The NHL is kicking off it's 90th season at the O2 Arena in London in the 2007 Premiere Series. The two game series takes place on saturday and sunday and feature the 2007 Stanley Cup Champions Anaheim Ducks versus the Los Angeles Kings.
Currently the only books taking bets on these matches are Bet365 and BetFair.
The Ducks lost a couple keys players this summer. Allstar defenceman Scott Niedermayer is considering retirement and veteran forward Teemu Selanne currently has no contract.
Anaheims goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere the London games as he recovers from a hernia.
"We didn't have very many injuries last year at the start of the year, and we were able to kind of play with pretty much the same lineup through the first probably 25, 30 games, and we were able to rattle off a pretty good start to the season," Anaheim's Chris Pronger said. "I think that's going to be imperative for us again to get off to that good start and get some wins under our belt and kind of get that chemistry and that flow that we had going last year."
Los Angeles is looking to reach the playoffs for the first time in 4 years. The Kings will depend on star forwards Michael Cammalleri, Alexander Frolov and Anze Kopitar for offense.
