The sampling is still thin, that’s absolutely true.

A Stanley Cup has never been won in October, which is even more true.

However, some facts remain: The Ottawa Senators, Detroit Red Wings and Buffalo Sabers entered the season with better intentions and more important goals than in previous seasons.

Of the group of three teams, only the Sabers are in deficit at the start of the season with just one win in three games.

This should worry us in Montreal, as the Sabers are used to having a great October month before slowly disappearing from everyone’s radar screens starting in November.

Something tells me the opposite could happen for them this season.

We have no more time to lose in Ottawa. This young and talented team learned a lot from the defeat.

She is ready for victory. The Sens are scoring almost 5 goals per game, Josh Norris came back last night and has some score a couple.

Ottawa is impressive, the organization is now very solid with the arrival of Michael Andlauer and we have to admit that Pierre Dorion has been a colossal architect for this team.

If the Senators don’t make the playoffs, they’re on the verge of having at least one foot in it.

In Detroit the story is different. The presence of Steve Yzerman stabilized the organization and at the same time established respect for the principle of patience.

Just like the presence of Martin Saint-Louis with the Canadian.

A legend speaks, the fans and the owner listen.

But despite the patience advocated by the venerable and respected Stevie “Y,” Detroit captain Dylan Larkin is tasked with surprising observers and leading his teammates toward a winning path and a fight for the playoffs.

Larkin never wants to hear the disgusting nickname “dead wings.”

Just yesterday he was outstanding with three assists, increasing his points total to six in four games, and the Wings beat the Penguins 6-3.

Larkin succeeds where Nick Suzuki has so far failed with the Canadian…

But there’s more than that. In Detroit, we paid for the services of Jeff Petry, a local product from Ann Arbor, Michigan. We were unhappy with his performance and after just two games they gave him an electric shock by leaving him healthy in the stands.

As a result, Petry responded to his team’s win last night with two assists and a +2 in nearly 20 minutes of play.

So my question is: If it’s good for the cat, why wouldn’t it be good for the cat?

The Canadian has serious disciplinary problems. Some veterans like Brendan Gallagher don’t give the team any credit.

Isn’t it part of a good education and a healthy and potentially winning culture to sometimes tighten the screws?

I expect that Martin Saint-Louis, whose approach is more cooperative and gentle towards his players, will still send some clear messages, and why not from Saturday evening against the Caps and Ovechkin…

With that said, my point tonight is this:

If it’s true that Toronto, Tampa Bay and Boston will start with a lead and make the playoffs if some logic is followed.

If true, Florida will be less productive than last season, but still tiring.

If it’s true that the Senators, Red Wings and Sabers will be perky at least until February.

What remains for the Canadian in the Atlantic section?

Otherwise, crumbs… leaves from the branches like in the great national anthem of the LNI?

While we’re at it, let’s say the hymn of Saint-Pierre, full of regret, stroking his white beard in front of the only branches.

And let us hope that Jesus, whom we cannot see, intervenes with a helping heart and selects a maple leaf from the stack and takes it out.

In short, I digress… not just a little!

But you have to keep laughing, otherwise the season will be really long.

I thought CH had a good chance of overtaking the Wings for the final spot in the division.

Despite a miserable tasting, I am more and more convinced that it is the Atlantic Cellar, which is still waiting for the CH in April!