It’s prediction season again, and while the SinBin crew will be holding ours until the next podcast, we’re starting to see some trickle in from a few of our favorite sources.
We’ll start with our absolute favorite source for prognostication, William Hill!
There’s been a bit of a shift in the overall numbers since we first highlighted them a month ago. VGK are still picked to make the playoffs and finish 3rd in the division but their point total has dipped a full point to 95.5 and the “Make the Playoffs” prop is all the way down to -220 (it was almost -300 at open).
The props on the Golden Knights to win the division have dropped too, to +380, while Vegas stands as 20:1 underdogs to win the Cup.
There are a bunch of new individual player props on the board too. Here are a few.
Jack Eichel Goals Scored
Over/Under 36.5
Jonathan Marchessault Goals Scored
Over/Under 25.5
Mark Stone Goals Scored
Over/Under 20.5
Phil Kessel Goals Scored
Over/Under 18.5
Logan Thompson Wins
Over/Under 27.5
Finally, William Hill has listed a special monthly prop on October points for the Golden Knights. Vegas play 10 games with five at home and five on the road. The only repeat opponent is Winnipeg. William Hill has the line set at 10.5 with the under as the slight favorite.
Like it or not, the oddsmakers are not expecting the Golden Knights to come flying out of the gate.
Also, a pair of excellent computerized projection models have released their first look at this season’s predicted standings.
We’ll start with the more optimistic of the two.
