[Penguinfan]

ABSOLUTLY, I can't stress this enough. In a situation like this where the best players in the world MAY hit 60% every game counts. I would hate like hell to lose one more game than I needed to because I bet into a bad line.

There are also times, especially in hockey where you can bet both sides of a game and lock up a profit no matter what happens. It's called scalping and happens like this:

Let say the Penguins are playing Columbus, two horrible teams and one book has:
Penguins +110
Columbus -120

With a line that cose to even it is not hard to find another book that has:

Columbus +100
Penguins -110

Take Pittsburgh at one book and Columbus at the other for the max and you CAN'T LOSE money, at worst you break even and if Pittsburgh wins you make 10% on a bet that you couldn't lose money on.