The set-up: It's a pair of teams from the Pacific Division squaring off in Vancouver on Opening Night. Neither team played well last year. Vancouver lost the Sedin twins over the Summer and while that's definitely a good thing for the team in the long-term, in the short-term it erases 33% of their points getters from last year. Calgary returns its main core of players. The Flames achilles heel over the last decade though and certainly last season was their play on the road, and I think the team will stumble here against Vancouver's young and hungry group.

The pick: Take it for what you will as well, but the Flames are just 25-37 (-17.7 units) against the division the last three years, while Vancouver is 4-1 in its last five as a home dog in the +105 to +125 range. I'm banking on the Canucks finding a way to get the job done on Opening Night at home.