00:00Let's look at the ice here, Kurtz.
00:02And I got to ask you here, I'm watching this Utah Mammoth team.
00:06Are they for real here?
00:08They're taking on the Leafs tonight.
00:09They just beat Buffalo last night.
00:12The Leafs finally came back and won a game there against Pittsburgh on Monday.
00:16But what are we looking at tonight?
00:17Are you a believer in Utah here?
00:20Not here.
00:21I am a believer in Utah as far as making the playoffs is concerned.
00:24But here, back-to-back nights, coming off a fresh team here.
00:27You're more than likely going to get the backup goalie there for Utah.
00:30Vesmelka Pistar started last night there.
00:33So, I am on Toronto.
00:35I am going to go on the goal on here.
00:37I'm not going to lay minus 154.
00:38I'm not that good about it.
00:40But I do think Toronto could win this game.
00:43Now, Toronto, this is not the Toronto of old, all right,
00:46where they're great during the regular season, choking the playoffs here like they've done here.
00:50They've struggled somewhat this season.
00:51I think they're 7-5-1.
00:53Solid, solid start.
00:54Nothing to really panic about.
00:55But, you know, it's the Maple Leafs, so we do panic about them.
00:58No Mitch Marnum.
00:59Wilson Matthews got up to a so-so start.
01:01Tavares has been scoring here.
01:03Nylander's back, which is so important.
01:04Remember, Nylander was out a couple games, came back to that game on Monday,
01:07had three points there.
01:08So, I do like the Maple Leafs tonight.
01:10If this is all even, if Utah hadn't played last night,
01:13I probably wouldn't touch this game.
01:15But the fact that they did play last night, I'm going to take Toronto.
01:18Another thing you always pick on, by the way,
01:20teams that played the night before generally get off to a slow start here.
01:23So, maybe you just want to take Toronto in the first period.
01:25If you don't believe in them for the entire game,
01:27it could take a period for Utah to find their legs.
01:30Take a look at St. Louis and Washington tonight.
01:32That game is in Washington.
01:33Biddington versus Thompson looks like the two goalies in this one.
01:36Overnight, we actually had, George, a minus 170 or so price at FanDuel.
01:39That's dropped down to minus 156.
01:41Other outlets are below a minus 150 right now as a favor towards the Capitals.
01:45What do you think it's the night between the Blues and the Caps?
01:47Yeah, I got 152 here that it went.
01:50I think the Caps are going to win.
01:52So, that's where I would certainly lie here.
01:53St. Louis got off to a rough start this season.
01:55They do have injuries as well.
01:56Robert Thomas returned on Monday here.
01:59Jake Neighbors, he's not coming back anytime soon.
02:01Jordan Cairo is on the back of a milk carton.
02:03He's not doing all that much there.
02:05So, their offense is struggling somewhat.
02:07And, by the way, Ovechkin is struggling, right?
02:09He's not really doing much in the early part of the season here,
02:12trying to get the goal number 900.
02:13That being said, I would expect a lower scoring game, but I do like the Caps here.
02:18Probably the under is 5.5.
02:20I mean, you are getting a good price of plus 110 to take it here.
02:23I would have preferred, obviously, a 6.5 there.
02:25But I don't think we're going to get a lot of goals this game.
02:27So, I think towards Washington and the under.
02:30Talk to me.
02:31I can't even believe the Blackhawks are 500 somehow.
02:34But yet, here we are taking on Vancouver, who's pretty much the same.
02:38But the Blackhawks, I believe, have not beaten Vancouver in, oh, I don't know, you know, 2005, maybe, it feels like.
02:46So, what happens here tonight on the late slate in Vancouver?
02:50Two 500 teams.
02:52Did the Blackhawks get off the sign and finally beat the Canucks?
02:56I think that's why the number's so high, right?
02:58Because these two teams are, I mean, Vancouver's the better team, but not that much better.
03:02They're not 172 better, all right?
03:04So, you're going to have to take the dog for that reason.
03:06You're going to get a good price here on Chicago, plus 142, and they are playing well.
03:09But you're right.
03:10It's been a long time since they've beaten Vancouver.
03:12So, there's the issue.
03:14Vancouver's not a great team.
03:15They're not.
03:15Demko's a good goalie, but he struggled of late as well here.
03:18This is a game where I'm sort of going the opposite here.
03:20All right, I do like Chicago, so I'll take my dog of the night, I guess.
03:24Although, I don't love it.
03:25I don't love it like I did the Anaheim Ducks last night, but I do like it.
03:29I want to go the over.
03:30And even if it was six, I would probably prefer a six and a half, so maybe take the alt there.
03:34But at five and a half, they're giving you a minus 140.
03:37And I don't hate that, because this game, I'd be surprised if this is a lower-scoring game.
03:41This smells like a 4-3 game, 5-4, somewhere around there.
03:44So, the over is probably my favorite play in this game.
03:47Six and a half total late for us, George.
03:49That's between the Kraken and the Sharks.
03:51You take a look at those as a heavy favorite for the home ice team here,
03:54which is the Kraken at minus 172 to minus 175, depending where he's shopping.
03:58What are we seeing late night out on the West Coast tonight?
04:01You're absolutely taking the over here.
04:03All right, the Sharks have no defense, but they can score a goal.
04:06Celebrity, you want to take a run at any time?
04:07Go for it.
04:08Will Smith as well here.
04:10And no, not the Fresh Prince, and also not the Dodgers.
04:13Also, I catch it there, but he's scoring goals as well here.
04:16Sharks can score goals.
04:17They don't defend all that well, and their goaltending is, well, it's terrible.
04:20All right, so you're going with the goals that will be scored here.
04:23Seattle should score some goals.
04:25Hey, McCann could be back tonight as well, one of their better goals here.
04:28I like Seattle and the over in this game.
04:29You can always parlay this, by the way, if you don't want to lay the minus 172.
04:33George, talk about a local guy who I think is on the verge of being a superstar from Bedford,
04:38New York.
04:39That's Trevor Zagris last night, taking control, knocking off the Canadians.
04:42The Flyers are back in business, George.
04:45He said he was always a good player.
04:46Maybe he had a little trouble putting it together now.
04:48Maybe he's a little happier there getting out of Anaheim with Philadelphia.
04:50I would think there's more pressure in Philly, by the way, than Anaheim, but he's playing
04:53very well right now, but he's always had the talent.
04:55Let's go, Flyers.
04:58I think that's what you're trying to say to me, George, and I appreciate that.
05:00Thanks for rising and grinding with us on a Wednesday morning on the Early Line for
05:04Talk to You Again.
05:04That's for Donnie and Joe.
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