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2025 NHL Stanley Cup Predictions and Futures Odds

by Ryan Cobbett - 6/28/2024

NHL Stanley Cup odds and predictions Sebastian Aho Carolina Hurricanes

The Florida Panthers won their first Stanley Cup in the team’s history after taking down the Edmonton Oilers in seven games. This was a crazy season with an exciting playoff, but now all the attention is turned towards the 2024-25 campaign. With some big names on the free agent market, some even bigger names floating around in trade talks, and another franchise cornerstone expected to be drafted No. 1 overall, this is going to be one of the most exciting summers in recent memory for the NHL. With a big summer on deck, let’s see who is currently favored at being the next team to hoist the Stanley Cup.

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Top 5 & Why They Will

Carolina Hurricanes +900

The Carolina Hurricanes will win next year’s Stanley Cup due to their reliable goaltending and veteran presence. The Hurricanes have been one of the league’s best regular season teams over the last few years but have failed to reach the Stanley Cup Finals. That can all change if the club brings back Jake Guentzel and another winger to add some more firepower around Sebastian Aho, Seth Jarvis, and Martin Necas. Pyotr Kochetkov emerged as they go to netminder despite a room that also has Antti Raanta and Frederik Andersen (Andersen did lose playing time due to blood clotting earlier in the season). The trio combined to allow just 2.24 GA/G and a .905 SV%. Carolina will see Teuvo Teravainen (53 points) and Stefan Noesen (37 points) hit the free agent market, but this is a deep club with a lot of stardom, they are favored for a reason.

Colorado Avalanche +900

Offense, offense, offense. The skaters on this team are ridiculously good, with goal scorers littered up and down the roster. The Avalanche had three guys record 90 or more points this last season in Nathan MacKinnon (Hart Winner, 140 points), Mikko Rantanen (104 points), and Cale Makar (90 points). Artturi Lehkonen was incredible in the postseason, just adding more of a boost to the scoring. Casey Mittelstadt proved to be a great deadline acquisition as well, adding nine points in the playoffs and earning himself an extension with the team. The team is weak in the crease with Alexander Georgiev allowing over three goals a game and having a sub .900 SV%. However, with an offense that led the league in scoring (3.68 GF/G) Georgiev did enough last season. Any improvement from him and Colorado may be the heavy favorites this upcoming season.

Florida Panthers +900

The Panthers finally won their first Stanley Cup in the organization’s history after fending off an Edmonton comeback. They will go back-to-back next year if they can bring back Sam Reinhart (team leader in goals and points) and bring in some depth pieces to replace the possible departures of Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Vladimir Tarasenko. The Panthers will also need Anthony Stolarz to emerge as a dependable goalie with Sergei Bobrovsky entering the next campaign at 36 years old. The goaltending and grit of this team resulted in a cup this season, and their depth didn’t get enough credit last season as they had 10 skaters record 10 or more goals in the regular season. Gustav Forsling also posted a +/- rating pf 56 this last season, which is an elite mark that led the league. Florida will be a wagon again next season.

Dallas Stars +1000

Speaking of wagons, the Dallas Stars were arguably the best team in the league last season before their special teams folded against Edmonton in the Western Conference Finals. After going through Vegas and Colorado, the Stars faced a disappointing exit to the Oilers, who seemingly did not fail on either side of special teams play. The Stars will be around for quite some time, though, as they have one of the youngest cores in the NHL and now have even more playoff experience. Joe Pavelski is retiring, while Matt Duchene, Ryan Suter, and Chris Tanev are all going to be UFAs this summer. However, it’s believed Duchene wants to come back, and the Stars have promising young talent that may emerge throughout the next campaign such as Logan Stankovic and Mavrik Bourque. However, this team had half of its roster record 20 or more points during the regular season, so expect the Stars to be right there with Colorado as potential Western Conference favorites.

Edmonton Oilers +1000

The Edmonton Oilers could break the curse for the Canadians and bring the cup up north if they can get rid of Corey Perry and keep Leon Draisaitl. The Oilers almost completed their Cinderella season after a sluggish start to the regular season and a sluggish start to the Finals. After going down 3-0, they came back to force a Game 7 but just had no answer for Bobrovsky, who played out of his mind in the third period. Stuart Skinner came out of nowhere to be one of the best goalies in the league this season and did an even better job in the postseason as he got his team past two of the best offenses in the NHL in Vancouver and Dallas. Adam Henrique and Warren Foegele are slated to become UFA’s, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins or Leon Draisaitl may be on the move this offseason, so the Oilers need to replenish the offense and hope Skinner didn’t just play out of his mind last season.

Dark Horse

Nashville Predators +3100

There is not a more confusing team in the NHL than the Nashville Predators. After sneaking into the playoffs and giving Vancouver everything they had, it was widely expected that Juuse Saros would be shipped off and the Predators would transition into a rebuild. However, they extended Saros and have kept the core together with Filip Forsberg and Roman Josi. Youngster Luke Evangelista recorded 39 points in 80 games last season, and he is expected to improve to become another core piece for this team. Nashville also has a lot of money to spend, and Alexander Carrier is their only significant free agent. They need depth and maybe another top line scorer, but the Predators could be the most exciting team to watch during the offseason.

Notable UFAs:

Sam Reinhart – Florida Panthers – 94 Points

Steven Stamkos – Tampa Bay Lightning – 81 Points

Jake Guentzel – Carolina Hurricanes – 77 Points

Jonathan Marchessault – Vegas Golden Knights – 69 Points

Matt Duchene – Dallas Stars – 65 Points

Cam Talbot – Los Angeles Kings – 2.50 GAA

Ilya Samsonov – Toronto Maple Leafs – 3.13 GAA

Full List of Stanley Cup 2024/25 Winner:

Carolina Hurricanes +900

Colorado Avalanche +900

Florida Panthers +900

Dallas Stars +1000

Edmonton Oilers +1000

Vegas Golden Knights +1100

New Jersey Devils +1300

New York Rangers +1300

Toronto Maple Leafs +1400

Los Angeles Kings +1800

Vancouver Canucks +1900

Tampa Bay Lightning +1900

Winnipeg Jets +2100

Boston Bruins +2300

Nashville Predators +3100

Minnesota Wild +3100

Ottawa Senators +3200

New York Islanders +4200

St. Louis Blues +4200

Pittsburgh Penguins +4300

Philadelphia Flyers +5500

Buffalo Sabres +5500

Detroit Red Wings +5500

Calgary Flames +6000

Seattle Kraken +8000

Utah Hockey Club (Formerly the Arizona Coyotes) +10000

Washington Capitals +17000

Montreal Canadiens +17000

Columbus Blue Jackets +30000

Chicago Blackhawks +30000

Anaheim Ducks +30000

San Jose Sharks +30000

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