Nearly three weeks into the season, what’s more surprising: that the Edmonton Oilers have the most wins of any team in the National Hockey League or that the Vancouver Canucks haven’t had a reason to fire head coach Willie Desjardins?
Give it some time. After all, three weeks doesn’t make a season.
And yet, the early indications are that this might not be as difficult a year for Canadian-based teams as last season, when all seven missed the playoffs by a long shot.
In Montreal, the goaltending duo of Carey Price and Al Montoya has the Canadiens as the only team without a regulation loss.