We here in Cleveland realize how our friends down in Columbus (and elsewhere) who root for the Blue Jackets may be a tad depressed these days, what with all the losing and everything. Trust us, we invented losing. Losing is the one thing at which Cleveland sports teams can claim to be champions. We're as innovative in the losing department as anyone.
Which is why the Lake Erie Monsters' status as one of the AHL's best teams nearly one third into the season is a little jarring to those of us who pay attention to the local minor league hockey team.