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Posted at 2:15 PM EST. 

Montreal +120 over CALGARY

6:30 PM EST. OT Included. Things can change fast. After Calgary lost to Ottawa just before three straight games against these Habs, one Calgary Sun writer summed it up by saying there was little hope for the Flames:

Calgary would subsequently go out and beat Montreal not once but twice, thus, what seemed like no hope just a few days ago has now turned into expectations. On Friday, when these two met for the first of three, the pressure was not on Calgary, as they had been written off by just about everyone after losing to Ottawa. The mindset now changes from being written off to being expected to finish the Habs off and with that comes the weight of expectations. Under pressure, the Flames have not responded well this season so why should we trust them to respond now?

Man for man, metric for metric, Montreal is clearly the superior team here. It would be nice if the Habs put the puck in the net more but if that were the case, we would not be taking back a tag on this possession monster. The Habs rank top three in puck possession time during five-on-five play and it’s not like they were outplayed the past two games. No, it’s simply that Calgary had better puck luck than the Canadiens. Montreal is a well-disciplined, puck-possession juggernaut and if they lose three times to the inferior Flames, so be it.

Finally and for what it’s worth, no player on the Flames has logged more minutes than Noah Haifan this season. Well, Hanifan is out for the year, which has barely received a mention but his loss is a significant one that is not reflected in the price. Sum it all up and we're getting a great price on Montreal to win outright.

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