2022-23 NHL Conference Championships Betting Odds and Picks
The Eastern Conference has won five of the last seven Stanley Cups in the NHL. The Western Conference won four straight Stanley Cup titles between 2012 and 2015. Auston Matthews and the Maple Leafs are slight favorites to win the Eastern conference. Colorado won the Western conference last season. Arizona Coyotes have the highest Futures odds in NHL Western conferences. The 2022 NHL Preseason has started. On Friday, October 7, the puck will drop on the 2022-23 NHL Regular Season when the West’s Sharks and East”s Predators meet for two games on back-to-back nights over at the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic.
Last year all eight teams from the Eastern Conference made the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs. This year it's going to be easier for three of the five top teams. The Maple Leafs, Panthers, and Lightning are the favourites to win the East. Carolina, the Hurricanes, in the Metropolitan Division, are also favourites. The Rangers are a team that made it to the playoffs in 2022. They lost in a thrilling series to Lightning. It's a 5-team race in one of two conferences. There are some new players in Carolina. Florida won the Atlantic Division last season.
2022-23 NHL Conference Championships Betting Odds and Picks. Western Conference is All About the Avalanche again. Colorado is prohibitive +180 favorites to win the Western conference. Calgary won the Pacific Division last season. Edmonton and Calgary will meet in the next round. The winner will play the Avs in a potential Western Championship. The loser will face the Makar Brothers and the mighty Avalanche. They will also play each other in an earlier round of the playoffs. It will be a repeat of their previous meeting in 2022.
The New York Rangers are the favorite to win the Eastern Conference in 2023. The Avalanche are a real contender to be the Western Conference champions. The current NHL Western conference odds are +180. NHL Eastern conference betting odds see the Rangers at 9/1. New Jersey is a favorite at +100. Colorado is +410.
