Graf and Cagnoni are having monster starts.
In recent memory, Couture, Pavelski, Tierney, Demers, Braun, and Labanc forced themselves into some very good teams by dominating the AHL. You'd think Graf and Cagnoni should be able to do it on some extremely not-good teams.
To be fair, those players might have leap-frogged others because of their low cap hit. Plus, when you're contending development is an afterthought. That's not the case with this team...
Edit: Although, Gushchin had a great season and played what, 4 games?