NHL Betting: Free Agent Craziness Moves Future Lines

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Hey, does anybody out there realize that hockey’s back? Well, not yet, exactly, but in a couple months every home in America will have their televisions set to nightly NHL games and be engaged in arguments over dinner about whether or not the Phoenix Coyotes did enough in the off season to shore-up their blue line. Okay, that won’t happen.

However, that has not prevented Sportsbook.com from releasing its updated NHL odds for this year’s potential Stanley Cup champion. The surly cheesesteak loving brutes of Philadelphia are the favorites at 5/1 to win the Stanley Cup but other clubs, thanks to very active offseasons, have moved up considerably in recent weeks. The Toronto Maple Leafs recent signing of cloudy-headed center Eric Lindros improved their odds from 15/1 to 12/1 and the Pittsburgh Penguins drafting of hockey phenom Sidney Crosby saw their odds jump from 100/1 to 35/1. Hopefully, your town is close enough to the Canadian border where you can follow all the action and not have to wait until playoff time in the spring to keep up with what’s going on.

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