NHL.com's weekly Over the Boards mailbag is in full swing this season. Every week, senior writer Dan Rosen sifts through your questions sent to him on X and chooses several to answer.

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Good or bad, what has surprised you about the NHL season so far? Are there trends you spot? -- @MrEd315

Let's stay positive and go with only the good surprises. There are many. I'll stick with three.

Detroit Red Wings

They've delivered after a tough opening night. We look for key moments in a season that spark turnarounds. That might have happened after Detroit's opening-night 5-1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens, when coach Todd McLellan questioned the team's desire to turn things around and laid out t

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