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LW |
Team |
Our Take |
| 1 |
1 |
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Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin are leading the Penguins, as you would expect, who have picked up where they left off last season. |
| 2 |
6 |
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Brent Sutter has made an immediate impact on this team that is still waiting for Olli Jokinen to check in offensively. |
| 3 |
2 |
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Mike Richards is making an early strong bid to play for Team Canada with six goals in five games. |
| 4 |
16 |
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Marian Gaborik is starting to show what he can do on a team that allows him to use his creativity. |
| 5 |
11 |
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Ken Hitchcock has the Blue Jackets hitting on all cylinders defensively which you just know leaves him smiling. |
| 6 |
15 |
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After an opening-season loss the Kings have won three straight and Anze Kopitar is starting to look like a star. |
| 7 |
25 |
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The wins are coming, but it won’t last long if Jason Spezza and Alex Kovalev don’t wake up. |
| 8 |
8 |
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The Joe Thornton-Dany Heatley pairing is proving to be one of the most dynamic duos in the NHL. |
| 9 |
19 |
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With just four goals in three games, the Sabres appear to be relying too much on goalie Ryan Miller to steal games. |
| 10 |
3 |
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The NHL’s most exciting team has suffered three straight defeats proving once and for all it’s defence that wins in this league. |
| 11 |
7 |
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Darcy Tucker looks like a player reborn with two goals and three points in four games. |
| 12 |
21 |
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With four goals and a shootout winner, veteran Teemu Selanne looks like he has found the fountain of youth. |
| 13 |
4 |
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After shocking the Red Wings in Europe, the Blues came crashing back to earth. |
| 14 |
28 |
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Speaking of home-cooked meals, even the loss of Johan Franzen couldn’t prevent the Wings from winning a pair. |
| 15 |
22 |
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Rob Niedermayer pops a pair as the Devils win back-to-back games. |
| 16 |
10 |
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Jonathan Toews is off to a shockingly slow start with just one assist in four outings. |
| 17 |
18 |
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The Stars still haven't lost a game in regulation amd have received goals from Mike Ribeiro in back-to-back games. |
| 18 |
9 |
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The Bruins came to life for three goals in the final eight minutes to force overtime and then beat the Islanders in a shootout for their second win of the year. |
| 19 |
12 |
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With two wins and a loss in three games you just get the feeling the Predators will hover around the eighth and final playoff spot all year. |
| 20 |
17 |
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A team that desperately needs offence is looking for Nathan Horton –- no points and minus-4 in four games -– to check in. |
| 21 |
20 |
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Ryan Malone pops a hat trick in Tampa’s 5-2 drubbing of the Hurricanes. |
| 22 |
5 |
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Who would have dreamed Travis Moen would have two goals and Michael Cammalleri none after five games and three straight losses? |
| 23 |
23 |
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After a nice start, a little bit of reality has set in for a team that will benefit from coach Dave Tippett’s patient teaching. |
| 24 |
14 |
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Nik Antropov is goalless in three games; not exactly what the Thrashers were counting on when they signed the 6-foot-6 centre. |
| 25 |
26 |
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The same fans who booed Mike Comrie out of town a few years ago are now cheering for the Oilers top scorer. |
| 26 |
23 |
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Two goals and five points in three games suggests John Tavares is the real deal. |
| 27 |
29 |
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Two of the Canes' losses have been blowouts -– a big change from last year when they were so strong defensively in the second half. |
| 28 |
30 |
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The Canucks register a huge shootout win over Dallas in their first game without injured Daniel Sedin. |
| 29 |
27 |
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The Wild’s top 10 scorers are a combined minus-37; a far cry from the strict defence they played under former coach Jacques Lemaire. |
| 30 |
24 |
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The Leafs were supposed to be tough and better defensively, but that has not been the case thus far. |
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