Chris Johnston joins the show for an early season edition of the Legit-O-Meter and Panic Meter, in which we try to figure out how sustainable the surprises thus far are moving forward.

Here’s a quick rundown of the topics covered:

1:15 The spike in scoring
6:00 The Rangers rolling 4 skilled lines
10:00 How legit are the Oilers?
15:00 How worried should we be about Freddie Anderson?
22:30 The ghosts of Pavelec and Cam Ward
27:30 The California Teams

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