This is an 8* play on the Colorado Avalanche.

The Avs are desperate after starting the season just 1-4-2, most recently losing 4-3 to Florida in OT on Tuesday but catch a break as the Canucks are coming off a big 4-1 win at St. Louis just last night. "Desperation" is a factor which I feel that the oddsmakers often have a hard time properly quantifying into a line and that's definitely the case here, I look for the home side to find a way to get the job done at the end of the night. For me this is purely a situational/trend based selection, note that Colorado is 6-3 (+2.1 units) in its last nine following a two day break and 21-15 (+5.6 units) following a non-conference contest. I think the hungry home side finds a way here, in my opinion this is the very definition of great line value; play on COLORADO.

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