It took the Florida Panthers 30 years to win their first Stanley Cup ever. They’re going to be betting favorites to do it once more subsequent 12 months.
At sportsbooks throughout the nation, the Panthers are consensus favorites to win the NHL’s high prize for the 2024-25 season, exhibiting +900 odds at ESPN BET and a number of other different main operations.
The Stanley Cup runner-up Edmonton Oilers are additionally among the many high three selections throughout {the marketplace}, with 10-1 odds at ESPN BET.
Florida seeks to turn into the primary repeat champion because the Tampa Bay Lightning (2019-20 and 2020-21), who entered that ’20-21 season at +900 — however not because the favorites.
If that value holds to opening night time, it’ll tie the 2006-07 Ottawa Senators and 2023-24 Colorado Avalanche and Carolina Hurricanes for the longest odds for a preseason favourite since a minimum of 1984, per SportsOddsHistory.com.
That speaks to the general stage of parity on show throughout the NHL. The Dallas Stars are tied with Florida for the percentages lead at +900 at a number of main books, together with ESPN BET, although Florida is the only real chief at FanDuel.
The Hurricanes (10-1) and Avalanche (12-1) are additionally lurking close to the highest.
The consensus longest odds to win subsequent 12 months’s Cup belong to the San Jose Sharks, who personal the No. 1 decide within the upcoming NHL draft and are broadly anticipated to pick Macklin Celebrini. They’re 400-1 to win all of it.