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    For Vegas Oddsmakers, Home Team's Fairy Tale Season Becomes A Frightfest

    The odds of the Vegas Golden Knights winning the Stanley Cup hovered as high as 500-to-1 last fall. Now, the team has made the final in its first season — and some bettors stand to win big.
    by Colin Dwyer May 21, 2018 2 minutes
    Marc-Andre Fleury, winner of multiple Stanley Cups with the Pittsburgh Penguins, had been cast off to Vegas when a younger player took his spot as starting goalie. Now in goal for the Golden Knights, he's four wins away from adding his name yet again to the Cup.

    Updated at 1:30 a.m. ET

    "How good can they be? Spoiler alert: Not Very Good."

    That was of the Vegas Golden Knights back in July, not long after the expansion draft in which the brand-new franchise picked its roster from the dregs of other NHL teams. In other words, roughly 10 months before

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