Blackhawks activate Toews and Sharp

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01/31/2012 - Vancouver, BC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago Blackhawks activated forwards Jonathan Toews and Patrick Sharp from injured reserve on Tuesday.

Toews suffered a wrist injury in a 5-2 loss at Nashville on January 21 and was placed on IR on January 24, missing a loss to the Predators that day in Chicago.

The injury forced him to miss the All-Star festivities this past weekend in Ottawa.

The 23-year-old comes into Tuesday's action ranked second in the NHL with 27 goals and second on the Blackhawks with 50 points in 49 games this season. He also tops the league in both faceoff winning percentage and takeaways.

Sharp been out since early in January with a hand injury that he suffered in an overtime loss to Detroit on January 8 and had missed eight games.

Over 42 contests this season, the 30-year-old has posted 20 goals and 20 assists.

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An important American Idol betting lines recap from February 20 Guys episode. The 12 men came out flat overall with Blake Lewis appearing to have the early edge after the first hour and a half.

Rudy - was quite good singing "Free Ride" to start off.  Randy was not impressed though.  Paula thought he started off fantastic.  "Never had anyone stop off so lively" said Paula but Simon (who does not like Rudy) does not feel he has a distinct voice and was not impressed either. 

Brandon was a little pitchy according to Randy and Paula agreed.  Simon said he was a good singer but the song was "too safe" and he needs to make an impact.  He was listed at +1200 odds or $1200 paid out on a $100 bet should he win the competition. 

Big favorite Sundance came in with a flat version of "Knights in White Satin" and the judges let him have it, including Paula.  Randy claimed the song was out of pitch throughout.

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22 year old Chris Richardson was up next.  He was listed with +1100 odds coming in.  He got the best response from the judges though Simon did not believe the vocal was that great. 

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Phil - this season's military favorite - came into this competition with +1200 odds to win the competition.  He was the last to perform.  He was certainly strong enough to get through this stage of the competition and perhaps the best one after a shaky start. 

Tomorrow night, the ladies perform and I sure hope they do a better job than the boys.  Check out all the American Idol betting odds here.

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