Postmedia National Hockey Writer Mike Traikos joins Paul Chapman for this week’s Off the Post.

In the first period the hot start from Vancouver super rookie Elias Pettersson is discussed as Mike wonders if his draft year was done over would he go first overall. The rookies around the NHL, including Ottawa’s Maxime Lajoie and Brady Tkachuk, have turned some heads through the first month of the season.

In the second period of the podcast we look at teams, and players, off to a slow start. Are the L.A. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices