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NHL expert picks, predictions: Stanley Cup favorites, division winners, award finalists for 2024-25 season
The 2024-25 season is about to get underway, and that means that it's time to get out the crystal ball. It's a clean slate for all 32 NHL franchises as they receive a fresh start in 2024-25. Following a significant amount of movement in the offseason,
NHL News: Season-opening odds feature a predictable Stanley Cup favorite
The Edmonton Oilers have been a trendy pick to win a Stanley Cup for what seems like a decade. Former first-round draft picks Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had been lighting up scoreboards together for eight years before they finally reached the Stanley Cup Finals in 2024.
NHL 2024-25 season predictions: Stanley Cup winner, playoff teams, dark horse and more
Granger: The funny thing is, the oddsmakers agree. Washington is a minus-190 favorite to miss the playoffs, and plus-155 to qualify for them. We asked each voter to pick the eight West playoff teams. Here is the percentage of the votes received by each team. (Note: * playoff team in 2023-24)
Oilers, Stars favorites to win Stanley Cup, NHL.com panel says
The Edmonton Oilers and Dallas Stars are the favorites to win the Stanley Cup this season, according to a panel of NHL.com writers and editors.
Our 2024-25 NHL predictions are in: Are Nashville Predators legitimate Stanley Cup contenders?
Our Nashville Predators predictions are in for the 2024-25 NHL season. Here's who our experts are picking to win the Stanley Cup.
2025 Stanley Cup, NHL awards odds: Edmonton and Connor McDavid expected to have big years
The Edmonton Oilers are favored to win the Stanley Cup this year and break Canada's drought. Who are the other main contenders in the odds?
Avalanche Stanley Cup odds: What chances oddsmakers give Colorado to win the NHL championship entering 2024-25 season
Once again the Avalanche is entering a new hockey season as one of the favorites to win the Stanley Cup. But oddsmakers aren’t as enthusiastic about the team’s chances as in years past. Colorado has +1,
NHL predictions for 2024-25 season: Who will win Stanley Cup, top awards?
The Florida Panthers won the 2024 Stanley Cup one year after falling short in the 2023 Final, the first team to do that since the 2008 and 2009 Pittsburgh Penguins. Can the Edmonton Oilers follow suit?
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Blackhawks Path to Make the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs
The Chicago Blackhawks have played well in their first three games and after a win against the Oilers, a run at a playoff ...
For the Panthers, the day the Stanley Cup was won was somehow normal and marked by confidence
Freedom was the word that Florida coach Paul Maurice kept saying to his team over the final days of the Stanley Cup Final.
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NHL power rankings: Vegas Golden Knights claim top spot in first week of 2024-25 season
Hockey is back! After a preseason that felt like it dragged on longer than the two weeks it lasted, we finally get to watch ...
Stanley Cup Champion Phil Kessel Announces Bold Career Move
Three-time Stanley Cup champion and one of the NHL’s most iconic ironmen, Phil Kessel has made a surprising announcement ...
Tom Brady's Bold Prediction: NHL star Max Domi and the Leafs set for Stanley Cup glory
Tom Brady, widely regarded as the GOAT of the NFL, has made it clear which NHL team he's backing this season-and it's all ...