The 2024-25 NHL season is just two weeks old and already chock full of surprises.
Did we expect the Winnipeg Jets to be the last undefeated team? Or for the Calgary Flames to be steamrolling the competition? And what of the Utah Hockey Club, making expansion life look good?
It's been an exciting run -- for some. For others, not so much. There are backs against the wall, so to speak.
But it's still early ... right?
These five teams better hope so.
We're breaking down the clubs who came into the 2024-25 campaign rife with expectations that haven't quite lived up to the hype.