This is legitimately one of my favourite times on the annual sports calendar.

Only, not for the reasons most would expect.

Sure, the World Baseball Classic, March Madness, MLB Opening Day, and The Masters are on the horizon.

It also won’t be long before the Stanley Cup Playoffs, NBA Playoffs, and in time the start of the 2026 CFL season.

For me, the 55 days from now until the end of the NFL Draft give us the key insights that we’ll need to handicap the league better than anybody else.

The thing about 2026 is that the information is relentless.

Reporters are telling us everything they hear, analytics gurus are breaking down every piece of data we need, and if we put the pieces together it paints an interesting picture for the direction that all 32 teams are headed in.

Let’s use Monday’s NFL trade as an example.

The Houston Texans acquired David Montgomery from the Detroit Lions in exchange for Juice Scruggs, a fourth-round pick, and a seventh-round pick.

Both teams addressed obvious needs, while the Lions decided to add draft capital and free up cap space.

Meanwhile, the Denver Broncos reportedly also had interest in acquiring Montgomery from Detroit.

Denver’s head coach Sean Payton confirmed the team is targeting the position, so it wouldn’t be a surprise if they at least inquired on the price tag for Montgomery.

From the NFL Combine:

Sean Payton stated the Broncos are targeting running backs and linebackers and will continue to look for “joker” traits in their RBs and TEs

Also mentioned they feel good about their WR core and we should expect no changes to that room in 2026

— Chris Wecht (@ChrisWechtFF) March 2, 2026

One trade revealed the Texans’ commitment to upgrade at running back, the Lions belief that draft picks and cap space were more important than Montgomery, and that the Broncos might not have been willing to pay the same price to acquire the veteran running back.

All things to consider heading into free agency next week.

We’ll take a similar approach with our final preparations for the Stanley Cup Playoffs with TradeCentre.

Which teams are buying, selling, and what assets are they looking to add heading into the final stretch?

As it stands, only two Canadian teams are on pace to make the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The Edmonton Oilers remain Canada’s best hope to win the Stanley Cup at +1100 at FanDuel.

The Montreal Canadiens are still considered a long shot to win it all at +3500.

Meanwhile, the Ottawa Senators have remained in the postseason hunt with a 6-1-1 record over their last eight games dating back to before the Winter Olympics.

Ottawa is five points back of the Boston Bruins for the final Wild Card spot with 23 games remaining.

The Senators play two more games before TradeCentre.

Ironically, they’ll face the Oilers on Tuesday and the Calgary Flames on Thursday as part of a five-game trip that ends against the Vancouver Canucks next Monday.

Ottawa is +185 to make the playoffs at FanDuel – a 35.1 per cent implied probability.

While hockey fans gear up for TradeCentre this week, soccer fans are already looking ahead to the summer with the hope that their country can shine on the game’s biggest stage.

With exactly 100 days to go until the 2026 World Cup, what are the odds that Canada makes a deep run?

Let’s dive into FanDuel’s updated World Cup futures in this Morning Coffee for Tuesday March 3rd, 2026.

Revisiting Canada’s World Cup Odds With 100 Days Until Kickoff

Canada is a 100-to-1 longshot to win the World Cup.

100 days out from the opening game in Toronto, the biggest concern for Canada is the loss of Promise David, who TSN Soccer analyst Steven Caldwell had penciled into his starting XI in FanDuel’s Race for the Roster.

David still has an outside chance to play, but as Caldwell pointed out, getting back to full strength and in game shape by the time July rolls around would be a miracle.

With Promise David out, the door is open for another striker to step up next to Jonathan David for Canada.

Caldwell highlighted Cyle Larin as most likely to have the edge at this point over Tani Oluwaseyi.

With 100 days to go, Jonathan David remains the obvious favourite to be Canada’s top team goal scorer at +200.

Larin is the second choice in that market at +650.

Oluwaseyi is a +1500 long shot to be Canada’s top scorer.

Meanwhile, Caldwell isn’t ready to make a pick for which goalkeeper Canada should roll with in the World Cup.

That decision could come down to which goalkeeper is in better form between Maxime Crepeau or Orlando City SC and Dayne St. Clair of Inter Miami.

In addition to the final roster decisions, we still don’t know for certain which team will join Canada, Qatar, and Switzerland in Group B as the UEFA Path A winner.

Later this month, Italy will play Northern Ireland while Wales will play Bosnia and Herzegovina to determine the two teams that will compete in the UEFA Path A final.

Italy is the projected winner of that playoff as a top 12 choice to win the World Cup at +3000 even though they haven’t qualified.

With that in mind, FanDuel has made the UEFA Path A Winner the favourite to win Group B at +105, with Switzerland at +140 to win the group, followed by Canada as the third choice at +550.

Switzerland is -550 to qualify for the knockout stage from Group B, followed by Canada at -220 and Qatar at +220.

At -220, FanDuel is giving Canada a 68.8 per cent implied chance to reach the knockout stage.

How far they go could depend largely on where they finish in their group and who they match up against once they advance to the elimination rounds.

As a 100-to-1 long shot to win it all, Canada might not be ready to challenge the absolute best soccer nations on the game’s biggest stage.

However, the Canadians have what it takes to reach the knockout round, and there will certainly be a sense of excitement knowing anything can happen in a one-game elimination if they make it out of Group B.

With exactly 100 days to go and a lot still to be decided, the excitement continues to build as Canadian soccer fans count down to the 2026 World Cup on home soil.