Most surprising impressive and poor starts?

[Mortimer Snerd]

washington had a great offseason and rebuilt their blueline in an extremely impressive manner. The fact that they're doing what they're doing without getting .900 goaltending suggests that if anything they've underperformed.

Edmonton always sucks in the early going of the season, but it sure looks like the choices theyve made with their bottom six were dumb.

How did Caps rebuild their blueline? They added Chychrun, who has played just 8 games picking up 4 pts and Matt Roy, who has played just 1 game.

 

[Jaytee]

The thing about Winnipeg is that a lot of players won't play there, but there are also many (mostly the family-oriented ones) who really, really, really love it there. More than most other teams, the Jets have to pick players whose personalities fit the type of city Winnipeg is. The single, hard-partying guys aren't ever going to want to play here, but the outdoor, sportsman types with young children often say it's ideal. For them, saying Winnipeg is no New York or L.A. isn't a putdown.

To each their own. It's the Jets' job to figure out who these players are.