NHL hockey betting<\/a> favorite to win the Stanley Cup. As the current league table will suggest, the Lightning are at this point the strongest team in the NHL and have been installed as a +385 favorite to win the Stanley Cup. This is an extremely short price given the high quality of play in the league but currently only one other team is priced at single digit odds\u2014the Toronto Maple Leafs at +700. The pricing on the Leafs might have as much to do with the popularity of hockey in Canada as anything else since Toronto is currently the #3 team in the East and has just the seventh best record overall.<\/p>\nOut West, there is a logjam among very solid teams including the Pacific Division leading Calgary Flames (+1000) and the Nashville Predators (+1000) who enter play after the All Star Break two points behind the Central Division leading Winnipeg Jets. The Jets are priced at +1150 along with the San Jose Sharks. The Vegas Golden Knights are +1300, the Pittsburgh Penguins are +1500 and both the Washington Capitals and Boston Bruins are priced at +1700. No other team is priced lower than 23 to 1.<\/p>\n
One obvious characteristic of the current season\u2014things are really looking up for long suffering Canadian hockey fans. A Canadian team hasn\u2019t won the Stanley Cup in 25 years. The last Canadian cup winners *were* the Canadians–the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Los Angeles Kings to emerge victorious in 1993. There haven\u2019t been many Canadian teams that have come close with only five reaching the finals in the past twenty five years. There have even been a few seasons of late where no Canadian teams have even made the playoffs. The fortunes of Canadian hockey teams are looking much better this season. Four Canada based teams are very likely to make the playoffs (Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, Winnipeg) and possibly as many as six should Edmonton and\/or Vancouver qualify.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not all good news for Canadian hockey fans, however, since the biggest longshot in the Stanley Cup futures betting odds is also from their country. The hapless Ottawa Senators are priced at +30000. The rest of the longshots include several names more accustomed to being at the top of the betting market including the Detroit Red Wings (+25000), New York Rangers (+20000), New Jersey Devils (+20000), Chicago Blackhawks (+20000) and Los Angeles Kings (+17500). Since 1994, this group of longshots has accounted for a total of 13 Stanley Cup Championships. <\/p>\n
Here\u2019s the full field rundown:<\/p>\n
2019 STANLEY CUP CHAMPION FUTURES ODDS (AS OF 1\/28\/19)<\/strong><\/p>\nTAMPA BAY LIGHTNING\t\t\t\t+385
\nTORONTO MAPLE LEAFS\t\t\t\t+700
\nCALGARY FLAMES\t\t\t\t\t+1000
\nNASHVILLE PREDATORS\t\t\t\t+1000
\nSAN JOSE SHARKS\t\t\t\t\t+1150
\nWINNIPEG JETS\t\t\t\t\t+1150
\nVEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS\t\t\t +1300
\nPITTSBURGH PENGUINS\t\t\t\t+1500
\nBOSTON BRUINS\t\t\t\t\t+1700
\nWASHINGTON CAPITALS\t\t\t\t+1700
\nCOLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS\t\t\t +2300
\nMINNESOTA WILD\t\t\t\t\t+2500
\nNEW YORK ISLANDERS\t\t\t\t+2500
\nCOLORADO AVALANCHE\t\t\t\t+3700
\nST. LOUIS BLUES\t\t\t\t\t+4000
\nMONTREAL CANADIENS\t\t\t\t+4500
\nCAROLINA HURRICANES\t\t\t\t+5000
\nDALLAS STARS\t\t\t\t\t+5000
\nARIZONA COYOTES\t\t\t\t\t+7500
\nBUFFALO SABRES\t\t\t\t\t+7500
\nANAHEIM DUCKS\t\t\t\t\t+8000
\nEDMONTON OILERS\t\t\t\t\t+8000
\nFLORIDA PANTHERS \t\t\t\t+11500
\nPHILADELPHIA FLYERS\t\t\t\t+12500
\nVANCOUVER CANUCKS\t\t\t\t+12500
\nLOS ANGELES KINGS\t\t\t\t+17500
\nCHICAGO BLACKHAWKS\t\t\t\t+20000
\nNEW JERSEY DEVILS\t\t\t\t+20000
\nNEW YORK RANGERS\t\t\t\t+20000
\nDETROIT RED WINGS\t\t\t\t+25000
\nOTTAWA SENATORS\t\t\t\t\t+30000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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