NHL futures or odds to win the Stanley Cup are available to wager on all year long. A teams odds can improve or get worse depending on how well they are playing on the ice and also depending upon injuries to key players. The Penguins started the season near the top of the futures, but injuries to their big guns Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin hurt their odds. A big injury like this or a long losing streak can cause a team to fall from 10/1 to 50/1 on the odds list quick. If you can figure out who might get hot in the postseason betting NHL futures can be very lucrative.