The biggest story through the season’s first month or so was that nobody knew anything.
OK, sure, there were a few teams that stuck to the script. The Avs were good. The Predators were bad. But in between, it was chaos. Teams that nobody thought would be all that good were dominating. Teams we thought would be terrible were competitive, or better. And so many presumed contenders were struggling that you could barely hear the goal horns over the sounds of all the windows slamming shut.
It seemed to set up a wild season where you could just the preseason projections entirely.