After another exciting edition of the NHL playoffs in the spring, a new season is fast approaching, and the heavyweights of the league have refurbished their rosters for another run at the Stanley Cup.
What follows are the five teams with the best odds to win the Cup, per the Westgate Las Vegas Superbook; unsurprisingly, these teams are responsible for seven of the past eight Cup wins.
While any one of them could win the silver chalice this season, each has a weakness -- an Achilles' heel -- that could mean the difference between winning the Cup and playing golf in May.
Here are the key weaknesses, and possible solutions, for each of the top contenders:
Note: All advanced stats are courtesy of Stats.HockeyAnalysis.com and Behindthenet.ca.