Coming into the season, the Boston Bruins appeared to meet all the qualifications of a team whose window to win a Stanley Cup was closed.
The B's looked like they would be heavily reliant on stars who were either in the latter years of their prime or past it, they'd made questionable trades of young stars and had a goalie coming off back-to-back mediocre seasons.
Instead, Boston is not only competitive, but making a case for being the NHL's second most dangerous team behind the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Boston ranks No. 3 in team Corsi for percentage, second in even-strength goals for percentage, ninth in power play percentage and eighth on the penalty kill.