The 2023-2024 NHL season is in the postseason, and every remaining team in the Eastern Conference will be looking to claim a conference title as it progresses. There were a ton of surprises in the postseason in the Eastern Conference last year, and that unpredictability can lead to plenty of chances to do well betting on futures. Here, we look at the Eastern Conference championship futures in the NHL, and who the favorites are to make it to the Stanley Cup Final.
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Eastern Conference Championship Odds
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There are three teams still being given a chance to win the Eastern Conference title. Those teams are the New York Rangers, Boston Bruins, and Florida Panthers. The Rangers are off to a red-hot start this postseason, as it would take a miracle for them not to advance to the Eastern Conference Final at this point in time. But the winner of the series between the Bruins and Panthers certainly has a chance to take the Rangers down in the conference final.
Boston and Florida had such a competitive race for the Atlantic Division championship during the regular season. But the Bruins won all four regular season games they played against Florida during the 2023-24 campaign. Florida will need to find a way to string together some success against the Bruins to avoid being eliminated short of the conference finals this time around.
As far as longshots are concerned, the Carolina Hurricanes are the lone longshot remaining in this conference title race. Carolina has more or less played themselves out of contention in the Eastern Conference playoffs by failing to win close games against the Rangers to start their second-round series. They dropped three straight one-goal games to start that series, including two overtime games, and it would take a miracle for them to come back and advance to the Eastern Conference Final now.