Breaking: There is now a new favorite to win the Stanley Cup.

Penguins have lost the top spot.

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Breaking: There is now a new favorite to win the Stanley Cup.
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Every year oddsmakers closely track the progress of every team in the National Hockey League to determine who, in their estimation, should be the odds on favorite to win the Stanley Cup.

Unsurprisingly the back to back Stanley Cup Champion Pittsburgh Penguins were significant favorites to repeat for a third straight championship at the start of the season, however now two new teams have claimed the top spot.

According to a report on Sportsnets net from the Staff at OddsShark, both the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Toronto Maple Leafs are now sitting at nine to one betting odds to win the 2018 Stanley Cup Championship, creating a tie for the odds-on favorite to win it all.

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With the Lightning and Leafs sharing first that leaves the Penguins a distant third followed very closely by the Chicago Blackhawks and Edmonton Oilers who are  tied for fourth place.

Do the oddsmakers have it right? Or does another team currently belong ahead of any of the names on this short list?

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