Colorado tied for seventh in the NHL with 102 points during the routine season, but the Avalanche are opening the playoffs as the agreement favorites to win the 2025 Stanley Cup.
On the eve of playing host to Game 1 of a first-round series versus the Dallas Stars-- who completed with 106 points during the routine season-- Colorado was being used as the +750 Cup favorite by DraftKings and at +700 by BetMGM.
It helps that destiny will be minus top goal-scorer Jason Robertson due to a lower-body injury sustained in the group's regular-season finale. Dallas has already been playing without leading defenseman Miro Heiskanen (knee) and limps into the playoffs 0-5-2 in its previous 7 video games.
By contrast, after retooling the lineup throughout the season, Colorado has actually been getting momentum considering that mid-February. That has actually led to the Avalanche being backed by the most total wagers (10.6 percent) and money (11.0) to win the Cup because opening at +1000 at BetMGM.
However, Colorado is not among the book's three biggest Cup liabilities.
The top honor because regard would go to St. Louis, followed by Montreal and Dallas. With the Blues (+4000) and Canadiens (+8000) the two greatest longshots staying, BetMGM is more worried about the Avalanche.
It's the 2 Florida teams the book is pulling for presently. The safeguarding champion Panthers have actually drawn a modest 6.3 percent of the cash at +750 presently, while the Tampa Bay Lightning have been backed by just 2.8 percent of the cash while moving from +2000 to +1100.
Tampa Bay completed tied with Colorado with 102 points during the routine season, while Florida was 11th with 98 points.
"The Panthers and Lightning are among the favorites to win the Stanley Cup but the public is neglecting them," BetMGM senior trader Matthew Rasp stated. "BetMGM really wants the Stanley Cup to remain in Florida."
Winnipeg, which topped the league with 116 points while winning an NHL-best 56 games, opens the postseason at +1000 at both BetMGM and DraftKings-- the eighth-shortest Cup odds and connected for the sixth-shortest odds at the latter.