#57 ASA PLAY ON 8* Vancouver Canucks +125 on the Money Line over Washington Capitals, Monday at 7:05 PM ET - The season is, of course, very early but if you look at preseason point totals posted at the books you will find something interesting that relates to this match-up. There is only one other winless team in the NHL that had a higher season point total estimate by the odds makers than the Canucks. That is the Wild but we are not backing them against the defending Stanley Cup Champion Avalanche off a loss tonight. Instead we are backing a Canucks team that is facing a wounded Capitals team that is coming off a win. You see the Caps just won their first game of the season after losses in the first two but they are still without some key pieces to start this season and those guys being out is part of the reason that Washington has already lost 2 of 3 on the season. Yes, the Canucks are 0-2 but Vancouver had a multi-goal lead in each game that they let get away. They are very anxious to make up for that tonight and were already back east for this game because they just faced an equally hungry Flyers team in Philly Saturday. We feel that now the Canucks are absolutely going to be the hungrier team in this match-up and they will not be denied. We think we’re getting some nice value getting this hungry road dog at +125 in this one with the Canucks as it is the perfect set-up for an away win.