Colorado Avalanche 2024/25 Odds: Stanley Cup, Conference, Regular Season Points & More

Rusty Gorelick Updated: Oct 02 2024 19:48

The Colorado Avalanche enter the 2024/25 NHL season among the favorites to win the Stanley Cup.

With star defenseman Cale Makar and reigning Hart Trophy winner Nathan MacKinnon leading the team, they'll always stand a chance of competing for the sport's biggest honor.

The Avs lost to the Dallas Stars in six games in the 2023/24 Western Conference Semifinals, but they kept the core of the team together in the hopes it can once again find the form that led the team to win the Stanley Cup in the 2021/22 season.

In 2023/24, four players scored at least 20 goals and and another six reached double-digit goals for the Avalanche. The top forward line of MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen and Jonathan Drouin combined for 112 goals.

Makar and Devon Toews have formed a spectacular top pairing on the back end, with both players ranking in the top 10 among NHL defensemen in takeaways.

This is an experienced team that wants to maximize its top players' prime years, as MacKinnon, Makar, Rantanen, Toews, captain Gabriel Landeskog, forward Casey Mittelstadt, forward Artturi Lehkonen and goaltender Alexandar Georgiev are all between 26 and 32 years old.

Let's take a look at the odds for the Avalanche heading into the 2024/25 season.