Analyzing Stanley Cup Odds as NHL Trade Deadline Looms

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00:00You talked about some teams and some players that might make a move.

00:03Let's look at those family cup odds here in the stretch run of this regular season

00:07on deadline day. Are any of these prices for any of these teams going to shift a ton in the next

00:14five hours or so? Well, you could maybe look at the Golden Knights as a buying window right now.

00:20They picked up Riley Smith, who won a cup for them, you know, a couple of years ago,

00:24and Vegas is stacked in the blue line and they'll probably add. I mean, they've been adding over the

00:30past couple of years. It's all they do. They don't care about first round picks like the Rams,

00:34right? They don't care at all. Like, give me all the assets. We're win now mode. So

00:38that number could move a little bit shorter. I look at the Tampa Bay Lightning. I still think

00:42that that's a buying window for them. They picked up Yanni Gord, who won a couple of cups with them

00:46a couple of years ago. And Oliver Yorkstrand as well. They've been one of the hottest teams in

00:50the NHL. I don't think they'll do anything else, but I think that's a strong number at 12 to one.

00:54I don't believe that the stars will move all that much, even if they get Miko ran,

00:57and it could move from seven to six or five in certain spots. But I really liked them overall

01:02as a squad. I've liked them over the past couple of years. They've been to the Western Conference

01:06finals and in the past two seasons. And you look at mid-November, they're the best team in the

01:10league. And since the calendars turned to 2025, they lead the NHL in all categories, wins and

01:15regulation, wins and goals. They have the best penalty kill in the league. They have the best

01:19power play in the league over the past six weeks as well. They're loaded up and down their lineup.

01:23They've already made a couple of moves, Mikhail Granlin, a couple of weeks ago,

01:26a lot of versatility. He can move up and down the lineup, third line, first, second, fourth

01:30kill penalties for you play on the power play. And they're loaded on the blue line and Jake

01:34Gottinger is solid between the pipes. So they are by far my, my favorite. I don't even think

01:38they need Miko Rantman, but if they go and get Miko, that'll be everything for them.

01:43So I look at that board. I don't think we'll see too much movement. Maybe the Maple Leafs,

01:47you know, get in on the fun seeing in a Florida and Tampa's made some moves in the Atlantic

01:51vision and that number could move to 15, but I really think a buying window,

01:54potentially on the golden lights and the lightning at the moment.