There power not follow a to a greater extent loaded partition in all of the National Hockey League than the Atlantic Ocean Division. With teams the like the Detroit Red Wings, Canadian capital Senators, and Buffalo Sabres on the make a motion upwardly — and trying to chase downward the already naturalized Tampa Bay Lightning, Toronto Maple Leafs, FL Panthers and capital of Massachusetts Bruins — the segmentation is deep.
No thing what the experts say, the Montreal Canadiens get been a threat since making the Francis Edgar Stanley Cup Final 2 seasons ago.
Odds of winning the divisionOdds of winning the Sir Henry Morton Stanley CupToronto Maple Leafs+200+800Florida Panthers+220+900Tampa Bay Lightning+225+1000Boston Bruins+800+2500Montreal Canadiens+8000+12500
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The Presidents’ Trophy winner (NHL team up with the most steady harden points) has amount out of this variance for trinity sequent seasons (Florida inwards 2022, capital of Massachusetts 2020, and Tampa Bay inwards 2019, with 2021 suspended for a pandemic realignment), and on that point is no intellect to paint a picture that won’t pass off again this year.
Upper Echelon
At the whirligig of the division, the oddsmakers’ favorite to add up out on cover is the Toronto Maple Leafs. The team up is coming off a harden that saw them put down a franchise-high 115 points, as they ruined second in the segmentation in arrears the Everglade State Panthers before losing to the Tampa Bay Lightning inward the first round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs.
The secondly favourite to win the variance is the Panthers, who also exercise set a enfranchisement put down with 122 points last-place season before beingness swept by the Lightning inward the sec round.
Florida’s tell partner inwards Tampa Bay is the tertiary favorite to win the division, but the fourth biggest favourite to win the Stanley Cup— showing the high-caliber teams inward this division.
Rounding come out the top of the Atlantic Ocean Division are the capital of Massachusetts Bruins. The team may be on the decline, but as long as center/forward Patrice Bergeron and redress winger St. David Pastrnak are inward the fold, they make a chance to contend with anyone inwards the division.
Long Odds
Where the sectionalization takes a bout is in the undersurface half, but trey of the tetrad teams are certainly trending upward. Last season, Buffalo (75 pts), Motor City (74 pts), and Ottawa (73 pts) were separated by just 2 points. But all trinity come along to be headed inward the redress direction, intriguing the cover teams on a every night basis.
This season, patch they are allay tightly grouped, don’t live surprised to see single or to a greater extent scratch to challenge towards the top. All of Detroit, Ottawa, and Buffalo are +2500 to win the partition and +5000 to win the Francis Edgar Stanley Cup.
The underside of the sectionalisation wraps upwardly with the Montreal Canadiens (+8000 to win the sectionalization – +12500 to win the Henry M. Stanley Cup) who are tied with the San Jose Sharks, Seattle Kraken, and the Chicago Blackhawks having the second-longest odds in arrears the Grand Canyon State Coyotes (+30000) to win the Henry M. Stanley Cup.