from Randy Sportak of the Calgary Sun,

- When you see the Sharks play the way they have to start this season, the fact they’ve not reached a Stanley Cup Final, let alone won the big prize, becomes all the more flummoxing.

- So, does the blame in Philadelphia still go to the goaltending or will somebody eventually make a change at the top that stops handcuffing the Flyers with costly moves that puts them in salary cap jail? Just imagine how bad things would be if the Flyers didn’t draft so well.

- Who saw the Boston Bruins struggling to score goals? Sure, a tough start for Jarome Iginla isn’t out of the blue, but so many others not on form — David Krejci, Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand — is short of the mark for what’s been, so far, a middling club.

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