Interesting note on the amount of COVID absences despite 99% of the league being vaccinated:

"With more and more positive tests continuing to pop up, there is growing frustration from players and team officials alike, per Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli. With over 99% of the league vaccinated and the players testing positive being asymptomatic, these missed games feel meaningless to the players and teams involved. Seravalli’s report mentions Carter, Nathan MacKinnon, and Mark Scheifele, but now fellow stars Letang and (Patrick) Kane have entered the fray as well. The NHL is reportedly already reconsidering testing asymptomatic players and now more fuel has been added to the fire. Changes could be coming soon." -ProHockeyRumors.com

I mean, it comes down to luck, last year I was undefeated throughout the regular season and won but I already lost my week 1 matchup so that won’t happen this year ( hopefully I’ll still win though ). I would say I made the smart decision to invest in Oilers but not the big names so Nuge, Hyman, Nurse, Mack at 7 was great ( might’ve fell because he was in protocol to start the year idk, no idea how he was at 7 ), Philly’s D has been good for me ( Provorov, Ellis, I also have Risto but I may drop him ), Merzilkins, Campbell, and my new add Holtby has been a good 3 headed-monster in net

3 of the Final 4 teams from last seasons' playoffs are in last place in their respective divisions. And Tampa is in 6th place (would've been 7th had the Sens not blown a 2G lead late in the 3rd period today).

They'll all rebound except for maybe Montreal, depending on how long Price is out for.

Undefeated? Wow, that definitely is hard to pull off once, let alone twice. I also lost Week 1, but Week 2 has been terrific.
I also have Hyman, he's been excellent so far. Wanted Merzlikins on waivers, but was beaten to it. I have Darcy Kuemper though, so not too worried about goaltending.
How the heck did MacKinnon fall to 7?! I drafted him 2nd overall! (And I stand by that decision)
I would drop Ristolainen, having both Provorov and Ellis is great though.

Allen hasn’t been the problem. It’s hard to win when you don’t score more than a goal. Although things fortunately are going much better tonight.

More good news for Habs fans: Joel Edmundson is back in Montreal and is expected to make his season debut sometime in the next 2 weeks.

Gonna put $ on Kuemper for Vezina.

Trotz is such a good coach that he’s choosing to break up the best pairing in the NHL (pelech-Pulock) to accommodate chara.

#Isles in warmups (Bailey and Palmieri swap)Lee-Barzal-BaileyBeauvillier-Nelson-PalmieriParise-Pageau-WahlstromMartin-Cizikas-ClutterbuckChara-PulockPelech-MayfieldGreene-DobsonSorokinSchneider

— Andrew Gross (@AGrossNewsday) October 24, 2021

The Trotz mantra is very simple: The older, the better, and the younger, the worse.
Ergo, since Chara is 44, he's obviously the best there is (and since Wahlstrom is 21, he's on the brink despite having a terrific start).

Leafs getting demolished by Pettersson and O’Connor

Babs wasn’t the issue in TOR.

Change my mind.

Perhaps he wasn’t the solution either but he wasn’t the problem

Leafs getting demolished by Pettersson and O’Connor

Draisaitl is grossly overrated it's getting crazy

It really depends, some people take credit away from him because of McDavid but some give him too much credit. I personally think he’s a top 3 Center ( after Mack and McDavid obviously )

He's on my fantasy team, so I'd love that, but I was hoping he'd have an off-night tonight.
He looks quite sharp though, Bolts are going to have to find some offense for this one.