NHL StanleyCup betting futures: MLarkinHockey picks six intriguing long shots to win it all in 2022-23.
It’s been a tough few years if you’re a sports bettor who likes to take big swings on Stanley Cup futures bets. The 2019-20 Tampa Bay Lightning won the Stanley Cup after sitting among the top pre-season favorites following a season in which they’d tied an NHL record with 62 wins. The 2020-21 Lightning were obviously favorites again, coming off the Cup win. And the 2021-22 Colorado Avalanche were a juggernaut on paper and thus a massive betting favorite in Cup futures.
Here are some bets I like at the moment. Keep in mind: I am not saying these teams are my Cup favorites. I’m saying I like the picks because the odds provide strong value relative to what I believe the teams’ ceilings are.
The Flames, on the other hand? They have that stink on them following a turbulent summer in which they became the first team in NHL history to lose two 100-point scorers in one offseason after Johnny Gaudreau signed with the Columbus Blue Jackets and Matthew Tkachuk went to the Florida Panthers in arguably the biggest trade this century.