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Wife ordered French Toast from Alton’s(2 Buffalo locations)…$10.50. 😱 For 2 pieces of bread dipped in egg? Really? Some restaurants are just raising prices for no reason at all. 🖕🏻

Fan or supporter? Tomato or tomato? We’ve found the nadir

"The Bills only have 10 men on the field!" Post-snap: "Well, I've never seen that Bob, that ball just dropped to the ground like someone swatted it."

As fans of both the Sabres and Pirates it is apparent that you have masochistic tendencies. 😀 Or maybe you are just frugal and seek cheap tickets in an arena and stadium where you have plenty of room to stretch out because the seats around you are vacant?

By these metrics, I'd posit that being a supporter is far more irrational than being a fan. Supporters stick with their club even when all competitive inputs and outputs associated with that club are complete and utter sh1te. That's not a rational response to your favourite team sucking. Fans can be fickle or even fair weather when the club runs aground and takes up residency in the league's basement. That's a rational response to your favourite team sucking. Supporters involve their hearts and souls and will stick with a club no matter what. Fans are more transactional and may jump ship if the team doesn't give them what they want.

As a Canadian, I’d be pretty nervous about border patrol checking my phone—mostly because they’d discover that I’m still a die-hard Sabres fan after all these years, and probably question my sanity. 😂 A few years ago, I actually decided not to spend another penny on the Sabres until they prove they’re no longer a Mickey Mouse franchise. As for crossing the border, my son and I are also Pirates fans (yes, we cheer for both the Sabres and the Pirates 🤦‍♂️). We thought about catching a game or two this year, but coordinating the trip would’ve been a headache. Add in the possibility of hassles at the border, and we figured it just wasn’t worth it.

I am not opposed to crossing the border for work or entertainment. My reasons not to are rooted in your points 1 & 2. I also do not want to spend my money on TP’s Sabres until they show real improvement with a competent FO and smartly spend to the upper end of the cap. My last border crossing was a bit uncomfortable due to the questioning. My passport has multiple work visas in a calendar year because of my work during power emergencies. I have been up and down the eastern seaboard for hurricanes, ice and snow storms multiple times in the last few years. I believe the border agent was just curious but kept asking me why I had so many visas and what they cost. I had no idea of the cost since National Grid, Eversource, Duke Energy and other utilities pay for us. The visas are issued for a year but we only work for days and maybe a few weeks max. The agent couldn’t get why I didn’t know the cost, didn’t have receipts for the visas and why I didn’t stay longer when I had a year to do so.

You missed your calling. That was painfully awesome. I feel worse than the day my best friend wrecked my new truck and some a-hole stole my dog....

Ville Leino had a good playoff performance, once.

I'm taking the 17th spot and I'm giving it to @nobody so he can be an invisible defensive back.

I had to open my trunk driving back to the states monday. I told him there was literally nothing in it but whatever. Guy was a bit of a jerk though unfortunately.

Brilliance!

No. Being a supporter is in large part rational. Taking a stakehold in something you hold dear is extremely, dare we say, rational. We have prearranged songs that we sing to bring our club extra energy when they need it. We have prearranged chants to try to demoralize the opponent. That's the stuff supporters do, and those are both rational things to do. Supporters try to influence the outcome in planned ways - that's logical and rational. They support their team regardless of the emotion - "they support the club in much the same way they breathe." Fans are irrational and emotional. Being a fanatic means you have a love of whatever it is you're fanatical about. What could possibly be more irrational than holding a fair weather love? I do love you honey, but only when you're smoking hot. THAT ain't love. That's lust. And a casual fan is NOT a fanatic, just like a casual supporter isn't a TRUE supporter (in the way you impy) going to bother to learn all the chants nor buy the new kit just because they don't already have the one done up in green.

Well in terms of Pronman's prospect pool ranking, it's only the past 5 years that matter. Their top picks were 9th, 14th, 13th, 9th and 1st, so I'd say 'yes', but maybe not as much as 14 years would imply: that's one guy picked in the top 8. That said, it's a ranking. 🤷‍♂️

Everything mentioned can be true at the same time. The one thing that has been left out is economic stress. If people are uncertain about future income discretionary spending takes a hit. I search for travel deals often and have seen prices drop quite a bit in the last few months. I would say both domestic and international travel are trending down. It's not just our Canadian friends, The domestic traveler is starting to pull back. The domestic market may be just as big a head wind for the Sabres as the international one. At the end of the day people are going to gravitate to the value of the product. If the Canadian market can see a Canadian team in Detroit or Buffalo for half the cost of going to Toronto most will still do it in spite of the senseless stuff coming out of Washington I think.

This teams sucks, flat out. But, I am quite partial to date nights when tix are cheap, leaving extra dough for grub and other fun things to do. It's also nice knowing that we're trash, and I can laugh at the team when we're getting plastered. Last year I was at the infamous avs game and the guy behind me was an Avs fan and he was getting all butt hurt.. I remember talking with him and telling him, I still think we're gonna lose.... He was all like no way... Sure enough.... The anxiety Bills games bring is nonexistent in that arena. That's not a good quality but does allow for a stress free eve

I disagree for several reasons. Being "rational" has little to do with being a "supporter." Quite the opposite really. Being a supporter implies levels of commitment, loyalty, and devotion that go well beyond what most "fans" would generally exhibit. A supporter is a true stakeholder -- a person who truly sees the team as theirs (in part anyway). A supporter's commitment to the club is unconditional and unwavering. They support the club in much the same way they breathe. You hear the idiom "fair weather fan," and often that shoe fits. Fans can be fickle. Supporters are not.

Yea but that one is more for the "fantastic ***** Friday" thread.

Remember how we had to trade a 2nd for Malenstyn because he scared Appert in the AHL playoffs? We've got great coaches.

The drop in crossings is real, but your projection that the agents are doing egregious things and making people not want to cross is not a real factor. Asking questions is their job. Even the blog/article that you posted and the many comments to that article say that. Certainly they might ask more questions today than they did in 1975 or even 2005, the world is a different place. Crossing are down because of these tangible reasons: 1. Trump's rhetoric on annexing the 51 state - this understandable by most normal people. Canadian pride is strong. 2. Tariffs - the tariffs on Canada will hurt jobs and an already bad economy. This would be reason #1 if not for Trumps foolish comments, which piss off Canadians more than the tariff itself. 3. The exchange rate - Why would someone cross a boarder to buy goods and services with today's exchange rate? T The rate is $0.73 cents as I type. Canadian snowbirds are leaving Florida in droves, they were before the tariffs, and they still are now. Vacationing and paying a 27% premium on everything is not for everyone. This is math. I cross that boarder several times a year and I do not have NY or Ontario plates. I had a passport that looked like a stamp collection. I get asked questions on both sides of the boarder - this is just not a problem for a normal and well adjusted individual.

That is how one gets clicks and views.

I think the Canadian Sabres fans will likely eschew the border crossing more than say the Leafs fans that make the trip to see their team... if what transpires this year is more of the same or worse I think the bigger problem will the the US Sabres fans... I would suspect their attendance to diminish significantly as well I get the feeling that people have truly had enough... but we shall see.