Plus, NHL futures allow you to bet on any team to win the Stanley Cup in the offseason, preseason and throughout the regular season. We’re talking about single-game moneyline, puck line bets, totals, and prop betting. Legal and regulated Michigan sports betting operators take year-round bets on NHL games, the entire Stanley Cup Playoffs and the Stanley Cup Finals. For the vast majority of that span, Canadian teams have actually made-up a greater percentage of the league (23.33% of the NHL from 2000 until Vegas joined in 2017).If there’s anything more exciting than watching the Stanley Cup Playoffs, it’s betting on the playoffs and Stanley Cup Finals, which you can now feel free to do at legal Michigan sportsbooks. During that span, Canadian teams have comprised a minimum of 21.88% of the NHL (at least 7 out of 32 teams). No Canadian team won the Stanley Cup in 2022, extending Canada’s Stanley Cup drought to an unbelievable 29 years.

While the Avs are favored to repeat, the NHL hasn’t seen different teams win back-to-back championships consecutively since New York and Edmonton in the 1980s. Look for the Capitals odds to improve over the summer. Again, this is before free agency, which opens on July 13. The drop is most likely due to the injuries to Nicklas Backstrom and Tom Wilson.

The Capitals are currently 16th at +4,500 odds, down from last season when they opened at +2,500. The Maple Leafs have the second-best Stanley Cup odds at +900, while the Lightning have opened at +1000.

They lead the pack to repeat in 2023 at +500 odds. The Avalanche opened the 2021-22 season as the favorites to win the cup at +600 moneyline odds. The dust is finally settling on the 2021-22 season, as the Colorado Avalanche notch their third Championship in franchise history.

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