Montreal Canadiens

We're already a quarter of the way through the hockey season, and now's the time to start evaluating whether teams and players can maintain their early-season production. There have been a lot of surprises so far. Brent Burns is in a historic scoring slump, the Vegas Golden Knights might actually be good, 37 players are at a point-per-game pace or more, and the Edmonton Oilers, Montreal Canadiens, and Arizona Coyotes aren't playing to their potential. These are all examples of early trends that probably won't last the entire…

Although the Eastern Conference has powerhouses like the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Washington Capitals, there are still a lot of teams out there that could make some noise. Here are five key questions for the Eastern Conference. Can Jonathan Drouin reach his potential in Montreal? Drouin has always been a really talented player, but he hasn’t been able to reach his potential at the NHL level yet. In his three seasons playing for the QMJHL’s Halifax Mooseheads, Drouin had 242 points in 128 games. He was drafted third…