Speaking of Vanek I'm kind of surprised by how good he's been late last year and so far this year, I knew he was better than he looked most of last year but I'd been expecting him to drop-off when he became the main threat other teams would want to check - he's been awesome so far.
I'm not sure if I buy them continuing on how they have but I'd sure like them to. With the Sabres on top of the Northeast I'm enjoying the division leaders a lot at the moment, outside of the fucking Rangers we have the Sabres <3, the Canes tied with the Caps <3, the Red Wings <3, the Wild >:O, and the Sharks. I just need my Devils to jump a few games and really either the Oilers or Flames to pass the Wild and I'll have my favorite team winning in every division.
I suspect this will not last but if the playoffs started today the Flyers and Ducks are out of the playoffs and the Sabres, Devils, Caps, Sharks, Wings, Flames, Hawks, and Oilers are all in! Admittedly with most of those teams there's not too much threat of them missing the playoffs but I'm enjoying the early season quite a lot, haha.