{"id":26728,"date":"2010-09-20T17:22:24","date_gmt":"2010-09-20T22:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=26728"},"modified":"2010-09-20T17:22:24","modified_gmt":"2010-09-20T22:22:24","slug":"predictions-2010-buffalo-sabres-betting-preview-200910","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nhl\/predictions-2010-buffalo-sabres-betting-preview-200910\/","title":{"rendered":"2010\/11 Buffalo Sabres Predictions \u2013 Odds \u2013 Season Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Buffalo Sabres 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 2010\/11 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. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>BUFFALO SABRES<\/strong><br \/>\nStanley Cup odds: +2600<\/p>\n<p><strong>2010-11 NHL Predictions\/Previews: Buffalo Sabres<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the post-lockout era, the Buffalo Sabres were one of hockey\u2019s fastest, most explosive teams. Then, after they lost some big scorers to free agency, they took a step back in 2009, missing the playoffs. Last season, however, the Sabres bounced back. Thanks to goaltender Ryan Miller and stellar rookie defenseman Tyler Myers, they reinvented themselves as a defense-first team. Can the Sabres build on last season\u2019s return to the playoffs?<\/p>\n<p>The Sabres regressed offensively last season but their personnel should give them at least a chance to improve this year. Thomas Vanek usually hovers around 40 goals but slipped to 28 last year. The former first-rounder\u2019s pedigree suggests that last season was the exception, not the norm.<\/p>\n<p>Derek Roy is a solid playmaking center and Jason Pominville is a consistent B-plus scorer.<\/p>\n<p>The wild cards up front are Tim Connolly and Tyler Ennis. Connolly has fantastic hands and scores whenever he plays but last year\u2019s relatively healthy season was unheard of for him. Can he avoid a lengthy I.R. stay for a second straight year? I wouldn\u2019t bet on it.<\/p>\n<p>The Sabres think they have something special in Tyler Ennis, who tallied nine points in his 10-game cup of coffee last year.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s tiny as can be but has natural offensive flair, so he\u2019s a Rookie of the Year candidate. <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>Still, the Sabres really lack size and grit up front. Scoring should once again take a backseat to the man: Ryan Miller. There wasn\u2019t a better goaltender on Earth last year than Miller, who has that rare ability to win games on his own. Last year\u2019s Vezina-winning campaign wasn\u2019t a fluke. Miller is the best goaltender in the game right now.<\/p>\n<p>It helps that he has a pillar protecting him in reigning Rookie of the Year Tyler Myers. The 6\u20198\u201d defender should be a rock on Buffalo\u2019s blue line for years to come. He doesn\u2019t have great support around him \u2013 the Sabres should miss Toni Lydman and Henrik Tallinder \u2013 but he\u2019s good enough on his own to shoulder much of the load.<\/p>\n<p>Zdeno Chara does the same thing in Boston.<\/p>\n<p>The Sabres were pretty quietly a 100-point team last season and won the Northeast Division title. I expect a slight regression in 2010-11, not because the Sabres are worse, but because they didn\u2019t improve this offseason. They may score a bit more but they may also allow more goals after losing some key defenseman.<\/p>\n<p>Other competitors around them, like Boston, got better.<\/p>\n<p>The Sabres should return to the playoffs \u2013 but as a low seed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2010 Preseason Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, September 25\tvs Toronto Maple Leafs\t7 p.m.\tHSBC Arena<br \/>\nMonday, September 27\t@ Toronto Maple Leafs\t7 p.m.\tAir Canada Centre<br \/>\nTuesday, September 28\t@ Ottawa Senators\tTBD\tDundas, Ontario<br \/>\nThursday, September 30\t@ Montreal Canadiens\t7:30 p.m.\tBell Centre<br \/>\nFriday, October 1\t@ Philadelphia Flyers\t7 p.m.\tWachovia Center<br \/>\nSunday, October 3\tvs Philadelphia Flyers\t6 p.m.\tHSBC Arena<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bodog.ca\/welcome\/151627\/betting-offers\/capperspicks-football-deposit-bonus.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">NOTE: To all the Canadians visiting CappersPicks.com today! 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