The Utah Hockey Club went big this offseason after their relocation from Arizona last summer. Despite their spending frenzy in free agency, Utah stands 25th in the league with an 18-19-7 record.

As mentioned, Kesselring took advantage of the chance to prove himself as a legitimate top-four defenseman; Jaxson Stauber showed that he can play in the NHL; Olli Määttä earned a spot on Finland’s 4 Nations Face-Off team — a chance he may not have gotten if he’d stayed in Detroit.

Utah Hockey Club fell apart in the second period against the Montreal Canadiens, leaving the team to ask some tough questions of itself.

Utah beat San Jose for its lone win in the first four games of a January home stand and has lost to Florida, Montreal and the New York Islanders. The team has won just three times in 14 games in Salt Lake City, and its six home victories are the fewest in the NHL.

The Utah Hockey Club has made an impact immediately in the NHL. In just their first season in the league, they've already developed a passionate group of fans and garnered support around the hockey community as they try to sneak into one of the Western Conference Wild Card spots.