Hockey betting now open at bet365, BroburySports sportsbooks

Sep 21, 2010

NHL Betting for 2010 Season begins

NHL season opens tonight – did you even realize that? bet365 and Brobury Sports are among the very few sportsbooks that otherwise have a full slate of sports betting odds with any markets for NHL hockey at all.

To further accentuate the marginalization of NHL hockey in American sport and on the worldwide online sports betting market, there is no standard set of lines for NHL betting. In short, if you’re going to wager on hockey, and if you like the Detroit Red Wings, San Jose Sharks or any long shot, visit bet365 immediately for some very nice odds.

Otherwise, you’re visiting BroburySports for some generous odds on most teams. The only standard is the Chicago Blackhawks, getting 6/1 odds to win the Stanley Cup at both online sportsbooks. The favorites at both online sportsbooks are the Washington Capitals, at 9/2 from bet365 and a slightly better 5/1 at BroburySports. Washington may have been the class of the NHL in 2009-10, but they were bounced by the no. 8 seeded Montreal Canadiens in the first round of the playoffs.

The biggest disparity among the sportsbooks is about the San Jose Sharks. While BroburySports posts a scanty 9/1 line on the Sharks, bet365 has them at a relatively long 14/1. The Sharks looked awesome throughout last year with a high-scoring offense and comebacks aplenty – until they ran into the Chicago buzzsaw in the Western finals, that is.

If you’re betting hockey this year, go with bet365 or BroburySports for a truly full slate of sports betting odds – if they’ve got hockey, they’ve got it all!