Bandits notebook: Faceoff help?

The Buffalo Bandits didn't do much in the dispersal draft of the Portland LumberJax earlier this week, but they did add some potential help in a key area.

Jamison Koesterer is 6-foot-3 and 225 pounds, and he won more than 50 percent of his faceoffs for Portland last season (57 of 103). The Bandits were the worst team in the league in that department last season, so Koesterer might have a role to fill there.

Buffalo opted to pass in the second round of the draft, so Koesterer -- a native of Cazenovia (outside of Syracuse)  -- was its only acquisition. Brodie Merrill was the biggest name in the draft; he went to Edmonton but is said to be arguing that he should be an unrestricted free agent.

New York acquired Ryan Powell from Portland in the draft, and then traded him to Colorado on Thursday for forward Matt Danowski. Powell supposedly wanted to be closer to his business interests in the West. Meanwhile, it's nice to see the Titans showing a sign of life with the deal. Now all's the team needs is a definite place to play.

--- Budd Bailey