{"id":25818,"date":"2010-09-07T15:17:07","date_gmt":"2010-09-07T20:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=25818"},"modified":"2010-09-07T15:17:07","modified_gmt":"2010-09-07T20:17:07","slug":"predictions-2010-anaheim-ducks-betting-preview-70910","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nhl\/predictions-2010-anaheim-ducks-betting-preview-70910\/","title":{"rendered":"2010\/11 Anaheim Ducks Predictions &#8211; Odds &#8211; Season Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Anaheim Ducks 2010\/2011 Season Preview<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>CappersPicks.com\u00a0<a href=\"\/nhl\/\"><strong>NHL Betting<\/strong><\/a> and gambling site provides the BEST Online\u00a0<a href=\"\/handicappers\/\"><strong>hockey predictions<\/strong><\/a> for you to bet on for the 2009\/2010 NHL hockey season! Stick with us all season long!<\/p>\n<p>The NHL season starts in roughly a month. That means it\u2019s time to start prepping for the betting season. Let\u2019s look at each team one by one in alphabetical order. First up: the Anaheim Ducks.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>ANAHEIM DUCKS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stanley Cup odds: +3000<\/p>\n<p>As surprise teams like the Phoenix Coyotes and Colorado Avalanche showed us last season, the Western Conference in extremely competitive. New teams emerge every year and having a productive offseason is important. Sharing a division with mighty San Jose and Los Angeles, did the Anaheim Ducks do enough over the summer to get themselves back to the playoffs?<\/p>\n<p>The Ducks are still strong in their top-end star power. Their top three power-forward trio is as good as any in the league. Ryan Getzlaf\u2019s combination of playmaking ability and tremendous size remind me of a less reckless Eric Lindros. Corey Perry has a real mean streak and great vision on the power play. Bobby Ryan\u2019s amazing agility and ability to score highlight reel goals despite his big frame make him remarkably similar to Rick Nash. But Ryan, who still hasn\u2019t signed an extension, could wind up traded.<\/p>\n<p>Even Teemu Selanne, who is expected to return this season at age 40, had 27 goals in 54 games last year. The cagey vet can really still play. <iframe allowtransparency='true' src='http:\/\/ff.connextra.com\/Bodog\/selector\/client?client=Bodog&#038;placement=Ext_RS_Sports_250x250&#038;cxt_aff_id=151627' class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 3px solid #FFFFFF;\" width='250' height='250' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' style='border-width:0'><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Goaltending looks like a major plus for Anaheim as well. Jonas Hiller, once a backup to J.S. Giguere, played so well last year (especially in the Olympics) that he made Jiggy obsolete. He\u2019ll have the job to himself this year and looks like he\u2019ll be a top-10 goalie in the league. <\/p>\n<p>But defense may be Anaheim\u2019s Achilles\u2019 Heel. That sounds strange to say about a team long known for its stout \u201cD\u201d with Scott Niedermayer and Chris Pronger around. But now that both those guys are gone \u2013 Pronger left for Philly last year and Niedermayer retired this summer \u2013 can the Ducks\u2019 other defenders pick up the slack?<\/p>\n<p>Cam Fowler should be a goodie, but he probably won\u2019t contribute this season as an 18-year-old. Lubomir Visnovsky is just a power-play quarterback, albeit a good one. Toni Lydman is a solid stopgap but not a guy who can carry a team.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s entirely possible the Ducks will have one of the league\u2019s worst bluelines. Their forwards and goaltending are well above average but their \u201cD\u201d drags them back to bubble status.<\/p>\n<p>Expect a similar result to 2009, when the Ducks missed the playoffs by six points.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re strong enough to contend for eighth all year but they simply didn\u2019t do enough to improve this offseason.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ducks 2010 Preseason Schedule<\/p>\n<p>Date\tOpponent\tVenue\tTime (Pacific)<\/strong><br \/>\nTuesday, Sept. 21\tPhoenix\tHonda Center\t7:05 p.m.<br \/>\nWednesday, Sept. 22\tSan Jose\tHonda Center\t7:05 p.m.<br \/>\nFriday, Sept. 24\tSan Jose\tHP Pavilion\t7:30 p.m.<br \/>\nSaturday, Sept. 25\tVancouver\tGM Place\t7 p.m.<br \/>\nTuesday, Sept. 28\tLos Angeles\tStaples Center\t7:30 p.m.<br \/>\nFriday, Oct. 1\tVancouver\tHonda Center\t7:05 p.m.<br \/>\nSunday, Oct. 3\tLos Angeles\tHonda Center\t5:05 p.m.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bodog.ca\/welcome\/151627\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">NOTE: To all the Canadians visiting CappersPicks.com today! 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CLICK HERE!!<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shea Matthews weighs in with his 2010-2011 Anaheim Ducks Season Gambling Picks and NHL Preview, plus he provides the lastest NHL odds, Ducks future lines, and Stanley Cup predictions&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":25821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[34007,34008,34009,34010,34011,34012,34013,34014,9248,34015,34018,34019,34017,34016,2994,2996,3080,17638,895,3207,17823,1968],"class_list":["post-25818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nhl","tag-2010-ducks","tag-2010-ducks-predictions","tag-2010-ducks-season-preview","tag-2010-nhl-predictions","tag-2010-nhl-stanley-cup-odds","tag-2010-2011-anaheim-ducks-season-betting-preview","tag-2010-2011-nhl-predictions","tag-201011-nhl-preview","tag-anaheim-ducks","tag-bet-on-ducks","tag-ducks-2010-preseason-schedule","tag-ducks-nhl-schedule","tag-ducks-odds","tag-ducks-picks","tag-hockey-picks","tag-hockey-predictions","tag-hockey-wagering","tag-nhl-hockey-predictions","tag-nhl-picks","tag-nhl-predictions","tag-nhl-season-preview","tag-stanley-cup-odds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25818"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26242,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25818\/revisions\/26242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}