Comments on: Sabres Nation: The Lesser-Known Sports Principality

By: Gabriel.

Gabriel. — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 05:21:06 +0000

I’m sure, given the chance, most of Buffalo’s grandmothers would “stick up” for Briere — you know how grandmothers love those chubby Lafontaine look-alikes. My point is, if the Sabres had a McGrattan, Brashear or any random French-Canadian grandmother on their team, Briere would still have memories of losing against Carolina last season.
Case in point: Ottawa played in Washington tonight. They lost, miserably, 17 to -4, but in the fourth minute John Erskine laid a late hit on a Senator. Twenty seconds later Erskine was pretty sure it was 1986. It’s cool the way McGrattan is capable of letting people experience time travel like that.
Surprisingly very little trouble after that. Which was probably the problem, as the Senators just seemed content with a little free-skate time at the arena for the next 56minutes.
Little Jason Pominville? Nice skater, not so much flash, good hands, rotten little motherofaf*uck.
Buffalo versus Ottawa will be a nice second-round series. If Briere is out of his next coma.

I’m sorry, Amanda, I hope it won’t ruin our relationship, but I have to say that my number one Sabre fan is actually “sabresfaninexile”. Then you, then Chris.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 03:12:24 +0000

I never said they were good fighters, I said they stuck up for Briere. That’s what they’re there for, and they just happened to be changing lines when he got hit. I doubt Pominville or Hecht would’ve done much damage. I mean, *I* could kick Pominville’s butt.

I love my Sabres, I’m rooting for them all the way to the Cup! BTW, I don’t hate Ottawa. Not at all. There are only a few teams that I hate *coughcoughMake Beliefscoughcough*. I just think that the Sabres will beat the Senators in a playoff series. :) Pominville may not be big, but I doubt Alfredsson or Emery is a big fan of his.

By: Gabriel.

Gabriel. — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 05:40:13 +0000

Amanda, you are now my favourite Sabre fan ever.

Tie Domi is 3′4.5″ tall and weighs less than your average nine-year old kid at a Rangers game. Chris Neil stands just a little over 4′ tall on skates. Size is not necessarily the defining characteristic of a good fighter… unless you’re talking about Zdeno Chara. Holy Mother. Did you see the replays of his “fight” with Bryan McCabe two seasons ago? Ottawa fans still yell “rag doll” whenever McCabe is on the ice. Chara grabbed McCabe by the sweater/shoulder pads with one hand and just flipped him up and down three or four times. McCabe’s legs were flapping like a flag. It was hil-ar-i-ous.
Right now the top three fighters in the NHL are:
1) Georges Laraque
2) Donald Brashear
3) Brian McGrattan
Zdeno is still the one guy no one f*cks with in the NHL. Imagine if Boston hadn’t eaten those stupid pills and tossed Thornton away. No one, anywhere, will intentionally aim for Marc Savard.
Mair is a big boy, but check his penalty minutes… the guy’s just not a fighter. It’s going to be (relatively) open season on Sabre plyers from here on (relatively because the new rules kind of prevent serious head hunting…)
Actually… ever notice how much Briere looks like Pat Lafontaine?

Amanda… Websites on wordpress.com are easy, I just started mine a few weeks ago (just click on my name). Believe me, if I can do it so can you… and now that I’m out on parole I can finally surf anywhere I want.
This is me: http://feartheseeds.wordpress.com/about/

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 04:09:16 +0000

Gabriel, I didn’t list a website because I don’t have one. I have no problem with you poking fun at Buffalo – everyone else does. As far as the Bills go, yes, please take them. I live two miles from the stadium and Sundays are a bitch.

As far as the Sabres go, Adam Mair (6′2, 215) and Paul Gaustad (6′4″, 220) are not exactly slouches. In fact, Adam Mair’s nickname is Scud (yes, we know that that particular missle is not very accurate, but hockey players are simple people when it comes to nicknames) because of the way he hits.

The Senators are improving – Emery is playing like an All-Star. However, the Sabres are playing better than them and are gaining a following all over the NHL. In tonight’s game vs. Tampa, in Tampa, the Sabres fans were far more noticeable than the Lightning fans. That’s all I’m sayin…

By: Gabriel.

Gabriel. — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 01:25:25 +0000

So if Ranger fans are such a headache that Chris’ friend would resort to insulting a ten-year old (who probably had some rare cancer and his one last wish was to see a Ranger game in a box-seat with all his cancer ridden friends… he also probably had some serious weight issues that he was just coming to terms with), what do you people do when your ’stadium’ is packed with Leaf Fans?
Lya Kahlo (I love your name, mine is Gabriel): it’s not “bitterness”. Being bitter is all about envy. In this case, in order to be ‘bitter’ I would have to want to be a Sabres fan, or really want to be living in Buffalo. You can see why this would be ridiculous.
And I haven’t been “misogynistic ” at all, there is never any hatred of women involved as McGrattan and Neil are always perfect gentlemen, they always cuddle afterwards and they always call the next day, because they respect you… you know, as a person. McGrattan and Neil love women, all women… and Daniel Briere, because he looks like a woman.

Chris: I’m pretty sure there’s a picture of you on some Rangers website… you’re smiling, those kids are smiling, you have three sets of bunny ears above your head, they’re all smiling…

(there was no bitterness felt in the writing of this post… except towards Will)

By: MattPie

MattPie — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 21:57:24 +0000

Jade: “Wow, I just wanted to come by and say ballsy to be a Sabres fan in Ranger territory.”

Try being one in Philly. Seeing the Sabres win a few weeks ago was fun though.

By: Lya Kahlo

Lya Kahlo — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 16:31:19 +0000

Football is a boring, stupid game played by boys paid way to much money to crash into each other and fall down. Take the Bills away!

Go Sabres!

But Garbiel, is it really neccessary to use misogyny to relieve your Sens-bitterness? I mean, the Sens don’t suck THAT bad do they? >:)

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 14:28:24 +0000

Gabriel, very amusing. But don’t pat yourself on the back too much – I’ve had a few brushes with fame before this, too. This is just my first brush with Sabres stardom, apparently.

And these weren’t “small children,” they were teenage punks. And I neglected to mention that as they left, three of them said, “LET’S GO RANGERS.” So I naturally had a right to be afraid.

By: sabresfaninexile

sabresfaninexile — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 14:03:34 +0000

for what it’s worth, Gabriel, i thought your comments were hilarious. not all Buffalonians are humorless gits! geez, i currently live in ohio – i must have a sense of humor.

By: Gabriel.

Gabriel. — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 12:28:18 +0000

Seriously… are we speaking/writing in the same language? Bitter? Sardonic: Yes. Bitter? About what? Are these posts being put through some kind of beta testing translation service? So far I’ve made these points:
01) Briere is pretty like a woman
02) Only a Sabres fan would be intimidated by five children
03) Industrial music has a fast beat
04) McGrattan will, given the opportunity, have sex with every Sabre fans and players’ wives and girlfriends
05) So will Chris Neil
06) It’s colder in Ottawa than Buffalo
07) I never meant any disrespect… at first. But now…
08) Briere, with a McGrattan or Neil type of protector, would still be able to spell CONSISTENT
09) Buffalo has a: no sense of humour, and; b) no sense of style, and, soon; c) no NFL Franchise.
(Yeah, that’s right, prepare to be a Bills fan in Toronto or Mexico City. Should make for an ineresting post.)
10) I’m making Chris famous.

And the counterpoint seems to be:
1) Garsh… uhm… no, wait, it’ll come to me…