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Regardless, the writer wrote about what he experienced in the new attractions around Harbor Center. I don't understand the criticism for not writing about something else. GO SABRES!!!

Why don't you take it up with the writer and invite him back to experience those venues? In the meantime, I wonder how cynical one needs to be not to appreciate an organization touting its amenities after sinking $200m to build them. GO SABRES!!!

This has me laughing out loud! Great stuff here, Josie. GO SABRES!!!

This. And this. Especially the bold text. GO SABRES!!!

Consider my post my recommendation for a new minimum, then. Deliberately crosscheck a referee and you are gone for the rest of the season. Voila! No negotiations necessary. GO SABRES!!!

You answered the question in your op. Given the choice, I would rather have McDavid and Ekblad for the reason you mentioned. That doesn't mean I am the least bit disappointed with Eichel and Reinhart. GO SABRES!!!

The lack of appreciation for language is astonishing. Is naive the new N word around here? Perhaps if we weren't so defensive half the time, we might better understand that words used in proper context aren't insults at all but rather just a way to describe something. Words like naive or ignorant do not mean stupid or dumb. All of us are naive or ignorant about things. All of us. None of this is directed at you personally. But I have been railing against the bastardization of our language for a while now and your post just struck a nerve. Sorry if my own ignorance offends.

Not enough if you ask me. The minimum should have been the rest of the season with no definitive date of reinstatement next season. GO SABRES!!!

I really hope Foligno can add something to that line. But I refuse to have my hopes dashed yet again by expecting ANY consistency out of him. GO SABRES!!!

You really are quite smitten with yourself, aren't you? GO SABRES!!!

The answer is, "neither", then. Just so long as you weren't being a dick. GO SABRES!!!

Two things strike me on that goal: Sweet! And the Columbus D really sucks. GO SABRES!!!

Marketing to Leafs fans as Leafs fans would be a waste of ad dollars. I think they know that. Saying all fans are welcome to experience a new Buffalo renaissance experience while attending a game for a travel article in an out of town paper circulated in a region they have aggressively marketed to since their inception (with great results, btw), is not only not a waste of ad dollars, it is an advertisement with NO ad dollars needed. Smart. GO SABRES!!! Great stuff, here! GO SABRES!!! Are you enjoying my joke or just being a dick? Not always apparent which way you lean. GO SABRES!!!

Relax. There are no "facts" to parse here and I am not speculating or theorizing about anything. It just struck me as funny because PA's original OP was really hung up on the aspect of Gilbert's welcoming statement to Leafs fans. GO SABRES!!!

So, opposing fans in attendance is OK but it's not OK for the Sabres front office to say it's OK. OK. GO SABRES!!!

It isn't? That is not the take-away I got from your OP. Indeed, it was ALL about what Gilbert said and the disloyalty that comment suggested in the minds of the myopic. GO SABRES!!!

Get over yourself, my post applies to everyone. I enjoy much of what you offer here, but your crusades are just as tiresome as others. I don't automatically assume, when I click on one of your threads, that it is gonna be another one. Sometimes you have to sift through the muck to get to the gems. GO SABRES!!!

Why is it when the site administrator or one of the mods disagrees with a post in very certain terms, it's looked upon as a censorship move or strong armed tactic? Can't they get just as fed up and frustrated with crusades like the rest of us? GO SABRES!!!

Key word: "skills" GO SABRES!!!

Great. More fluff pieces for an owner more committed to his bottom line than trying to build a winner. GO SABRES!!!

I see we are still under the disbelief that the travel piece was all about the Sabres and Southern Ontario/Leaf fans when it touched upon the new attractions and amenities available to visitors. If those suffering from their myopia could suspend their cynicism they might see it was a nice piece about Buffalo that touts how it's a good place to spend some time and money. I'll take a visionary organization looking to boost the region and it's businesses every day of the week. GO SABRES!!!

Fans of ANY stripe have ALWAYS had an open invitation. People are acting as if this is something new for crissakes. GO SABRES!!!

Of course I cheer louder for the Sabres. Does that mean I have to hate the guy sitting next to me because he wears another team's colors? Am I a turncoat for buying the guy beer, too? Just because I can't summon the same amount of vitriol for opposing fans as others doesn't mean I am any less passionate about the Sabres. You make a false equivalency here. GO SABRES!!!

Absurd means more than just irrational so I don't want to get bogged down in an argument over semantics. Let's just say I find it silly to invest so much emotional energy into outcomes we have absolutely no control over in the first place. Letting it be a reason to hate people who cheer for other teams is phucked up entirely. You can call that passion, I call it crossing the line. GO SABRES!!!

This my reasoning for labeling it absurd. But in terms of your initial question at to the "why" and my answer of "the psychology", we have close the loop. GO SABRES!!!