If you had to buy a player's jersey who is not on the Sabres, who would it be?

[Eleven]

8 minutes ago, stenbaro said:

I want a Kings Jerri Corab Jessi

🤣

Get some rest.

[RangerDave]

On 7/3/2026 at 11:51 AM, Taro T said:

Darryl Talley.

 

What?  He is not now, nor was he ever, a Sabre.

 

😉

Having to stick with current players: Ian MacKay.  😉 

My daughter gave me a signed Darryl Talley jersey for Father's Day this year, although I don't think she even knows he is is/was.  Very good (and lucky!) gift.

[Doohickie]

7 hours ago, SwampD said:

Your wife is a Detroit fan, correct?

Every time I tell the story, @PASabreFan rolls his eyes.  

I grew up in Cheektowaga.  I went away to college - RPI - and was more into the college thing than following my home town teams, especially since the Bills and Sabres weren't exactly at high points in the 1980s.

First job was in Los Angeles, couldn't really follow Buffalo sports at all from out there.  Then we moved to Fort Worth (Dallas sports market).  This was before the Stars had moved so didn't follow hockey at all. 

In 1991 I got laid off and took a job in Detroit.  The Red Wings were a mediocre, usually-made-the-playoffs-but-lost-in-the-early-rounds kind of team.  I started following the NHL again through the Red Wings and just before we moved back to Fort Worth in 1997 the Wings won their first Cup in 42 years.  They won our fandom honestly, climbing up through the ranks.  And for those teams, Stevie Y was HIM.  So I got his jersey.

It was only when we moved back to Fort Worth in '97 that we finally sprung for NHL Center Ice, mostly because we both wanted to follow the Red Wings.  But along the way, the Sabres got better too.  There was a period of time when I was pretty equally a Red Wings and Sabres fan.  But eventually the hometown Sabres took hold again and I've following them since.

My wife is not from Buffalo and has remained a Red Wings fan.

Those early years, we didn't have cable, didn't have Center Ice, so it was hard to be a fan of a city you didn't live in.

Edited July 5 by Doohickie

[SwampD]

1 minute ago, Doohickie said:

Every time I tell the story, @PASabreFan rolls his eyes.  

I grew up in Cheektowaga.  I went away to college - RPI - and was more into the college thing than following my home town teams, especially since the Bills and Sabres weren't exactly at high points in the 1980s.

First job was in Los Angeles, couldn't really follow Buffalo sports at all from out there.  Then we moved to Fort Worth (Dallas sports market).  This was before the Stars had moved so didn't follow hockey at all. 

In 1991 I got laid off and took a job in Detroit.  The Red Wings were a mediocre, usually-made-the-playoffs-but-lost-in-the-early-rounds kind of team.  I started following the NHL again through the Red Wings and just before we moved back to Fort Worth in 1997 the Wings won their first Cup in 42 years.  They won our fandom honestly, climbing up through the ranks.  And for those teams, Stevie Y was HIM.  So I got his jersey.

It was only when we moved back to Fort Worth in '97 that we finally sprung for NHL Center Ice, mostly because we both wanted to follow the Red Wings.  But along the way, the Sabres got better too.  There was a period of time when I was pretty equally a Red Wings and Sabres fan.  But eventually the hometown Sabres took hold again and I've following them since.

My wife is not from Buffalo and has remained a Red Wings fan.

Those early years, we didn't have cable, didn't have Center Ice, so it was hard to be a fan of a city you didn't live in.

So, yes,.. then.

😂

[Doohickie]

Just now, SwampD said:

So, yes,.. then.

😂

True, but it's not why I have an Yzerman jersey.  It's because I was a Red Wings fan at that point in time.

[transient]

On 7/3/2026 at 2:43 PM, Weave said:

It won’t be a collectors item spelled like that.

IDK… that may be the only way it becomes a collector’s item. 

[#freejame]

16 hours ago, Doohickie said:

Every time I tell the story, @PASabreFan rolls his eyes.  

I grew up in Cheektowaga.  I went away to college - RPI - and was more into the college thing than following my home town teams, especially since the Bills and Sabres weren't exactly at high points in the 1980s.

First job was in Los Angeles, couldn't really follow Buffalo sports at all from out there.  Then we moved to Fort Worth (Dallas sports market).  This was before the Stars had moved so didn't follow hockey at all. 

In 1991 I got laid off and took a job in Detroit.  The Red Wings were a mediocre, usually-made-the-playoffs-but-lost-in-the-early-rounds kind of team.  I started following the NHL again through the Red Wings and just before we moved back to Fort Worth in 1997 the Wings won their first Cup in 42 years.  They won our fandom honestly, climbing up through the ranks.  And for those teams, Stevie Y was HIM.  So I got his jersey.

It was only when we moved back to Fort Worth in '97 that we finally sprung for NHL Center Ice, mostly because we both wanted to follow the Red Wings.  But along the way, the Sabres got better too.  There was a period of time when I was pretty equally a Red Wings and Sabres fan.  But eventually the hometown Sabres took hold again and I've following them since.

My wife is not from Buffalo and has remained a Red Wings fan.

Those early years, we didn't have cable, didn't have Center Ice, so it was hard to be a fan of a city you didn't live in.

Yzermans good and all but he’s no Burnaby Joe. 

[RochesterExpat]

I have a Bergeron jersey already. Reinhart would be an easy add. I guess of those not mentioned and still active, I would consider adding a Will Borgen jersey.

[RETURNTOGLORY]

Past: Gretzky. Greatest ever AND we share the same birthday.  January 26th, 1961. 

Current: Ovi! I've said for years he was the prototypical player and he's proven it! 

[SwampD]

19 hours ago, RETURNTOGLORY said:

Past: Gretzky. Greatest ever AND we share the same birthday.  January 26th, 1961. 

Current: Ovi! I've said for years he was the prototypical player and he's proven it! 

That’s my birthday, too! Only in ‘69.

[RETURNTOGLORY]

12 minutes ago, SwampD said:

That’s my birthday, too! Only in ‘69.

Aaaaaaannnnndddddd.....EDDIE VAN HALEN!

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🤔 Have UPL Winnepeg jerseys gone on sale yet?

Edited July 7 by transient