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With the state of our injured roster, I will not be surprised to see another 13 game losing streak as we are already at three and counting. Hate to say that, but this team has a tendency to feel sorry for itself vs. galvanizing and playing even harder for each other in times of adversity. Hope like hell I’m wrong.

The lamenting of Worthy started the day of the draft, long before that playoff game. And just to be clear, my post is not an endorsement of Coleman in any way, shape, or form. I merely point out that for all the complaining, they have nearly identical stats since entering the league and that our offense has been better than KC’s since that draft, anyway. I just don’t understand missing a player we never had. Especially an under-sized, off ball receiver who is limited as a result. But yay, he runs fast.

If one takes a look at their career stats, one would see that Coleman and Worthy are nearly identical. Sure, Worthy has 22 more receptions but for only 8 more yards, while Coleman averages 4 yards more per catch. And they both have 7 TDs. This idea that Worthy would have been so much better for us is a short-sighted take at best. And AGAIN, as an undersized off ball receiver, he is LIMITED. There is just so much more to it than running fast in shorts. And it’s worth pointing out, that for all the teeth gnashing over Worthy, our offense has been better than KC’s since he entered the league. Why anyone spends a second lamenting the fact that Worthy isn’t a Bill is beyond me.

Here comes the feeling sorry for themselves. Typical.

That was entirely on Kesselring not being able to catch a pass from Byram.

Hope is always present, but this team has found ways to feel sorry for itself for years and Adams loves himself built-in excuses. Hope I’m wrong, but I expect this team to fold like cheap tents in the face of adversity as they have for years now.

I was mocking Pegula and being sarcastic, but you raise an important point here. Unless it’s actually one of those younger guys, I don’t think they have that maniacal vocal leader. Tage and Tuch are too used to being passengers on this team and have been since arriving. This team has needed a boombox throwing, get in your face after a loss or lazy practice leader since Drury.

The answer is in the room, gentlemen. In. The. Room.

He’s very consistent. Once in a blue moon he has a stinker like all goalies have, but he’s a steady force between the pipes. The four gosls against last night look bad at first glance, but he had zero chance on two of them and he made a bunch of key saves to keep them at four.

Imo, let Levi continue to cook in the A unless injury disasters necessitate a call-up.

Well, two of them are currently up with the Sabres. That said, Helenius and Metsa look very good. I’m surprised at what they’re getting from Kuntar so far and Novikov is a steady force on the back end. Levi has been stellar, his last couple games notwithstanding. The Amerks as a whole are a grittier bunch.

Sabres always seem to be the perfect cure for whatever is ailing a crap team.

Ruff must have read my post from yesterday urging him to pair Thompson with Rosen and Östlund. Nice.

I agree about breaking up the Tuch, McCloud, Doan line. It borders on stupid. I’d rather see Östlund centering Tage and Rosen. They should have been seeing the ice in the OT last night. If they look overwhelmed (and I doubt they will) then mix up the lines again.

He looked very good against the Monsters in Cleveland last week; better than anything I’ve seen from Georgiev. If they’re not gonna bring up Ratzlaff they should waive Georgiev and let Leinonen remain as backup to Levi. Then again, he isn’t gonna get enough starts with the Amerks to best serve his development, either.

Ruff should have had Rosen, Östlund, and Dahlin out there in the OT.

Power doesn’t seem to know the meaning of the phrase.

Östlund!

Best team we’ve faced all year.

Great saves at both ends.

We must have been watching different Ostlunds than our friend in Georgia. Östlund didn’t look out of place in the least in his short stint.

Waive Geertsen. But I know that will probably never happen because he’s just too valuable.

It’s maddening to see top line forwards excelling in the A only to be saddled with non-playmakers on a 4th line when called up. You just aren’t gonna get a true picture of the potential.