The NHL has reached the ultimate month of its common season, which means probably the most great match in skilled sports activities — at the least on this hockey fanatic’s perspective — is sort of right here.
Whereas the Stanley Cup playoffs are recognized for his or her unpredictability and dramatic swerves, there are some established betting favorites because the season heads into its remaining weeks.
Here is a take a look at the 5 favorites, the chance of every of them successful the Cup and a few alternative routes to revenue from their playoff journeys.
Present Stanley Cup odds: +375 (Guess MGM), +380 (Caesars)
The Avalanche are heavy favorites in all sides of NHL futures betting. They’re +130 to advance to the Stanley Cup Closing out of the Western Convention — BetMGM experiences that just about 50% of the deal with on the Western Convention champion has been positioned on the Avs. Their Stanley Cup Closing odds have improved from +600 initially of the season, once they have been additionally the favourite. BetMGM says 32.3% of the deal with for the Stanley Cup winner belongs to the Avalanche.
However being the most effective regular-season staff within the Western Convention does not portend a lot of something for the postseason.
