Comparing Golden Knights’ new Stanley Cup betting odds to the beginning of the season is astonishing

It’s the most unbelievable story of the NHL season and it just keeps getting crazier: The Vegas Golden Knights are the Stanley Cup favourites on at least one betting site.

Bodog just released their latest betting odds for the Stanley Cup and the Vegas Golden Knights lead the pack at 9/2. When you really think it through, it does make sense. They’re the first team through the first round, so they really should have the best odds. Every other team still has the risk of losing their current matchup, so they get a slight advantage.

Combine that with the fact that it’s actually user behaviour that decides a lot of these odds and it doesn’t mean that much, but still these are the current Stanley Cup betting odds.

Vegas Golden Knights               9/2

Nashville Predators                   5/1

Tampa Bay Lightning                 11/2

Boston Bruins                           6/1

Winnipeg Jets                           15/2

Pittsburgh Penguins                  8/1

San Jose Sharks                       10/1

Columbus Blue Jackets             18/1

Toronto Maple Leafs                20/1

Washington Capitals                  20/1

Philadelphia Flyers                    40/1

New Jersey Devils                     50/1

Colorado Avalanche                  66/1

Minnesota Wild                         100/1

Anaheim Ducks                         125/1

Now, the Anaheim Ducks currently have 125/1 odds to win the Stanley Cup and they’re down 3-0 in their series after coming in with home-ice advantage. Somehow, the Golden Knights actually had worse odds when they started the season.

When Bodog opened their odds for the season (June 12), they had the Vegas Golden Knights at 150/1 to win the Cup. No other team had worse than 75/1 odds.

                                                            Opening Odds (6/12/17)            September Odds (9/11/17)

Pittsburgh Penguins                              9/1                                            7/1

Edmonton Oilers                                   12/1                                          9/1

Chicago Blackhawks                             12/1                                          12/1

Dallas Stars                                          16/1                                          12/1

Anaheim Ducks                                     14/1                                          14/1

Nashville Predators                               14/1                                          14/1

Tampa Bay Lightning                             12/1                                          14/1

Toronto Maple Leafs                             16/1                                          14/1

Washington Capitals                              12/1                                          14/1

Minnesota Wild                                     16/1                                          18/1

New York Rangers                                 16/1                                          18/1

Columbus Blue Jackets                         20/1                                          20/1

Montreal Canadiens                               16/1                                          20/1

Los Angeles Kings                                18/1                                          22/1

Boston Bruins                                       33/1                                          25/1

Calgary Flames                                     33/1                                          25/1

San Jose Sharks                                   22/1                                          25/1

St. Louis Blues                                      28/1                                          28/1

Florida Panthers                                    40/1                                          40/1

Ottawa Senators                                    33/1                                          40/1

New York Islanders                                40/1                                          50/1

Philadelphia Flyers                                40/1                                          50/1

Winnipeg Jets                                       40/1                                          50/1

Buffalo Sabres                                      66/1                                          66/1

Carolina Hurricanes                                66/1                                          66/1

Detroit Red Wings                                 66/1                                          100/1

Arizona Coyotes                                    66/1                                          100/1

Colorado Avalanche                              75/1                                          100/1

Las Vegas Golden Knights                    150/1                                        100/1

New Jersey Devils                                 75/1                                          100/1

Vancouver Canucks                               75/1                                          100/1

So, hopefully someone got in early on those bets, because it’s starting to seem like nothing is going to stop the Golden Knights this season.