It seems like I take L’s constantly, whether it be about my individual performance or the Buffalo Stampede in general. Sure, we’ve won a cup or two here and there (one since I’ve been on the team), but it seems like we will absolutely dominate the regular season and look unstoppable, and then we end up losing to Hamilton every year no matter what round we meet them in. And it doesn’t ever seem to be close. The series’s are always 4-1 or 4-2 at best.

Now let’s talk about the fact that I’m 1400 TPE and just can’t seem to maintain a PPG pace, while my team mates are either very close, right on it, or well over PPG. I have the lowest points of any forward on the team, and only have more points than three defensemen, two of which are inactive. My two line mates are Kanoff and Hernadivic, who have 46 points and 43 points in 40 games respectively. Meanwhile there’s me… with 31 points in 40 games. They’re both around 2,000 TPE, so obviously they’re going to perform better than me… but you’d think their outstanding play would at least make me look a little better. Kind of like when Justin Abdelkader played with Pavel Datsyuk for two seasons and ended up having a couple good performances and cashed out on them with a big contract. Then guess what happened when Datsyuk left? Abdelkader became the Bain of the red wings existence. Same thing I thought would happen here, but Kanoff and Hernadivic basically pass it back and forth between the two of them while I use the boards to stop because I don’t know how to use my edges.