Eklund: Most Pleasant Surprise Team?

Ottawa 67s

MTL

Kings I thought they would mill around that 7 to 11 playoff position delaying what they need to do. But they have just tanked and hopefully put themselves in a position to have a great shot at Hughes. Well done

biggest surprise is how much the blues and kings suck

Of course I'm bias but the Flames are a contender.

Kings I thought they would mill around that 7 to 11 playoff position delaying what they need to do. But they have just tanked and hopefully put themselves in a position to have a great shot at Hughes. Well done
- fsanford

They want to win, but are just too old and too slow.

SabreBUZZ!

Sabres- I thought they'd be better, but not this good.
Blues-So many upgrades in the summer and they are worse. I thought they'd be a lock for the playoffs.

Pleasantly surprising** ?

Ek told us to watch out for New Jersey and Chicago in his predictions!

The Toronto bandwagon has arrived.

Sabres- I thought they'd be better, but not this good.
Blues-So many upgrades in the summer and they are worse. I thought they'd be a lock for the playoffs.
- RogerRoeper

I've been betting against STL for a while now and also thought the moves they made this year were going to make one of the strongest in the west.

The Toronto bandwagon has arrived.
- RedRevenge

Is there a problem with a Leaf fan coming in to this blog?

I am surprised how far the Hawks, Devils and Kings have fallen.
I am not surprised about Buffalo, they were good down the stretch last year and continue to be good.
I am very surprised Montreal is as good as they are with Price being average to poor.

habs8888
Today @ 12:16 PM ET
MTL

Sad state of affairs when your team is considered to be a surprise and still is amongst the worst teams in the league.

Surprisebuzzzz

I am surprised how far the Hawks, Devils and Kings have fallen.

- Rang

Yeah, I'm VERY surprised by the Kings, not so much by the Devils or Hawks. While I don't think NJ is a bad team per-se, I thought the Devils overachieved last year and began the same way.

The Hawks have been a mismanagement of assets catching up with them. They probably have the biggest collections of bad contracts than any other team.

I'm actually also surprised by COL. They showed last year that they were a team on the rise, but the step they've taken from last year to this year is just nuts. Probably my favorite team to watch outside of the Penguins.

Sad state of affairs when your team is considered to be a surprise and still is amongst the worst teams in the league.
- Bolts91

Until your team wins the cup we are in the same boat

Kings I thought they would mill around that 7 to 11 playoff position delaying what they need to do. But they have just tanked and hopefully put themselves in a position to have a great shot at Hughes. Well done
- fsanford

That's your "most pleasant surprise"? Yikes. You really are hard on your team

Until your team wins the cup we are in the same boat
- habs8888

Remember 2004? I do.

Remember 2004? I do.
- Bolts91

He’s 14

He’s 14
- Cptmjl

I mean last 10 years, if you want to start counting cups be my guest

Yeah, I'm VERY surprised by the Kings, not so much by the Devils or Hawks. While I don't think NJ is a bad team per-se, I thought the Devils overachieved last year and began the same way.

The Hawks have been a mismanagement of assets catching up with them. They probably have the biggest collections of bad contracts than any other team.

I'm actually also surprised by COL. They showed last year that they were a team on the rise, but the step they've taken from last year to this year is just nuts. Probably my favorite team to watch outside of the Penguins.
- Rinosaur

penguins suck too

I mean last 10 years, if you want to start counting cups be my guest
- habs8888

Most of us that use this site weren't even alive when the Habs last won. Did they even have color TV back then? Must be nice to have won 24 when there was only 5 other teams in the league. Your team and franchise has been garbage for decades now.