^^^ no such thing as obvious payouts in hockey playoffs for sure or in any sport for that matter. if someone is gonna keep picking someone who is that much of a favorite they would have to be right 75% of the time just to break even. the math doesn't add up. with money lines there is embedded juice.. a lot of times more juice than the 10% juice you get for the pointspread.
i do think the only series where you will see a one sided favorite anyway would be the Pittsburgh/NY series .. every other matchup and I'm sure wootoom would agree is competitve. gonna be some huge upsets too especially in the west IMO..