{"id":4253,"date":"2021-10-12T14:55:38","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T21:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/props.com\/?p=4253"},"modified":"2025-04-16T01:53:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T08:53:03","slug":"stanley-cup-betting-odds-avalanche-of-cash-lands-on-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/props.com\/stanley-cup-betting-odds-avalanche-of-cash-lands-on-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanley Cup Betting Odds: Avalanche Of Cash Lands On Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NHL drops the puck on the 2021-22 season tonight with a pair of games, one featuring the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions (Tampa Bay Lightning) and one involving the new kid on the block (Seattle Kraken) versus the new-ish kid on the block (Vegas Golden Knights).<\/p>\n

As is the case with any sport, the dawn of a new season brings a renewed sense of optimism in all 32 NHL cities, where fans want to believe this <\/em>is the year. The reality? Only a handful of clubs truly have a shot to hoist Lord Stanley\u2019s Cup come June (and then spend the summer doing untoward things with the greatest trophy in sports).<\/p>\n

A glance at the NHL Stanley Cup odds board at PointsBet USA shows 25 percent of the league has a modest to legit shot to win it all: Eight of 32 teams have odds of +2000 or lower. Which means \u2014 barring an out-of-nowhere, Vegas Golden Knights-like Cinderella story \u2014 75 percent of the league will be spending the next eight months doing what the late, great comedian George Carlin once described as hockey<\/a> in a nutshell: ice skating, playing with a puck, and beating the crap out of each other.<\/p>\n

Not surprisingly, the two-time reigning champs are among the top contenders \u2014 but, alas, the \u2019Ning aren\u2019t the odds-on favorite. That honor goes to a squad that hasn\u2019t gotten as far as the conference finals since their goaltender was a 36-year-old named Patrick Roy<\/p>\n

With the initial face-off of the 2021-22 season hours away, Props.com takes a look at Stanley Cup odds and action, with an assist from PointsBet sports analyst Mike Korn.<\/p>\n

Mile-High Expectations<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\"Colorado
Image Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Adjusted for a full 82-game season, the Colorado Avalanche would\u2019ve finished with 108 and 105 points in the last two pandemic-shortened seasons. As it was, the Lanche ranked third and first, respectively, the past two years in points scored. Know what that got them? A pair of second-round playoff exits.<\/p>\n

In fact, Colorado has reached the postseason in four consecutive years and has yet to get past the second round. So what did the Avs do in the offseason to fix that problem? They let Philipp Grubauer \u2014 their Vezina Trophy-finalist goaltender whose 1.95 goals-against average was second best in the league in 2020-21 \u2014 skate on off to the Kraken as a free agent.<\/p>\n

Despite all this, the Stanley Cup futures market at PointsBet is incredibly bullish on Colorado. Not only are the Avs favored at +500 \u2014 slightly out front of the Lightning and Golden Knights (both +600) \u2014 but they lead in both ticket count and handle.<\/p>\n

As much action as Korn has taken on Colorado to end a 21-year title drought, a bigger concern for the folks behind the PointsBet counter is the team Tampa Bay defeated each of the past two years to reach the Stanley Cup Final: the New York Islanders. The Isles, who at +2000 are tied with the Florida Panthers for the eighth-shortest odds, rank right behind the Avalanche in ticket count and handle.<\/p>\n

As a result, the Islanders enter the season as PointsBet\u2019s biggest liability. The good news for Korn and crew: You have go to back to 1983 for the last time New York got as far as the Cup Final \u2014 the same year the Islanders\u2019 run of four consecutive championships ended at the hands of Wayne Gretzky and the Edmonton Oilers.<\/p>\n

East Could Be A Beast<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You don\u2019t have to do a deep dive into PointsBet\u2019s Stanley Cup odds board to find two distinctive storylines that already formed heading into the campaign: The Western Conference is projected to be a two-horse race between Colorado and Vegas, while the Eastern Conference appears to be much more of a wide-open battle.<\/p>\n

After the Avs and Golden Knights, Tampa Bay tops a collection of eight straight Eastern Conference teams that fall in order down the odds list. Those squads directly behind the Lightning: the Toronto Maple Leafs (+1100), Boston Bruins (+1400), Carolina Hurricanes (+1600), Panthers and Islanders (+2000), and Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Rangers (+2200).<\/p>\n

Another Eastern Conference team \u2014 the Washington Capitals \u2014 is among a cluster of three Western Conference entrants (Oilers, Dallas Stars, and Minnesota Wild) that come in next at +2500.<\/p>\n

Among this entire group, PointsBet customers have latched onto the Rangers, who rank third in handle (and as such, third in biggest liability).<\/p>\n

One team not listed above is the Chicago Blackhawks, who have missed the playoffs three times and gone out in the first round three times since capturing the Cup in 2014-15. That recent run of futility hasn\u2019t stopped a few bettors from grabbing a +4000 long-shot ticket on the Blackhawks, who slot between the Islanders and Rangers on PointsBet\u2019s liability ledger.<\/p>\n

Confidence In The Kraken<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Image Credit: Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Four years ago, the Golden Knights entered the NHL, grabbed it by the throat, and rolled all the way to the Cup Final in what was the most successful expansion season in modern sports history.<\/p>\n

Can the Kraken, with a veteran netminder in Grubauer, duplicate Vegas\u2019 blueprint? It\u2019s doubtful, but Korn notes that PointsBet has seen some long-shot play on Seattle at +5000 to win the Stanley Cup. Another dark horse that Korn says bettors are backing: the New Jersey Devils at +6000.<\/p>\n

While a Kraken-Devils Stanley Cup Final would undoubtedly send the PointsBet risk room racing for the antacids \u2014 and send NHL commish Gary Bettman racing for the liquor cabinet \u2014 there are three teams that, as of this moment, would result in solid outcomes for Korn\u2019s team: the Penguins, Hurricanes, and Maple Leafs.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, those outcomes are unlikely, considering the Penguins\u2019 roster is aging, the Hurricanes haven\u2019t won the Eastern Conference since their 2005-06 title season, and the Leafs haven\u2019t lifted the Cup since two years before man lifted off to the moon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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