NHL Props for the New Year

As we approach the conclusion of quite a tumultuous 2016, there’s a lot of people wondering what is on the horizon and if the grass is going to be greener on the other side. Sportsbooks are benefiting from our fascination and wonderment by providing us props relevant to this 2017 half of their 2016-17 NHL season.
BetWay is among the main culprits and is offering three intriguing propositions for the next half. I have broken down these props and discovered the worth for you so you won’t have to make it the New Year’s resolution to stop sports betting.
Will an Original Six team win the Stanley Cup?
I don’t love the worth of any of these props but this particular one has the best possibility of cashing. The Rangers, Canadiens and Blackhawks are sitting at prime position to finish the season close to the very top of their respective branches and the Bruins look like they may also enter the play if Tuukka Rask keeps up his insane play.
Even if all those groups make the playoffs, they’ll be just four of 16 teams vying for the Cup — giving an Original Six team a 25 percent chance to win. If the odds were fair, this prop would be paying out 4 to 1. I understand books have to protect themselves but I think they’re being somewhat greedy here.Will that a goaltender win the Hart Memorial Trophy?
Carey Price accomplished this feat in 2015 so it’s definitely possible. Nevertheless, there is plenty of variables going against the netminders bidding for the MVP trophy.
Factor No. 1: There are a lot of good goalies this season. Multiple crease occupiers such as Devan Dubnyk and Sergei Bobrovsky are playing from their heads at the moment, restricting the value of other goaltenders around the league. Those men’ numbers are like the ones being submitted by Price and Rask this season so unless one of those tendies breaks away from the pack in the second half, it’s not likely to occur.
Factor No. 2: Sidney Crosby is back. Sid has been the poster boy for the NHL ever since he was drafted back in 2004 and if the league gets a opportunity to anoint its own prince, it does. This was confirmed last season when Sid the Kid won the Conn Smythe despite Matt Murray carrying the Pens into the Cup as a rookie. Crosby is currently leading the league in goals and has a serious chance to win the Hart, Maurice Rocket Richard and Art Ross trophies.