Casino News: Stanley Cup Odds Offered By Sportsbook.com

Sportsbook.com is presenting odds on who will bring it home this forthcoming season, even as cup crazy fans get ready to place their bets!

It's less than a month until the NHL season opener and preparations are in progress for one more battle in the race to raise Lord Stanley's mug in 2007.

The Wings will look to offensive powerhouse Pavel Datsyuk and newly appointed captain Nicklas Lidstrom to guide one of the league's most prominent franchises. Despite a poor showing in last season's playoffs and the loss of Steve Yzerman to retirement, the Detroit Red Wings are early favorites with odds of 6-1.

The Sens are second best in the rankings at a 7-1 bet, and odds makers are hopeful that the Ottawa squad will fare better than last season's Eastern Conference semi-final distress to the Buffalo Sabres. Always a threat is the Ottawa Senators, with newly acquired goaltender Martin Gerber from the Stanley Cup champion ,Carolina Hurricanes.

Alex Czajkowski, Marketing Director at Sportsbook.com, said, “With the new salary cap in place this off-season, there has been a flurry of big name free agents being signed and it's always exciting to see what kind of impact they will have on the teams' performance.”

In the basement are the Washington Capitals, Chicago Blackhawks, and St. Louis Blues who are all 100-1 longshots. Also worth noting are the defending Stanley Cup champs Carolina Hurricanes, a 10-1 bet to repeat. Behind the Canes are the New Jersey Devils, Calgary Flames, Buffalo Sabres, Philadelphia Flyers, and Anaheim Mighty Ducks all sit at 12-1.

Well, the odds are here! Anybody who are willing to get Even with them?