NHL preview: Sportsbooks split on Stanley Cup fave, public backing Panthers, Leafs

NHL preview: Sportsbooks split on Stanley Cup fave, public backing Panthers, Leafs

Panthers? Hurricanes? Golden Knights? Sportsbooks can't agree on Cup favorite but public backing the Leafs.

The NHL season will feature Florida threepeat bid, return to the Winter Olympics

The immense challenge of threepeating as Stanley Cup champion got even more difficult for the Florida Panthers when they lost their captain and arguably most important player for the next 7-9 months to a knee injury. Even without Aleksander Barkov, the Panthers have a chance to do something no NHL team has done in more than 40 years. And in between the rest of the league trying to stop their dynasty, the world’s best hockey players will return t…