Jamie Benn, Tyler Toffoli, Patrick Kane and Dale Weise??

Every NHL season presents lots of surprises.

One of the biggest ones this season has to be Dale Weise. The Montreal Canadiens forward has 8 goals already this season. That puts him in the top 10 and he has currently more goals than Alexander Ovechkin. To put this crazy start for Weise into context, he scored 10 goals last season in 79 games. That was his career best and he already has 8 in 15 games. He is currently playing on a line with David Desharnais and Tomas Fleischmann. That whole line has been quite the surprise. They have combined for 18 points in their last 4 games and are a big part of why the Habs sit atop the league.

Do we expect Weise to continue this pace? No, probably not. But for a player who was traded for Raphael Diaz and wasn't doing much in Vancouver, he has completely turned his career around and has found a scoring touch even he didn't know he had.

Once thought as a 4th line grinder, he has turned into a goal scorer.

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