NHL.com oddities...

if you go on NHL.com right now,you find a few things,like Red Wings' head coach Mike Babcock being named Team Canada's coach for the 2014 Olympics,in Sochi,Russia,which was actually expected,but one thing that is on the website is not expected:the beginning of the 2013-2014 NHL season schedule,which oddly starts October 1st,2013,with an Atlantic Division matchup between the Montreal Canadiens and the Toronto Maple Leafs,at 7 pm.,east coast time-the very first game of the 2013-2014 NHL season... what is odd is that they have the first two days of the schedule-two and a half months early... Washington Capitals visit the Blackhawks,in Chicago,as they raise their Stanley Cup banner,and the Winnipeg Jets start their Western Conference schedule,against the Edmonton Oilers(the Jets had been in the Eastern Conference the first two years,after moving from Atlanta),also on October 1st... note:two teams moved from the Western Conference to the Eastern Conference,at same time,as the Jets moving to the Western Conference:the Red Wings,and the Columbus Blue Jackets...