Good morning and happy Opening Night in the NHL!
Excitement is quite the understatement for us that follow the league closely – every season offers a new bit of intrigue whether it be an up and coming phenom or an entire team on the rise. This is the particular subject of today’s post, where we’ll take a look at our projections for how the season will shake out and some future bets that might pique your interest…responsibly, of course.
So, without further ado, here we go:
Joe Rat’s Playoff Projections:
Western Conference:
Central Division:
1. Dallas Stars
2. Colorado Avalanche
3. Minnesota Wild
Pacific Division:
1. Edmonton Oilers
2. LA Kings
3. Seattle Kraken
WC1 – Vegas Golden Knights
WC2 – Calgary Flames
Eastern Conference:
Metro Division:
1. Carolina Hurricanes
2. New Jersey Devils
3. New York Rangers
Atlantic Division:
1. Toronto Maple Leafs
2. Ottawa Senators
3. Tampa Bay Lightning
WC1 – Buffalo Sabres
WC2 – Boston Bruins
Dovi’s Playoff Projections:
Central Division:
1. Dallas Stars
2. Colorado Avalanche
3. Arizona Coyotes
Pacific Division:
1. LA Kings
2. Edmonton Oilers
3. Seattle Kraken
WC1 – Calgary Flames
WC2 – Vegas Golden Knights
Eastern Conference:
Metro Division:
1. New York Rangers
2. Carolina Hurricanes
3. New Jersey Devils
Atlantic Division:
1. Toronto Maple Leafs
2. Florida Panthers
3. Buffalo Sabres
WC1 – Ottawa Senators
WC2 – Boston Bruins
Joe’s Future Bets (more to come in-season):
Canes Cup Winner +900
Devils Cup Winner +1100
Stars Cup Winner +1300
Kings Cup Winner +2000
Kraken Cup Winner +5000
Coyotes make playoffs +480
Cozens 30 +200
Patrick Laine 30 +200
Kevin Fiala 30 +280
Marty Necas 30 +200
Andrei Kuzmenko 40 goals +350
Kyle Connor 40 goals +350
Barrett Hayton 50+p +220
Jake Ottinger Vezina +1100
Dovi’s Future Bets:
50+ Goals:
Kirill Kaprizov +400
Alexander Ovechkin (-135 40+)
Nikita Kucherov (+300 40+)
40+ Goals:
Cole Caufield +450
Patrick Laine +700
Filip Forsberg +1000
Point Totals:
Adrian Kempe & Trevor Zegras O67.5 points -115
Connor Bedard O69.5 -115
Brad Marchand O70.5 -115
Adam Fox O71.5 -115
Sebastian Aho O72.5 -115
Connor McDavid to score 150 points +400
Divisions:
TOR Division +175, conference #1 seed +550, Presidents Trophy +800
NYR Divsion +330, conference #1 seed +750, Presidents Trophy +1300
DAL Division +155, conference #1 seed +700, Presidents Trophy +800
LAK Division +450, conference #1 seed +750, Presidents Trophy +2000
Dark Horses:
FLA division winner +450
PIT division winner +700
WPG division winner +900
SEA division winner +1100
Awards:
Vezina: Jake Oettinger +1200
RR: Auston Matthews +550
Selke:
E. Lindholm +2000
S. Couturier +4000
Norris:
A. Fox +500
D. Hamilton +2500
E.Bouchard +3500
V.Hedman +4000
Jack Adams:
Ryan Huska +2500
Andre Tourigny +4500
