Compare our rosters, and it's a pretty fair assumption that we are icing the worst team in the league. I love our future, but our 2012-2013 roster isn't one to brag about.
But they bust their ass every single night, and that's pure Hartley. Sprinkle this squad of ass-kickers with some more skill, and this kind of work ethic and team mentality is priceless. Watching these guys haul night in and night out is why I can look at teams like Buffalo and Edmonton (and hell, Montreal if you've watched them of late) and laugh at the mountains they have yet to climb.
By now, sitting near the bottom of the league you wouldn't blame players for losing faith. But they haven't.
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