Biggest Christmas Surprise

[MacDonald4MVP]

Peter mothereffin Budaj, he has more wins than Mason who just rode 10 game winning streak.

 

[tsujimoto74]

The Oilers are in a playoff spot, Connor is leading the Art Ross race

It's been a good start to the season

I'm not surprised by either of those things tbh.

Biggest surprise of the season so far has to be Columbus. HM to Minnesota.

 

[W75]

Three words: Columbus Blue Jackets.

 

[TheBigThree]

How good the leafs are. I ranked them a bottom feeder before the season started and they have been playing great, even when the lose. Also I guess Andersen is the biggest shock, he's the best goalie the leafs had since belfour

 

[KingTux]

Blue Jackets hands down

 

[CanadienShark]

Are teams nervous playing against the Leafs?

I want outsiders perspectives as I didn't think they would be this good this soon.

Nope.

 

[Rebels57]

Everything about Columbus.

None of it is sustainable for the most part, but it's insanely surprising nonetheless.

 

[Rebels57]

The Oilers are in a playoff spot, Connor is leading the Art Ross race

It's been a good start to the season

Okay but...Columbus

 

[KingJoffrey]

Dunno, but biggest nonsuprise was that John Gibson sucks and he's a fraud.

 

[PlamsUnlimited]

If we're talking about our own teams then I'm surprised with the Rangers. Seeing that they play like feces and it's showing more now, but they manage to still win games.

 

[leaflover]

Aside from Columbus i'd say that winning streaks in general this season have been very surprising.
There have been some great runs and it's not even the halfway point.

 

[GoJetsGo55]

Has to be the Blue Jackets.

I also don't know of anyone that's rooting against them.

 

[Koivu11]

I guess it shouldn't be a surprise because it's Sidney Crosby but him scoring at a 68 goal pace is just crazy.

 

[Kamiccolo]

Besides the blue jackets, gotta say the quality of rookies. You've got Laine scoring a ton of goals, Matthews up there with him, Marner on nearly a 70 point pace, Nylander on a 56 point pace, Werenski playing insane, Murray being a top 10 goalie, and a whole handul of others who are already quality NHLers.

 

[Advanced stats]

Leaching off poster above me:

Specifically Toronto rookies have scored 47% of their teams points.

 

[Gabriel Landeskog]

Besides the blue jackets, gotta say the quality of rookies. You've got Laine scoring a ton of goals, Matthews up there with him, Marner on nearly a 70 point pace, Nylander on a 56 point pace, Werenski playing insane, Murray being a top 10 goalie, and a whole handul of others who are already quality NHLers.

Might wanna try the math again on that Marner statement.

Mine would be Colorado Avalanche. I thought we already hit rock bottom.

 

[Kamiccolo]

Might wanna try the math again on that Marner statement.

Mine would be Colorado Avalanche. I thought we already hit rock bottom.

Sorry. He was on pace for 67 points before last night. Now it's 62.

 

[NotWendell]

The rise of the Class of 2000. The mediocrity of the Pacific division. The fiasco in Florida. The likelihood that this will be the year Detroit's playoff string ends.

 

[ThatHighGuy]

For the Flames, Mathew Tkachuk. Guy has been lights out for us this year game in and game out. Did not expect that he'd have this much of an impact this year

 

[MessierII]

The jackets are the only answer here. Pegged as a bottom 5 team by 90% of everyone in media and fans everywhere and they're hands down the best team in the NHL right now.

 

[SoupNazi]

The Blue Jackets, by far, are the biggest surprise to me.

 

[Club]

Cbj ainec

 

[Old Guy]

How good the leafs are. I ranked them a bottom feeder before the season started and they have been playing great, even when the lose. Also I guess Andersen is the biggest shock, he's the best goalie the leafs had since belfour

I understand and respect how things tilt in the National Hockey League and especially their fans.

Does anybody else beside me just cringe when they read a comment like this, knowing that the Maple Leafs are 20th in the league?

The thought of the Maple Leafs having a Blue Jacket type explosion scares me for what would likely occur.

 

[BlackDogg]

How bad Arizona is again, but maybe shouldn't be surprised given the roster and goaltending. And the turnaround in Columbus (kind of as they were expected to do something like this last year).

 

[booyakasha]

I have to agree with most, Columbus Blue Jackets.