Less than 80 hours until Super Bowl XLIII betting ends…

Ah! Sidetracked again. I know, this is a hockey blog. But c’mon, it’s Super Bowl betting. It doesn’t get much bigger than that.

Anyway, onto hockey. Ho hum, another monster game for Michael Cammalleri last night. Give him eight goals in his last four games. Did anyone who follows NHL betting think the Kings got a good deal with they shipped him to Calgary last summer? Sure, the Kings ended up with the 12th pick in the draft (D-man Colten Teubert) as a result. But it’s hard for those who bet on hockey to understand their logic, isn’t it?

Let’s see. L.A. is a basement dweller who has stockpiled draft picks and is finally starting to rise in the standings on the wings of its “young guns.” So…I guess they decided they had to ship out “old guys” like the 26-year-old Cammalleri? Who had an 80-point season before spending much of last year on the shelf due to injury?

I suppose the Kings would argue to NHL betting fans that they traded to pick Teubert since they needed more blueline help and have enough good young forwards. But they already have Drew Doughty, Jack Johnson and Kyle Quincey. So I can’t see why they dealt Cammalleri.

The Flames are reaping the rewards and dominating. This is what happens when Jarome Iginla has another teammate who can score goals.

Here are some highlights from Cammalleri’s Kings days. All those goals just scream “run this guy out of town.”