Hockey is the most popular sport in Canada, as well as one of the top 4 most popular sports in the United States. It’s loved both by sports fans and by bettors. If you belong to both of these categories, you’re at the right place as we’re now going to talk about exciting hockey futures.
If you’re not familiar with the term, outrights a.k.a. futures are those bets whose outcome we’re not going to know for weeks or months in the future. Basically, those are the wagers you place early. Because you bet in advance, you get much better odds from the bookmakers.
Apart from getting a better value, you also get a chance to have more fun than when betting just before the game. The reason is that by placing a future bet on a team you get to root for them over the course of an entire season.
Hockey Futures Betting Explained
Instead of betting on how Vegas Golden Knights are going to perform in their next game, you can bet on their performance in the entire season. We’re not just talking about the regular season here. Apart from betting on the winners of the Western and Eastern Conferences, you can also bet on which teams are going to qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The most popular type of NHL futures is the one focused on the Stanley Cup Final. Who is going to win the trophy this season? If you have a favorite, you can bet on them even before the start of the regular season. Apart from betting on team performances in the upcoming season, you can also make hockey future bets based on players.
How to Make an NHL Future Bet?
Most sportsbooks have these sorts of bets in their offer. You just have to go to the website/app, find the bet, and put your money on it. Some bookmakers have these bets in the offer all the time, even once the season has started. As the season progresses, the sportsbooks don’t remove the bet from the offer. Instead, they just adjust the odds.
If there aren’t any NHL futures in the offer of your online sportsbook, you can ask the oddsmakers to come up with the lines for that wager. If your sportsbook is famous for hockey prop betting, you will probably be able to get early odds for your hockey futures.
Examples of Hockey Futures
Because there are plenty of awards up for grabs in professional hockey, it’s not surprising that there a lot of different hockey futures you can bet on. Let’s talk about some of them!
NHL Season Bets
- Vegas Golden Knights to win the Western Division
- Boston Bruins to win the Eastern Division
- Matt Tkachuk to win the Hart Memorial Trophy
- David Pastrnak to win the Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy
- Cam Talbot to win the Vezina Trophy
NHL Stanley Cup Bets
- Montreal Canadiens to win the Stanley Cup
- Dallas Stars to reach the Stanley Cup Final
- Tomas Tatar to score in the Stanley Cup Final
- David Perron to score most goals in Stanley Cup Playoffs
- Ryan O’Reilly to make most assists in Stanley Cup Playoffs
NHL All-Star Game Bets
- Metropolitan to win the All-Star Game
- Pacific to qualify for the All-Star Game Final
- Metropolitan to win the All-Star Skills Competition
- David Pastrnak to win the All-Star Game MVP Award
- Alexander Ovechkin to score most goals in All-Star Game
SHL, DEL, Liiga Betting
- Frolunda to win the Swedish SHL
- Adler Mannheim to win the German DEL
- Karpat Oulu to win the Finnish Liiga
- Mountfield HK to win the Euro Champions League
- Canada to win the 2021 World Championship