Stanley Cup Playoffs futures: Who to bet to win the 2025 Conn Smythe Trophy

Connor McDavid became the first player in 21 years and sixth in the NHL history to win the Conn Smythe Trophy as a member of the losing team of the Stanley Cup final after their Florida Panthers were defeated by Florida Panthers in seven games. McDavid will begin his search to become the fourth player to win the prize for posterior publications behind his back, and will also lift the Lord Stanley trophy for the first time, when the Playoffs of the Stanley 2025 Cup are launched this weekend.

The three -time work winner of the Hart Trophy will be difficult, considering that Edmonton has been loaded with injuries in the last stages of the regular season. The Ombudsman Mattias Ekholm will miss at least the first round of Oilers against the Kings of Los Angeles, while Leon Draisaitl (Lower Corps), Zach Hyman (not spread), Trent Frederic (Ankle) and the defender Jake Walman (Lower Corps) have also been on the side, although they are likely to be on the series.

McDavid himself recently lost his time with a non -disseminated injury, but is ready to help Edmonton move to Los Angeles in the first round for the fourth consecutive year. The 28 -year -old center recorded a goal and 11 attend the triumph of five Oilers games over the later Kings season and headed to all players with 42 points in 25 playoff competitions.

Since the first time in 1965, the Conn Smythe Trophy has won the prize 20 times, while the goalkeepers have taken the trophy on 17 times. In addition to McDavid, four players participating in the playoffs this year have won the Ombudsman’s Ombudsman: Colorado Avalanche, Cale Makar (2022), goalkeeper Andrei Vasilevsky (2021) and Blue-Liner Victor Hedman (2020) by Tampa Bay Lightning and Washington Alex Alex Ovechin Ovechin Ovechin (2018).

The favorites to win the Smythe entering in this post -station are the Center for Colorado Nathan Mackinnon, the winner of the vezin trophy, Connor Hellebuyck, of the Winnipeg Jets and McDavid. The odds for both Mackinnon and Hellebuyck are around +1400, while McDavid recovers +1600 odds.

Here are some players who have to consider the 2025 Conne Smythe Trophy and another to avoid it.

The best bet

Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning (+2800, Draftkings)

Kucherov captured his second and third Ross Art Trophy this season and is not alien to collecting points in the post -season. The 31 -year -old Russian right wing led the NHL on the playoff score in 2020 with 34 points, repeated the feat of the following season with 32 and ended fourth in 2022 with 27. If the lightning could reach the Stanley Cup final for the fourth time in six years and Kucherov has another major performance, he could finally skate with the Playoff MVP prize.

Best Longshot

Adin Hill, Vegas Golden Knights (+6000, Draftkings)

Hill entered the final of the regular Vegas season among the leaders of the league in goals in the average and set up a race in wins in his first full season as a goalkeeper number 1 of the team. The 28 -year -old has also shown that he will not shoot under the pressure of the playoffs. Due to an injury to the headline Laurent Brossoit in the second round of the post -season 2023, Hill entered and helped guide the Golden Knights in the first Stanley Cup championship in the history of the franchise, publishing a percentage of 2.17 GAA, .932. He finished third at Conn Smythe voting after this performance and should be back in the mix if Vegas wins everything.

Player to avoid —

Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers (+1500, Draft)

In the overall health of the oilers, it is difficult to believe that a second consecutive season will reach the Stanley Cup final. It is also difficult to rely on goalkeeper Stuart Skinner, who had a 2.45 Gaa and a .901 SP during the last post -season of Edmonton. The finalist of the Calder Trophy of 2023 was not exactly impressive in the regular season of the season when he entered the final game of the team with a 2.87 GAA I.894 SP. McDavid can help Los Angeles in the first round again, but they are unlikely to go much further.