NHL Futures Best Bets 2024 – Pacific Division

The first official puck drop of the NHL season happens this Friday! Which means the NHL is officially back! And while we only have the two European series games, it should help quench our first until the true start of the NHL season nextTuesday 10/8.  So let’s jump into more NHL futures bets and wrap up our division series with the Pacific. Last week we broke down three player prop futures in the Central Division. Today let’s look at three future best bets from the PAcific!  This is a multi-part series that will run until the first puck drop in early October. So time to lace them up and get ready to ride with Betzky on my favorite future player props and team point totals of the 2024-2025 NHL season!

1. Evan Bouchard o84.5 Points on BetOnline:

Evan Bouchard seemingly always takes a huge step forward during the playoffs. Two years ago he put up 17 points in 12 playoff games. Then had his career best regular season with 82 points in 81 games. In last years playoffs he put up 32 points in 25 playoff games. If he continues this trend it could mean that he has a new career high in point totals as he young defenseman now is the top power play option for the Edmonton Oilers.

This point total feels tight. While it’s only three more points than Bouchard’s previous season, it is also a lofty point total for a defenseman. However, Bouchard has an advantage that no other defenseman has. He gets to play on the top power play unit with the best player in the world, Connor McDavid.

Over the past three season McDavid has total 408 points. Out of those, 159 were power play points. Just merely being on ice with McDavid so much will help pad Bouchard’s point totals. Last season Bouchard averaged a career high of 27:49 TOI per game. This was over 7 minutes more than two years ago. Maintaining this TOI will result in another high season point total, which makes Bouchard’s points one of the NHL future best bets.

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2. Los Angeles Kings to Miss the Playoffs for +160 on BetOnline:

It brings me great joy to write this, but the Los Angeles Kinds will miss the playoffs this season. This is a team who is starting to get older, and has moved many young prospects to keep their Stanley Cup contention window open while Kopitar and Doughty are in their primes. However, this season they will have lost too many pieces and will need to rely on big steps from some younger players to keep them in a playoff spot. The plus money on this bet makes it one of the NHL future best bets.

Top defenseman Drew Doughty recently had a nasty injury during preseason. It will sideline him for months, with no expected timeline to return. This means the Kings will have to hope that promising young defenseman Brandt Clarke steps up in a big way. This offseason they also lost speedy sniper Victor Arvidsson and steady defenseman Matt Roy to free agency. That leaves them with a top pair of Gavrikov and Spence until Doughty is back.

They will also be supported by goaltending tandem Darcy Kuemper and David Rittich. This duo will need to be sharp in front of a roster that has become weaker over the offseason. Kuemper will be 34 years old this season and had a 3.31 goals against average and a sub .900 save percentage last year on the Kings.

The Utah Hockey Club and Seattle Kraken both look much improved and will be nipping at the heels of the Kings to obtain a playoff spot. The Kings trade for Pierre Luc-Dubios and moving Brock Faber for Kevin Fiala will come back to haunt them. And unless Quinton Byfield and Brandt Clarke take massive steps this season, it’s hard to think this is a playoff team. At +160 this is one of my favorite NHL future best bets for so many reasons.

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3. Quinn Hughes o84.5 Points for -110 on BetOnline:

Last season Quinn Hughes won the Norris Trophy for best defenseman in the league. He put up a career best 92 points and looked every bit the difference maker on the Vancouver Canucks blue line. While it may be difficult for Quinn to top last season’s point total, the books seemingly a projecting a major step back.

The Vancouver Canucks broke out with one of the top offenses in the league last season. They ranked 7th in goals for per game, averaging 3.4 GF/GP. They also had the 11th best power play across the season. At some points during the season they had the top ranked offense. Clearly the team bought into new head coach Rick Tochett and his north/south style of play worked favorably for their speedy players.

While I suspect the offense takes a slight step back, I believe Quinn Hughes will still pass his 84.5 point total. He has now entered his prime, turning 25 as the season begins. His Norris winning season will be a huge confidence boost as well. The Canucks did not loose many key offensive players and added Jake DeBrusk who is a consistent 20+ goal scorer. The books need to respect that Hughe’s second best point total was 76. But this feels like a major adjustment making him a great NHL future best bet for his season long points.

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