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As we approach the NHL trade deadline teams continue to jockey for the top spots on the odds to win the 2015 Stanley Cup at the sportsbooks, with the Nashville Predators the latest club to make a move up the list after they bolstered their roster.

The Predators acquired defenseman Cody Franson and forward Mike Santorelli from the Toronto Maple Leafs to add depth to both the blueline and the forward corps of the team sitting in first place overall in the NHL standings with under 30 games left in the regular season.

The Chicago Blackhawks are back atop the odds to win the 2015 Stanley Cup at the online sportsbooks, with the Anaheim Ducks and the Pittsburgh Penguins sitting behind the Blackhawks on the latest edition of those NHL betting futures.

At Bodog the Blackhawks are now the 5/1 leader on the odds to win the 2015 Stanley Cup, with the Ducks second at 15/2, and the Penguins third at 9/1. Pittsburgh had been the leader on those Stanley Cup futures back in December.

Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins are alone atop the odds to win the 2015 Stanley Cup at the online sportsbooks heading into the month of December, pushing Patrick Kane and the Chicago Blackhawks to second on that NHL futures list two months into the 2014/15 NHL season.

The Chicago Blackhawks are off to just a middling start to the 2014/15 NHL season, but the oddsmakers at the online sportsbooks still have them as the co-favorites on the updated odds to win the Stanley Cup in the spring.

At Bodog the Blackhawks and Penguins both sit at 15/2 on the Stanley Cup betting lines a month into the season, with the Boston Bruins rounding out the top three contenders on the futures list at 17/2.

The Montreal Canadiens and the Toronto Maple Leafs will meet on the ice on October 8 to kick off the 2014/15 NHL season, and the Stanley Cup odds at the sportsbooks heading into the campaign have one of them listed as the top Canadian team.

And that team is Montreal, with the Habs leading all Canadian clubs with a line of 18/1 on the Stanley Cup odds at online sportsbook Bodog heading into the season. Montreal will be looking to build on their run to the Eastern Conference final last season.

The summer means free agency around the National Hockey League, but the biggest movers and shakers around the league this offseason haven’t been able to knock Patrick Kane and the Chicago Blackhawks off the top of the 2015 Stanley Cup odds.

The Chicago Blackhawks couldn’t advance past the NHL’s Western Conference final this spring, losing in seven games to the eventual-champion Los Angeles Kings. However, the sportsbooks have still opened the Hawks as the favorites on the odds to win the 2015 Stanley Cup.

The best-of-seven Stanley Cup final showdown gets underway this Wednesday night at the Staples Center, and the Los Angeles Kings opened as -155 Bodog favorites at home for Game 1 and as -170 favorites on the Stanley Cup odds to win the title this spring.

The Los Angeles Kings and the Anaheim Ducks are deadlocked at 2-2 heading into Game 5 of their second-round NHL playoff series this week, and they also find themselves tied on the latest odds to win the Stanley Cup at the online sportsbooks.

The Boston Bruins remain the favorites on the odds to win the Stanley Cup at the sportsbooks with the second round of the playoffs now underway, but the surging Chicago Blackhawks are looking to take away that top spot as they continue their march to another berth in the Stanley Cup final.