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Early Season NHL surprises, salary cap to rise dramatically and a grateful Tripp Tracy bounces back

Rob, Jesse and Russo discuss surprise storylines this season including the unbeaten Philadelphia Flyers, New York Rangers, Calgary Flames and Dallas Stars and the brutal start for the Minnesota Wild and the Vancouver Canucks.

The guys debate video replay, the controversial hand pass in Toronto, Evgeny Kuznetsov's one game suspension for high sticking Kyle Burroughs and the salary cap potentially going up by 4 million dollars next season.

Tripp Tracy, the analyst for the Carolina Hurricanes on TV joins Rob, Mike and Jesse to talk about the Hurricanes unbeaten start to the season, and his…

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