Jets Historic NHL Start Despite 20 to 1 Stanley Cup Odds

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00:00Let's take a look here and flip it over to the ice. The Stanley Cup. I just watched the team

00:04go in the Madison Square Garden last night and turn themselves into 15-1 in the NHL. I was going

00:09to say 15-1 in the NHL in the Jets. The Oilers are the favorites here. The Lightning are 18-1.

00:15There's 10 teams in between, Tom. What are we looking at so far in this early season in the

00:19NHL that has your attention? I'm actually shocked that the Jets are still 20-1 to win the Stanley

00:26Cup. Yeah. Considering that they're literally off to the best start in NHL history. After the win

00:30that they picked up on Saturday against the Stars, they are 14-1. 14-1 with no overtime losses. That

00:37is the best start in NHL history. And they're still at 20-1. Now, granted, we've seen plenty

00:42of pedigree from the Stars and the Oilers. There's obviously a lot of star power with the Oilers.

00:46The Vegas Golden Knights and the Avs are still getting a lot of money. That's why you're ahead

00:50of them. But I like what the Jets are doing. And I'll be honest, I bought in on them last night

00:54after they beat my Rangers at 20-1. I already have a ticket on the Preds at 28-1 to win the

01:00Cup. And that is obviously looking deader than dead at this point. But the Jets are a team that

01:04basically have everything that you want. They have a star goalie with Conor Hellybuck, who can win

01:08the Vesta. And over the past few years, we've seen them ready to make moves at the deadline.

01:13We've seen them be aggressive a couple of years ago. They went and got Tyler Toffoli from the

01:17Devils. So they look good right now. They have good depth. And I still think they will continue

01:21to make moves to put themselves in a good spot. And what we've seen from the Oilers,

01:25they've been a bit up and down. I think they'll be fine in the long term. I think the Stars will

01:29obviously be there. The issue is that there are two teams in that division between the Stars and

01:34the Avs that can oust them in the playoffs, which is what we've seen. So I think that's what's

01:37holding their number back right now. But I do like the Jets. My adopted team in the NHL has always

01:43been the Oilers here. We'll see what they have. But they are the favorites right now at the

01:46Sportsbook at an eight to one price. If we take a look at the Hart Trophy odds,

01:49that's the MVP market at the Fandula Sportsbook. Kaprizov at a plus 350 price on the wild,

01:55followed by Kucherov, McKinnon, McDavid, Panarin, Makara, Matthews, and so far and so forth. How

02:00are we looking at the MVP markets? Also, Tom, who did you think before the season would win it? And

02:04how do you feel about that now? Coming into the season, I thought it would be a kind of another

02:09head-to-head race between McKinnon and Kucherov, just as we saw last year. We saw McKinnon come

02:13away with the win. He ended with 140 points last year. Kucherov had 144. He led the league,

02:18but he didn't win the award. McKinnon's a center. Generally, centers get a little bit

02:22bent through the taps. They have to do more. Winning face-offs is important. But

02:25we're going to see this three- to four-headed race between Kaprizov, Kucherov, McKinnon,

02:29and McDavid for the rest of the season. Kale Makara is interesting because he's a defender,

02:34and he's arguably the best defender in the entire world. To see him win an MVP is basically

02:40unheard of. So I like the Makara ticket at 20-1. Do I think he'll actually do it? No.

02:45I also think Kaprizov is very live to win it. I don't want to say there's a voter fatigue,

02:49as we kind of see in the NBA between Kucherov, McKinnon, and McDavid, but Kaprizov kind of

02:54ascending to star status, I think, is a very viable outcome this year. Let's take a look at

02:58another fun market here at the FanBull Sportsbook, the Rocket Richard Trophy, which means most goals

03:03scored in the regular season. Austin Matthews, no stranger there to being one of the best goal

03:07scorers in the NHL, plus 350 price. Leon Dreisaitl, 650, and also Kucherov, that same price. Who are

03:13we looking at in that market here to possibly lead the NHL in goal scoring? You know, at this point,

03:18I don't think it will be Matthews who's got off to a slow start. He's actually currently on IR.

03:22I'm not buying into a player at plus 350 when he's already behind several players. You know,

03:27Sam Reinhart got a big contract in the offseason. He had 50-plus goals last year. He's at plus 800.

03:32Between him and Kaprizov, I think that's the best spot to go where we're getting teams,

03:36we're getting players on teams that are good. They've shown the consistency of scoring 40-50-plus

03:40goals, and we're also getting a pretty good number of them. Again, I'm not buying into Matthews when

03:44he's already behind the 8-ball, and he's injured at the lowest price. That's just not what I'm

03:48going to do. And if we take a look quickly at the best goalie on the market, it's the Vezina here.

03:52Is it Shesterkins to win, or how about my guy Swayman at 12-1? It comes down to the record.

03:59The issue with the Vezina is that writers don't vote on it, that GMs are the ones that vote on it,

04:04and I think Helyabuck will be the answer, probably, because, again, GMs value winning.

04:08GMs value making the playoffs and putting your team in a good spot. Even if Swayman

04:11has some of the best underlying metrics, if the Bruins aren't a great team overall,

04:16and they're kind of eking into the playoffs, he won't win that award.

04:19We will see Helyabuck or Shesterkins win that award.

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