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Through one month of the 2011-12 NHL season, the biggest story throughout the league is … still Sidney Crosby.

But there are a number of other excellent storylines the media could run with if they chose to do so. An unheralded rookie from Wisconsin, drafted in the 4th round by the Nashville Predators, has wrested the rookie scoring lead from the No. 1 overall pick CBC called the next Gretzky. The Dallas Stars have done what many teams before them couldn’t — ignore ownership drama — and have stormed out of the gates.

http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/2011/11/10/2550113/nhl-power-rankings-dallas-stars-western-conference