What is your first pleasant surprise of this 2024-25 season?

[Romang67]

We burned Edmonton's village. Filled with oil, it turned out. Complete massacre. Bodies everywhere.

Kind of sad, now that I think about it.

Still, Hellebuyck had an incredibly poor history in his first game of the season, so the shutout was nice.

 

[Imgoingtowork]

Nazar do 30+ goals.

 

[BoHorvat 53]

Utah being as legit as they are - last night's game on the road was a good test for them and they passed it with flying colors as they were dominating the game even though it went to OT. Would love to see them do good.

 

[Imgoingtowork]

Devils two wins are not so surprising. Devils will tempt winning in april, may and maybe the final in june.

 

[HockeyVirus]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844536746119188856

Watching Knies be a dumptruck out there dumping 200+ pound Hamilton like he was nothing

 

[Terry Yake]

sabers player recognizing bob dylan

 

[Brent Burns]

That ESPN color commentary woman who did the Sharks game last night was bottom of the barrel horrible. Please for the love of god show some emotion

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Utah is immediately competitive.

Isn't Utah just Arizona? Why wouldn't they be immediately competitive?

 

[Machinehead]

The Rangers played a game where they were great at 5v5. You can usually count them on your fingers over the course of a year.

 

[Clint Eastwood]

Almost everyone having very low expectations for the Jets (again). They thrive under the radar.

I have zero knowledge of Winnipeg's new head coach so I could see them be a top 3 team, a below .500 team, or a bubble team. I'm going bubble for now but we shall see.