What’s the most surprising early season happening

[centipede2233]

What’s the most surprising early season happening?

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[jetsforever]

It's a week in so nothing is really surprising yet, but I'll say Matthews.

 

[Play]

Kyle Connor being a complete no show

 

[cjeagle]

Tampa Bay is the only team in the very competitive Atlantic Division with a winning percentage below .500 so far. The Atlantic is going to be a dogfight all season long.

 

[bert]

To me it's Toronto and Montreal having the same record. But it's early for all of it.

Thought the West and the Pacific were going to close the gap a little. Not the case it's so bad.

 

[bobholly39]

Not all that surprised Montreal started strong. I had a feeling they might. If they do well beyond October? That'd be more shocking. And Toronto being 3-2 is fine..

Matthews started slow last year also

There has to be a team that starts winless - I can see it being Vancouver.

I picked Tampa. But again, it's so early it barely counts..

 

[biturbo19]

I don't think anyone expected the Canucks to necessarily be a "powerhouse"...but to be completely winless at this point, is pretty shocking. Especially given the wave of late-season momentum they had. Even more shocking when you examine how exactly they've managed to squander those potential wins, pretty much every single time. I don't think anybody could've predicted they'd have a historic run of late game implosions costing them wins.

 

[Cats2TheCup]

I don't think anyone expected the Canucks to necessarily be a "powerhouse"...but to be completely winless at this point, is pretty shocking. Especially given the wave of late-season momentum they had. Even more shocking when you examine how exactly they've managed to squander those potential wins, pretty much every single time. I don't think anybody could've predicted they'd have a historic run of late game implosions costing them wins.

I predicted it.

 

[ijuka]

I'd say Canucks being the only team having no wins, especially considering they've lead every game and so haven't really gotten destroyed in any of them - their games have looked very different from Coyotes' who just have been completely outclassed.

And the biggest surprise about that might be that Coyotes have one win, considering how terrible they've looked.

 

[EdJovanovski]

Tampa is the only one I didn’t predict so that one

 

[Rengorlex]

None of them is surprising in the least, the season is 4-5 games long.

 

[Mr Kot]

vancouver looked really good last season. surprised they can't keep a lead.

 

[Bleedred]

Toronto and Montreal having the same record is the most surprising of those four.

I’m not surprised Tampa is last in the East, as it’s only barely more than a week into the season. I’d be really surprised if they ended the season out of the playoffs though.

Vancouver being winless also isn’t surprising, as they’ve started the season on a five game road trip. They’re a team I thought could either make the playoffs (Pacific is a weak after Edmonton, Calgary and maybe Vegas) or might be as bad as a 500 team.

Auston Matthews has probably had only 1 goal in a 5 game span multiple times in his career (maybe not to open a new season) so I’m not at all shocked.

 

[SheldonJPlankton]

Toronto was the greatest pretender last season, nothing surprising about midnight falling on that Cinderella.

The Habs easily set the record for most man-games lost to injury last season. No surprise a healthy Habs team is a borderline .500 team.

Matthews looks disheartened and might be just putting in the motions until his contract runs out and he can fly out of town to a preferred destination. A bit surprising perhaps...but the Leafs and depression go hand-in-hand.

The real answer is Tampa. Since they're proven legitimate and really recently haven't seen the need to be dominate in the regular season, I expect them to wake up. They did the same last playoffs, napped to start off, then pimp-slapped Toronto after awakening.

 

[Mrb1p]

Montreal has a number 1D i Guhle, I thought hed be an AHL top pair.

Bamboozeld.

Kyle Connor being a complete no show

Killing my fantasy

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

The Sabres burning down everyone’s village

 

[McJedi]

Bowen Byram is very clearly out playing Cale Makar and D Toews.

the first part is great for the Avs. The kid is a Fing star. But Makar isn’t playing very well.

 

[Devil Dancer]

I guess Tampa, but none of these are that surprising in such a small sample.

 

[Mitch nylander]

Toronto was the greatest pretender last season, nothing surprising about midnight falling on that Cinderella.

The Habs easily set the record for most man-games lost to injury last season. No surprise a healthy Habs team is a borderline .500 team.

Matthews looks disheartened and might be just putting in the motions until his contract runs out and he can fly out of town to a preferred destination. A bit surprising perhaps...but the Leafs and depression go hand-in-hand.

The real answer is Tampa. Since they're proven legitimate and really recently haven't seen the need to be dominate in the regular season, I expect them to wake up. They did the same last playoffs, napped to start off, then pimp-slapped Toronto after awakening.

A team who's made the playoffs 6 years straight, isn't necessarily a cinderella don't you think?

And I don't know if winning in game 7 by only 1 goal is something I would describe Pimp-slapping.

But you do you man.....

 

[nbwingsfan]

What’s the most surprising early season happening?

Vancouver not having a win when Arizona, Montreal, SJ, Chicago do

 

[centipede2233]

Vancouver not having a win when Arizona, Montreal, SJ, Chicago do

Yeah and having multiple goal leads in 4 of those 5 games to boot.

 

[sr edler]

Tampa lost Palat and McDonagh without replacing them sufficiently and played in 3 straight SCFs, not really that strange they're off to a slow-ish start.

It wouldn't even be super strange if they missed the playoffs (though I think they'll probably make it unless injuries), it's happened before. 95–96 Devils missed the playoffs in a tight conference.

 

[SheldonJPlankton]

A team who's made the playoffs 6 years straight, isn't necessarily a cinderella don't you think?

And I don't know if winning in game 7 by only 1 goal is something I would describe Pimp-slapping.

But you do you man.....

I think a team who loses at first opportunity 6 years straight in the playoffs is the poster-child of a Cinderella pretender.

I also think a team dominated in every decisive game is pimp-slapped. Toronto had how many series leads...and Tampa slapped them back time after time.

 

[the_fan]

I called 15 goals for Matthews this year. I'm pretty much on the money right now. He's on pace for 16 goals