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00:00Now, if we take a look at who's going to win the Stanley Cup, look, there's a long way
00:04to go.
00:05The odds market at the FanBlue Sportsbook does lift the Oilers at an 8-to-1 price, but
00:08if we look at the top 10, the Lightning are at 18-to-1, so we have a lot of parity in
00:12there, but let's include the Jets.
00:14They're 15-to-1, Pete, not even listed in the top 10 in the odds market.
00:18What do you feel about that?
00:19Well, you can look at any of the NHL's most surprising teams and say there is going to
00:25be some regression coming because none of them are shot attempts percentage juggernauts.
00:31That goes for the Winnipeg Jets, it goes for Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals, and
00:35also the Minnesota Wild.
00:37But then, you know, I think from the individual award standpoints, you can look at it and
00:41say, hey, if Ovi, you know, carries the Capitals to the playoffs, breaks Gretzky's record,
00:47he could be in the Hart Trophy conversation.
00:49You could say the same thing about Kirill Kaprizov for the Wild.
00:53If the team falls off, but he keeps going and has like 120 points, he could win the
00:57Hart.
00:58And then same thing for Connor Hellebuck.
01:00If he wins the Vezina, he could win the Hart or at least be in the conversation.
01:03So yeah, I think the Jets are being disrespected in that market for sure.
01:08But I mean, even a team like Vegas, Vegas has been really impressive this year.
01:12They have a stronger defense than Winnipeg.
01:15I mean, the Avs beat the Jets last year.
01:17The Oilers have unfinished business from last year.
01:20And then, oh, yeah, the Stars are arguably the deepest team in the entire league.
01:24So that's the problem with Winnipeg, home or road, no matter which one of those four
01:28teams they're matched up with, like, you don't really love their chances in the first round,
01:34mind you, against any of those teams.
01:37So the West is just stacked.
01:38And that's probably why they're not being considered more heavily for the Cup to win
01:43the entire championship this year.