Stanley Cup Playoffs futures: Mikko Rantanen among best bets to win the 2025 Conn Smythe Trophy

Mikko Rantanen was an important collaborator during Colorado Avalanche’s career in the Stanley Cup title in 2022, registering 25 points in 20 games. The 29 -year -old right wing has a good opportunity to eclipse that the total number of points after the high season during the Playoffs of the 2025 Stanley Cup with 19 points in 13 contests, as their Dallas stars have reached the final of the Western Conference.

Rantanen began in 2024-25 with the evaluation before being marketed in the hurricanes of Carolina at the end of January, as he became a free agent at the end of the season. An agreement on an extension of contract with the Finnish star cannot be reached, Carolina sent him to Dallas at the deadline of trade after only six points in 13 games with the club.

The stars immediately signed a rant of eight years, of $ 96 million, and have not had any regrets. Twice All-Star recorded 18 points in 20 regular season competitions and has been an offensive force in the playoffs, where he set up a Nhl Post -season registration when participating in 13 consecutive Dallas goals.

Despite being the leader of the playoff both in points and in goals (new) after two rounds, Rantanen is not the favorite of the 2025 Conne Smythe Trophy according to sports books. This distinction belongs to the winner of 2024, Connor McDavid, of the Edmonton Oilers, who travels around two points with 17 and is the first in the league with 14 assists.

The odds of McDavid, who became the sixth player in the NHL history to receive the prize as a member of the losing team of the Stanley Cup final, to win the second consecutive rank of +350 to +380. The winner of the Hart trophy three times seeks to join Bernie Parent (1974-75), Mario Lemieux (1991-92) and Sidney Crosby (2016-17) as the only recipients of the Smythe Conneus.

Rantanen’s odds are so low from +400 to Draftkings and Bet365, and as high as +480 in Fanduel. The odds of Carolina’s goalkeeper, Frederik Andersen, are around +500, while Florida Panthers Netminder Sergei Bobrovsky gets close to +800.

Since the first time in 1965, the Conn Smythe Trophy has won the prize 20 times, while the goalkeepers have taken the trophy on 17 times. Here are some players who consider the 2025 Conn Smythe Trophy.

The best bets

Mikko Rantanen, Dallas Stars (+480, Fanduel)

Perhaps the fact that Rantanen is not the favorite of the Conn Smythe Trophy, as the conference finals begin is because he has passed back games without any point for the first two contests of the later season. However, he has already recorded two hat tricks in these playoffs, he is one of the five players with five performances from various points and ranks sixth place on the post -season list of all time with an average of 1.28 points per game, registering 120 in 94 competitions. Yes, Stuart Skinner of Edmonton comes from the stops against Vegas Golden Knights, and the Oilers allowed more than two goals only twice in their six -game triumph over Dallas in the final of the Western Conference last year. But the stars did not have a player with the offensive capacity possessed by Rantanen in this series and if he manages to help return to Skinner on Earth, his possibilities for the Smythe Connets should go up.

Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers (+380, Fanduel)

I suggested that everyone would avoid supporting McDavid for the Smythe Conne before the post -season start, mainly because I did not believe that the oilers passed the first two rounds. They showed me badly and they did it without a worldwide effort from McDavid. The 28 -year -old superstar still leads the NHL with 14 assists and tied for a second with 17 points, but has scored only one goal during its last eight games and did not seem to be electrifying since the seven -point notification of the first three contests of the first round of Edmonton against the Kings of Los Angeles. In addition, he kept out of the Oilers victory card on Vegas, marking the second time that this post -season did not say a point. However, McDavid, without a doubt, is the best player on the planet and has already been the leader of the playoff marker twice in his career, registering 33 points in only 16 games in 2022 and 42 in 25 contests last year. He has also recorded five multi-view performances in these playoffs and is third place with an average of 1.58 points per post-season competition. If you continue at this rate, the possibilities that Edmonton advances and McDavid wins the Smythe will be very good.

Sergei Bobrovsky, Florida Panthers (+900, Draftkings)

Bobrovsky guided the Panthers to his first Stanley Cup Championship last year and many believed that the connection Smythe would be taken home. But his numbers were not impressive, as he finished fourth in the average goals (2.32) and the sixth in percentage of savings (.906). He was the only goalkeeper in the league to publish two descents in the later season and has already coincided with this total through two rounds this year. The other statistics of the winner of the vezin trophy are similar to those that he had in 2024, as he is third in Gaa (2,31) and seventh in SP (.901). He has followed a section of four games during which he allowed at least three goals leaving two or less in each of his last four contests, allowing a total of four in this period. None of his teammates have a post-season monster offensively, as eight different players have registered between 8-12 points, so if the panthers repeat as champions, and McDavid does not break out in the last two rounds to double the feat he made last year, Bobrovsky could add another element to his trophy.