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It’s NHL award season, folks. The big awards won’t be officially announced for a bit and we still have to pave a path to the Stanley Cup Finals, but it’s always fun (and sometimes profitable) to gauge who the likely winners are. One big award that everyone is talking about is the Calder Trophy. Lane Hutson presently has by far the best odds to win the NHL Rookie of the Year award, but is he a guaranteed lock? There rarely are true guarantees in sports betting, so it could be worth it to take a look at who has a legit chance to pull off the upset. There may ultimately be more value in betting on something like which teams

It’s looking increasingly more likely that we will not have a repeat winner of the Hart Trophy this season. Not in back-to-back years, at least. Nathan MacKinnon claimed the Hart Memorial Trophy last season, but is presently facing long odds to win for the second year in a row. It’s actually Leon Draisaitl who owns the best 2024-25 Hart Trophy odds, and many expect him to seal the deal at the NHL Awards ceremony. The top NHL teams admittedly have bigger fish to fry with their eyes on reaching the Eastern or Western Conference finals, let alone hoping to hoist the Stanley Cup trophy later this summer. Still, the Hart Trophy is as big as it gets when it comes

Before long, the NHL Awards ceremony will arrive and we will be crowning a new Stanley Cup champion. Until that day comes, though, NHL fans and bettors alike will be wondering who will win marquee awards such as the Norris Trophy. If the latest 2024-25 Norris Trophy odds are any indication, there’s little doubt who it will be. If you’re into professional hockey, you might as well save your time and worry more about betting on the NHL Conference winners. That is, unless you plan on putting major money on Cale Makar to win, or think it’s possible he gets upset by the competition. Before you commit any cash to this bet, join me as I comb through the most

For the first time in decades, the Xfinity Series and Craftsman Truck Series will hold races this weekend at Rockingham Speedway. Xfinity hasn’t competed at this venue since 2004, while the Trucks were last at this speedway in 2013. With that said, the Cup Series will not race this weekend due to Easter Sunday. NASCAR has a proud tradition of taking holidays off, which gives the drivers a much-needed break. The Craftsman Truck Series will start the Rockingham festivities with the Black’s Tire 200 race on Friday, April 18. The race will begin at the earlier time of 5pm ET and can be seen on FS1. The Xfinity Series will compete on Saturday with their North Carolina Education Lottery 250