<p>The Vancouver Canucks might be confident in their abilities to return to the playoffs, but the oddsmakers aren&#8217;t convinced.</p>
<p>Betting and professional sports have never been more tied at the hip than they are today, and the odds betting platforms provide have become a pretty valuable asset in judging how analysts see any specific team&#8217;s chances of winning. But despite the strong finish to last year and their upgrades at forward, the Canucks are not a betting favourite in the NHL.</p>
<p>Based on the consensus of several sportsbooks, VegasInsider.com  currently has the Canucks placed at +5000 odds to win the Stanley Cup, the 19th highest in the NHL. Of the five comparable sites used who&#8217;ve released their futures odds including PointsBet, BetMGM and FanDuel, all of them have Vancouver at the same level.</p>
<p>If those betting odds prove accurate, the Canucks will end up in nearly the exact same place they did last season. For example, in BetMGM&#8217;s over-under ratings Vancouver&#8217;s threshold is set at 92.5 points, half a point higher than the 2021-22 Canucks finished with.</p>
<p>What&#8217;s even more interesting are the other teams that sportsbooks have put in the Canucks atmosphere. On one side, BetMGM has given the same +5000 odds to the Dallas Stars, who squeaked into the playoffs as the West&#8217;s first wild card and took the Calgary Flames the distance in their opening-round matchup.</p>
<p>But on the other hand, two other clubs have the same odds as Vancouver across three sites: the Detroit Red Wings, who finished 18 points behind the Canucks last season, and the Ottawa Senators, who had a huge offseason by landing both Claude Giroux and Alex DeBrincat.</p>
<p>Vancouver&#8217;s odds in other departments are not much better. In the battle for the Western Conference championship VegasInsider.com has the Canucks tied for eighth with the Nashville Predators at +2200, while the Pacific Division winner odds have them on an island in fifth at +1100.</p>
<p>The Pacific title race is particularly noteworthy. While the Canucks have been put a healthy distance away from the three teams below them at +8000 odds &#8211; San Jose, Anaheim and Seattle &#8211; they&#8217;re also 650 points away from the fourth highest team, Los Angeles at +450.</p>
<p>Here are the odds provided by VegasInsider.com:</p>
<h2>2023 STANLEY CUP WINNER</h2>
<div class="d-flex flex-column">
<div class="d-flex odds-box-font-resize odds-box-font-size-4 odds-box-without-link odds-comparison-border-bottom row-height">
<div class="m-1 odds-box">
<ul>
<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Colorado Avalanche +406</li>
<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Toronto Maple Leafs +860</li>
<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Florida Panthers +990</li>
<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Carolina Hurricanes +1060</li>
<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Tampa Bay Lightning +1160</li>
<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Edmonton Oilers +1460</li>
<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Calgary Flames +1680</li>
<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">New York Rangers +1820</li>
<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Minnesota Wild +1940</li>
<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Pittsburgh Penguins +2000</li>
<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Vegas Golden Knights +2000</li>
<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Boston Bruins +2800</li>
<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Los Angeles Kings +3260</li>
<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">St. Louis Blues +3300</li>
<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">New York Islanders +3420</li>
<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Washington Capitals +3900</li>
<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Nashville Predators +4000</li>
<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Dallas Stars +4640</li>
<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center"><strong>Vancouver Canucks +5000</strong></li>
<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Ottawa Senators +5200</li>
<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Detroit Red Wings +5400</li>
<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">New Jersey Devils +5520</li>
<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Winnipeg Jets +7040</li>
<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Columbus Blue Jackets +7900</li>
<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Buffalo Sabres +10500</li>
<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Anaheim Ducks +10500</li>
<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Seattle Kraken +11100</li>
<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Philadelphia Flyers +13200</li>
<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">San Jose Sharks +15200</li>
<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Montreal Canadiens +15500</li>
<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Chicago Blackhawks +58000</li>
<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Arizona Coyotes +62000</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<h2>2023 EASTERN CONFERENCE WINNER</h2>
<ul>
<li>Toronto Maple Leafs +425</li>
<li>Florida Panthers +450</li>
<li>Carolina Hurricanes +500</li>
<li>Tampa Bay Lightning +600</li>
<li>New York Rangers +900</li>
<li>Pittsburgh Penguins +900</li>
<li>Boston Bruins +1400</li>
<li>New York Islanders +1600</li>
<li>Washington Capitals +1800</li>
<li>Detroit Red Wings +2500</li>
<li>Ottawa Senators +2500</li>
<li>Columbus Blue Jackets +3500</li>
<li>New Jersey Devils +3500</li>
<li>Buffalo Sabres +4000</li>
<li>Philadelphia Flyers +5000</li>
<li>Montreal Canadiens +8000</li>
</ul>
<h2>2023 WESTERN CONFERENCE WINNER</h2>
<ul>
<li>Colorado Avalanche +150</li>
<li>Vegas Golden Knights +600</li>
<li>Calgary Flames +700</li>
<li>Edmonton Oilers +700</li>
<li>Minnesota Wild +800</li>
<li>St. Louis Blues +1200</li>
<li>Los Angeles Kings +1600</li>
<li>Dallas Stars +1800</li>
<li>Nashville Predators +2200</li>
<li><strong>Vancouver Canucks +2200</strong></li>
<li>Winnipeg Jets +2800</li>
<li>Anaheim Ducks +4000</li>
<li>San Jose Sharks +6600</li>
<li>Seattle Kraken +6600</li>
<li>Arizona Coyotes +15000</li>
<li>Chicago Blackhawks +15000</li>
</ul>
<h2>2023 ATLANTIC DIVISION WINNER</h2>
<ul>
<li>Toronto Maple Leafs +200</li>
<li>Florida Panthers +225</li>
<li>Tampa Bay Lightning +250</li>
<li>Boston Bruins +900</li>
<li>Ottawa Senators +2500</li>
<li>Detroit Red Wings +2800</li>
<li>Buffalo Sabres +6600</li>
<li>Montreal Canadiens +10000</li>
</ul>
<h2>2023 METROPOLITAN DIVISION WINNER</h2>
<ul>
<li>Carolina Hurricanes +195</li>
<li>New York Rangers +325</li>
<li>Pittsburgh Penguins +325</li>
<li>New York Islanders +700</li>
<li>Washington Capitals +1000</li>
<li>New Jersey Devils +1200</li>
<li>Columbus Blue Jackets +4000</li>
<li>Philadelphia Flyers +8000</li>
</ul>
<h2>2023 CENTRAL DIVISION WINNER</h2>
<ul>
<li>Colorado Avalanche -165</li>
<li>Minnesota Wild +400</li>
<li>Nashville Predators +1000</li>
<li>St. Louis Blues +1000</li>
<li>Dallas Stars +1400</li>
<li>Winnipeg Jets +2000</li>
<li>Arizona Coyotes +25000</li>
<li>Chicago Blackhawks +25000</li>
</ul>
<h2>2023 PACIFIC DIVISION WINNER</h2>
<ul>
<li>Edmonton Oilers +200</li>
<li>Calgary Flames +275</li>
<li>Vegas Golden Knights +300</li>
<li>Los Angeles Kings +450</li>
<li><strong>Vancouver Canucks +1100</strong></li>
<li>San Jose Sharks +8000</li>
<li>Anaheim Ducks +8000</li>
<li>Seattle Kraken +8000</li>
</ul>


The Vancouver Canucks might be confident in their abilities to return to the playoffs, but the oddsmakers aren't convinced.

Betting and professional sports have never been more tied at the hip than they are today, and the odds betting platforms provide have become a pretty valuable asset in judging how analysts see any specific team's chances of winning. But despite the strong finish to last year and their upgrades at forward, the Canucks are not a betting favourite in the NHL.

Based on the consensus of several sportsbooks, VegasInsider.com  currently has the Canucks placed at +5000 odds to win the Stanley Cup, the 19th highest in the NHL. Of the five comparable sites used who've released their futures odds including PointsBet, BetMGM and FanDuel, all of them have Vancouver at the same level.

If those betting odds prove accurate, the Canucks will end up in nearly the exact same place they did last season. For example, in BetMGM's over-under ratings Vancouver's threshold is set at 92.5 points, half a point higher than the 2021-22 Canucks finished with.

What's even more interesting are the other teams that sportsbooks have put in the Canucks atmosphere. On one side, BetMGM has given the same +5000 odds to the Dallas Stars, who squeaked into the playoffs as the West's first wild card and took the Calgary Flames the distance in their opening-round matchup.

But on the other hand, two other clubs have the same odds as Vancouver across three sites: the Detroit Red Wings, who finished 18 points behind the Canucks last season, and the Ottawa Senators, who had a huge offseason by landing both Claude Giroux and Alex DeBrincat.

Vancouver's odds in other departments are not much better. In the battle for the Western Conference championship VegasInsider.com has the Canucks tied for eighth with the Nashville Predators at +2200, while the Pacific Division winner odds have them on an island in fifth at +1100.

The Pacific title race is particularly noteworthy. While the Canucks have been put a healthy distance away from the three teams below them at +8000 odds - San Jose, Anaheim and Seattle - they're also 650 points away from the fourth highest team, Los Angeles at +450.

Here are the odds provided by VegasInsider.com:
<h2>2023 STANLEY CUP WINNER</h2>
<div class="d-flex flex-column">
<div class="d-flex odds-box-font-resize odds-box-font-size-4 odds-box-without-link odds-comparison-border-bottom row-height">
<div class="m-1 odds-box">
<ul>
 	<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Colorado Avalanche +406</li>
 	<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Toronto Maple Leafs +860</li>
 	<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Florida Panthers +990</li>
 	<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Carolina Hurricanes +1060</li>
 	<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Tampa Bay Lightning +1160</li>
 	<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Edmonton Oilers +1460</li>
 	<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Calgary Flames +1680</li>
 	<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">New York Rangers +1820</li>
 	<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Minnesota Wild +1940</li>
 	<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Pittsburgh Penguins +2000</li>
 	<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Vegas Golden Knights +2000</li>
 	<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Boston Bruins +2800</li>
 	<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Los Angeles Kings +3260</li>
 	<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">St. Louis Blues +3300</li>
 	<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">New York Islanders +3420</li>
 	<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Washington Capitals +3900</li>
 	<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Nashville Predators +4000</li>
 	<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Dallas Stars +4640</li>
 	<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center"><strong>Vancouver Canucks +5000</strong></li>
 	<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Ottawa Senators +5200</li>
 	<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Detroit Red Wings +5400</li>
 	<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">New Jersey Devils +5520</li>
 	<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Winnipeg Jets +7040</li>
 	<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Columbus Blue Jackets +7900</li>
 	<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Buffalo Sabres +10500</li>
 	<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Anaheim Ducks +10500</li>
 	<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Seattle Kraken +11100</li>
 	<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Philadelphia Flyers +13200</li>
 	<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">San Jose Sharks +15200</li>
 	<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Montreal Canadiens +15500</li>
 	<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Chicago Blackhawks +58000</li>
 	<li class="font-weight-bold pt-3 regular-text text-center">Arizona Coyotes +62000</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<h2>2023 EASTERN CONFERENCE WINNER</h2>
<ul>
 	<li>Toronto Maple Leafs +425</li>
 	<li>Florida Panthers +450</li>
 	<li>Carolina Hurricanes +500</li>
 	<li>Tampa Bay Lightning +600</li>
 	<li>New York Rangers +900</li>
 	<li>Pittsburgh Penguins +900</li>
 	<li>Boston Bruins +1400</li>
 	<li>New York Islanders +1600</li>
 	<li>Washington Capitals +1800</li>
 	<li>Detroit Red Wings +2500</li>
 	<li>Ottawa Senators +2500</li>
 	<li>Columbus Blue Jackets +3500</li>
 	<li>New Jersey Devils +3500</li>
 	<li>Buffalo Sabres +4000</li>
 	<li>Philadelphia Flyers +5000</li>
 	<li>Montreal Canadiens +8000</li>
</ul>
<h2>2023 WESTERN CONFERENCE WINNER</h2>
<ul>
 	<li>Colorado Avalanche +150</li>
 	<li>Vegas Golden Knights +600</li>
 	<li>Calgary Flames +700</li>
 	<li>Edmonton Oilers +700</li>
 	<li>Minnesota Wild +800</li>
 	<li>St. Louis Blues +1200</li>
 	<li>Los Angeles Kings +1600</li>
 	<li>Dallas Stars +1800</li>
 	<li>Nashville Predators +2200</li>
 	<li><strong>Vancouver Canucks +2200</strong></li>
 	<li>Winnipeg Jets +2800</li>
 	<li>Anaheim Ducks +4000</li>
 	<li>San Jose Sharks +6600</li>
 	<li>Seattle Kraken +6600</li>
 	<li>Arizona Coyotes +15000</li>
 	<li>Chicago Blackhawks +15000</li>
</ul>
<h2>2023 ATLANTIC DIVISION WINNER</h2>
<ul>
 	<li>Toronto Maple Leafs +200</li>
 	<li>Florida Panthers +225</li>
 	<li>Tampa Bay Lightning +250</li>
 	<li>Boston Bruins +900</li>
 	<li>Ottawa Senators +2500</li>
 	<li>Detroit Red Wings +2800</li>
 	<li>Buffalo Sabres +6600</li>
 	<li>Montreal Canadiens +10000</li>
</ul>
<h2>2023 METROPOLITAN DIVISION WINNER</h2>
<ul>
 	<li>Carolina Hurricanes +195</li>
 	<li>New York Rangers +325</li>
 	<li>Pittsburgh Penguins +325</li>
 	<li>New York Islanders +700</li>
 	<li>Washington Capitals +1000</li>
 	<li>New Jersey Devils +1200</li>
 	<li>Columbus Blue Jackets +4000</li>
 	<li>Philadelphia Flyers +8000</li>
</ul>
<h2>2023 CENTRAL DIVISION WINNER</h2>
<ul>
 	<li>Colorado Avalanche -165</li>
 	<li>Minnesota Wild +400</li>
 	<li>Nashville Predators +1000</li>
 	<li>St. Louis Blues +1000</li>
 	<li>Dallas Stars +1400</li>
 	<li>Winnipeg Jets +2000</li>
 	<li>Arizona Coyotes +25000</li>
 	<li>Chicago Blackhawks +25000</li>
</ul>
<h2>2023 PACIFIC DIVISION WINNER</h2>
<ul>
 	<li>Edmonton Oilers +200</li>
 	<li>Calgary Flames +275</li>
 	<li>Vegas Golden Knights +300</li>
 	<li>Los Angeles Kings +450</li>
 	<li><strong>Vancouver Canucks +1100</strong></li>
 	<li>San Jose Sharks +8000</li>
 	<li>Anaheim Ducks +8000</li>
 	<li>Seattle Kraken +8000</li>
</ul>

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