Odds to Win the 2019-20 Stanley Cup: Lightning are the Clear Front-Runners
With most free agents signed with new teams, there have been several shakeups around the oddsboard with big names such as Matt Duchene, Sergei Bobrovsky and Artemi Panarin finding new homes for the near future. But a number of the favorites are still on peak of the oddsboard??with all the Tampa Bay Lightning leading the way as early favorites in +700.
Online sportsbook BetOnline has the Tampa Bay Lightning as the favorites to win against at the 2019-20 Stanley Cup in +700 followed from the Boston Bruins (+1200), Toronto Maple Leafs (+1200), Vegas Golden Knights (+1200), Colorado Avalanche (+1400), Florida Panthers (+1600), St. Louis Blues (+1600), Winnipeg Jets (+1600), Calgary Flames (+2000) and Dallas Stars (+2000) to round out the top teams around the oddsboard.
GM Kyle Dubas seems to have cleared from the last of those players who??were around the 2013 Toronto Maple Leafs team that had the epic collapse in Game 7 against the Boston Bruins.
Using Jake Gardiner set to leave the team, the Leafs pulled off a trade with the Colorado Avalanche on July 1, delivering Nazem Kadri (the final of their 2013 group ), Calle Rosen and a third-round pick to the Avs in exchange for Tyson Barrie, Alex Kerfoot plus a sixth-round draft selection.
Not much changed on the oddsboard as a consequence of this transaction with Colorado staying pat at +1400 and Toronto falling marginally to +1200.
Ranked agent Mitch Marner remains unsigned, nevertheless, as Dubas has his work cut out for him in order to signal up the star winger until the season begins. William Nylander’s extended holdout past season proved to be a bad look for the team, and therefore don’t be surprised when Dubas inks the Toronto native Marner into a new deal before October.
One of the biggest names on the free agency list this past year has been Matt Duchene. The 28-year-old center is coming off his first 70-point season because the 2013-14 season when he played for Colorado, and he scored a career-high 31 goals too. Furthermore, he had 10 points in 10 playoff games, helping carry Columbus into its original second-round appearance.
The Nashville Predators have been the team to land Duchene to a seven-year, $56-million contract to help the team that ranked 19th in scoring last year. From +2200 into +2000, their odds moved with the Preds registering Duchene.
The New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils had enormous offseasons, and it is looking as the Battle of the Hudson is back on. But the Devils seem to be more closer to strengthening now after drafting Jack Hughes initial total in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, trading for all-star defenseman P.K. Subban, signing Wayne Simmonds in free service and swinging a deal for the disgruntled Nikita Gusev from Vegas.
The biggest question mark to the Devils is their goaltending, however if Cory Schneider can go back to the form we’ve seen from him in the past, New Jersey might be a legitimate contender in the Eastern Conference this season. Because of this, BetOnline cut the Devils’ championship odds in half +5000 to +2500 because the 2019-20 Cup chances were released in mid-June.
Here’s a look at the Entire list of odds for the 2019-20 Stanley Cup:
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