Nino Niederreiter's red hot start, NHL Season begins and Don Granato signs extension with Buffalo Sabres

Rob Pizzo, Michael Russo and guest co-host Joe Smith look back on the first night of NHL action in North America, with the Rangers beating Tampa Bay and Vegas winning over Los Angeles, ahead of six more games tonight.

Nino Niederreiter of the Nashville Predators, fresh off a sweep of the San Jose Sharks in the Global Series in Prague, joins the roundtable to talk about the experience of opening up overseas and his Preds chances this year.

Plus the guys discuss the Sabres extension for Don Granato, Ian Cole's legal issues, Dominik Hasek's biting comments towards the NHL and Jason Robertson's extension with the Dallas Stars.

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