Avs Open Playoffs As Cup Favorites Amid Tepid Action On Florida Teams

Colorado connected for seventh in the NHL with 102 points during the regular 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 against the Dallas Stars-- who ended up 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 actually currently been playing without top defenseman Miro Heiskanen (knee) and hops into the playoffs 0-5-2 in its previous 7 video games.


By contrast, after retooling the roster throughout the season, Colorado has actually been getting momentum considering that mid-February. That has caused the Avalanche being backed by the most total wagers (10.6 percent) and cash (11.0) to win the Cup considering that opening at +1000 at BetMGM.


However, Colorado is not among the book's 3 greatest Cup liabilities.


The leading honor in that regard would go to St. Louis, followed by Montreal and Dallas. With the Blues (+4000) and Canadiens (+8000) the two biggest longshots remaining, BetMGM is more worried about the Avalanche.


It's the two Florida teams the book is pulling for currently. The defending champion Panthers have drawn a modest 6.3 percent of the cash at +750 currently, while the Tampa Bay Lightning have been backed by simply 2.8 percent of the money while moving from +2000 to +1100.


Tampa Bay ended up connected with Colorado with 102 points during the regular season, while Florida was 11th with 98 points.


"The Panthers and Lightning are amongst the favorites to win the Stanley Cup but the public is overlooking them," BetMGM senior trader Matthew Rasp stated. "BetMGM truly wants the Stanley Cup to stay in Florida."


Winnipeg, which topped the league with 116 points while winning an NHL-best 56 video games, opens the postseason at +1000 at both BetMGM and DraftKings-- the eighth-shortest Cup and tied for the sixth-shortest odds at the latter.