General Manager Steve Yzerman continues to make moves that should boost the Lightning for next season and sportsbook bettors in NHL betting are starting to notice.
The Lightning acquired forward Simon Gagne from Philadelphia on Monday and his acquisition should give the Lightning more scoring punch in hockey lines. The Lightning is 40-1 to secure the Stanley Cup at the sportsbook.
Sportsbook odds on Tampa Bay had them as long shots a great deal last season but that might change in 2010-2011. Yzerman has been taking some steps that should make Tampa a greater team. The latest one that brought him Gagne might be a good one. The squads allowed defenseman Matt Walker and a 4th-round draft pick for Gagne. Gagne had 17 goals and 23 assists in 58 competitions last season, as indicated by sportsbook figures. He has played 664 competitions in his NHL career and has 259 goals and 265 assists. He’s tenth in points and in competitions played, and he 9th on the Flyers’ career list in goals. Gagne was pretty good for the philadelphia flyers a year ago in the playoffs since he had 9 goals and three assists. He should be able to complement Vincent Lecavalier, Steven Stamkos and Martin St. Louis next year.
The Philadelphia Flyers will be gaining Walker in return for giving up a popular player in Gagne. Sportsbook stats indicated that he had 2 goals and three assists last year for the Lightning. He has four goals, 26 assists and 444 penalty minutes in his career. General Manager Paul Holmgren has never been identified as someone who might evaluate skill so giving up Gagne to get Walker isn’t a big surprise. Holmgren likes players who commit time in the penalty box and Walker definitely fits that pattern.
On paper, the deal is entirely one-sided for the Lightning. Gagne is a player who directed the philadelphia flyers in goals three times. He was the squad’s MVP two times and went to the All-Star competition two times. He’ll be missed on and off the ice since he was a pretty popular player in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Flyers were an unanticipated team last season vs the sportsbook odds when they got to the NHL playoffs, proceeding all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals, but they’ve made a step back with the loss of Gagne.
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