraging, as they held the Ravens to 2/12 third down conversions and surrendered just ten first downs. That ‘D’ should be bolstered with the addition of former Bucs and Denver Broncos betting safety John Lynch, who could make his Patriots debut on Sunday against his former mates.
HC Jon Gruden had to be impressed with the way his Bucs played on both sides of the ball in their dominating 17-6 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Week 1’s NFL pre-season betting action. Bucs bettors were quite happy with the effort, as they made a mockery of the fact that they were underdogs in the game.
The logjam at the quarterback position didn’t get any easier to separate for Gruden, as all four of his QBs had positive experiences in the first exhibition of 2008. The four combined to complete 28 of their 40 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown, and that was without starting QB Jeff Garcia in the lineup.
RB Michael Bennett had 19 carries and four receptions, totaling 90 yards and a touchdown. Expect to see more of Bennett, Kenneth Darby, and Earnest Graham, as they all compete for playing time with Warrick Dunn in the backfield this season. Defensively, the Bucs recorded four sacks and held the Fins offense in check all day.
First round draft pick Aqib Talib was impressive in the secondary, recording a tackle and two pass defenses in his debut. Don’t be surprised to see Talib in the starting lineup opposite Ronde Barber for the Bucs in ’08.
The betting trends suggest that NFL bettors should be backing the Bucs in this intra-conference exhibition.
These two teams hooked up last year in Tampa Bay, with the Bucs winning that game 13-10. The Buccaneers have only lost one preseason game at home dating back to the beginning of the ’05 preseason. The Patriots have had a mixed bag of results in their recent exhibitions. They have gone 2-2 ATS and SU each of the last three years.
New England currently sits as modest 1-point favorites in this preseason showdown with the ‘total’ now sitting at 34.5.
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