SUNDAY MORNING COFFEE: RUNNING INTO YOUR EX! The season is upon us and what an opening week so far, especially if you got to play against your old team. Jacob Trouba versus Winnipeg: 1G, 2A, 3 SOG, 5 Hits, +1 Conor Sheary vs. Pittsburgh: 2G, 3 SOG, +1 Semyon Varlamov vs. Washington: 26/28 Saves, .929 SP in a 2-1 loss Mika Zibanejad vs. Ottawa: 3G (1 SHG & 1 PPG), 1A,  3 SOG, 2 HTS, +2 Auston Matthews makes opening day his very own with another 2 goals on opening night, which makes 9 goals in 4 opening nights at the start of his NHL career.  I can remember his inaugural night when he scored 4 goals, seems like just yesterday. Ottawa lost to the Leafs on opening night 5-3.  That’s what you’re gonna see when you tune into an Ottawa Senators game. Some talent, some scoring, but a lot more L’s than W’s. Washington against St. Louis, a matchup of the two previous Stanley Cup Champions, was a heated battle with the Capitals ruining St. Louis’ home opener with a Jakub Vrana OT game-winner.  This guy is going to be good so if he is available in your fantasy league, scoop him up ASAP. The Vegas Golden Knights easily handled the San Jose Sharks, who were without the services of Erik Karlsson, by a score of 4-1.  The Knights are expected to battle for the Western Conference title and it sure looks like they will. Don’t worry Sharks fans.  They will bounce back and compete with a slight shuffling of the deck as some of the mainstays like Joe Pavelski (now a Dallas Star) and Joonas Donskoi (On Colorado Avalanche) are now gone .  The Oilers won in Head Coach Dave Tippett’s first game as head coach.  Don’t dispel the Tippett magic as he usually finds a way to make his team competitive and maybe even surprise a few teams. I’m expecting a big bounce back year from the Devils G Cory Schneider as he looked at the end of last season to be over his injuries that have plagued him the past 2.  Let’s hope what we saw on Friday night was nothing major because Mackenzie Blackwood did not look good as his replacement.  Nor in his start against the Jets.. Leon Draisaitl is a beast and is already in beast mode. Going to the NY Rangers home opener I told my buddy Vin that it’s 6-5 but didn’t say who would win. The game could have been decided either way really. LGR! Buffalo beating Pittsburgh didn’t surprise me as it may have others.  I don’t believe the Penguins will make the playoffs this season.  Just a feeling. With the Sabres starting off 2-0, that’s exactly what they needed as ...