Toronto Maple Leafs: Best Futures Bets for 2021-22

Art Ross Trophy

Much like the Rocket Trophy, the lesser odds on the Toronto Maple Leafs are with Auston Matthews at +500.

This one is odd to me though, as Matthews has consistently outscored Mitch Marner in goals but not in total points. Of course, he will get his goals, but every goal Matthews scores Marner is getting a point.

Marner comes in at +2000 to win the Art Ross, so too me, this is the bet to make. Marner has consistently shown up on the score sheet game after game and I don’t see that changing this season.

People can comment about last season being an easy season for the Toronto Maple Leafs, “feasting on a weak division,”  but in my opinion, they will be playing even worse teams this season.

The Ottawa Senators were the worst team in the Canadian Division last year and I think we can all agree that there are at least five other teams in the league that will be worse than the Senators this year.

Two of them are in the Atlantic division alone. It is conceivable that Marner finishes the year in the 110-120 points range and that could be enough to finish at the top of the league if McDavid misses any time.  John Tavares gets an honorable mention here at a very appealing +10000 odds.