only a matter of time- GUARANTEED!
- battelmt

I am a fan of sarcasm

I can't stand people talking about the lack of noise at FNC...If this team would provide something worth cheering for, the fans will cheer.

There is relatively little to get excited about on this team. Aside from Vanek and Miller, who really is doing anything worth cheering for? Perhaps I can throw in Kaleta and Ott since they are at least trying to stir things up.

We have a rookie that fans were excited about sitting on the bench, while guys like Hecht and Stafford cash checks.

Our future star Myers has turned into a weak turnover machine.

Our captain is the one of the quietest guys on the team.

I mean really, what do you expect from fans in the arena?
- GoinFiveHole

Again, this has been a problem going long before this year. I have been to quite a few arenas other than Buffalo. There are worse teams that don't have this kind of problem. The product does help, but even in 2010, the year they won the division, it was a problem. The product on the ice is a factor, but it's not anywhere near the sole problem.

they should brought McNabb up with Pardy...
- BuffaloKyle

pass. let the young players play on a good team. the obsession with calling up every young player to the sabres since we suck is the opposite of what i want to see.

I can't stand people talking about the lack of noise at FNC...If this team would provide something worth cheering for, the fans will cheer.

There is relatively little to get excited about on this team. Aside from Vanek and Miller, who really is doing anything worth cheering for? Perhaps I can throw in Kaleta and Ott since they are at least trying to stir things up.

We have a rookie that fans were excited about sitting on the bench, while guys like Hecht and Stafford cash checks.

Our future star Myers has turned into a weak turnover machine.

Our captain is the one of the quietest guys on the team.

I mean really, what do you expect from fans in the arena?
- GoinFiveHole

Drunkeness. Theres a lot of people at the games just getting hammered because theres nothing else to look foward to. The game is a non factor. Its like the Ralph.

that is not what I said.... you just construed it like that because you had some "i want to be an a$$hole prune juice" this morning...

I'm out until intelligent conversation has returned...
- JVince11

YOu might want to go into a toronto blog. They are notorious for having highly intellectual thoughts and conversation.

they should brought McNabb up with Pardy...
- BuffaloKyle

no point in bringing him up this season.. let him mature on a team that he can play high minutes and has a positive attitude. keep all the good players down there till a real change in made up in Buffalo.. so probably not till the summer

Drunkeness. Theres a lot of people at the games just getting hammered because theres nothing else to look foward to. The game is a non factor. Its like the Ralph.
- Buffalo--Sabres

The Bills have been an absolute embarrassment for over a decade. You still hear opposing players say the crowd can make Ralph Wilson Stadium a difficult place to play relative to other NFL stadiums. At the First Niagara Center, it would probably be more beneficial if they played in front of an empty stadium.

Drunkeness. Theres a lot of people at the games just getting hammered because theres nothing else to look foward to. The game is a non factor. Its like the Ralph.
- Buffalo--Sabres

Drunkeness is a symptom of many things, none of them include the way the Sabres or Bills play.

only a matter of time- GUARANTEED!
- battelmt

I only "almost guarentee" that way I have an out in case it doesn't happen.

Again, this has been a problem going long before this year. I have been to quite a few arenas other than Buffalo. There are worse teams that don't have this kind of problem. The product does help, but even in 2010, the year they won the division, it was a problem. The product on the ice is a factor, but it's not anywhere near the sole problem.
- buffalofan19

I think it all started after the President Trophy year. When they did not win the cup that year, I feel as if it deflated the arena and fans.

Drunkeness is a symptom of many things, none of them include the way the Sabres or Bills play.
- Pillar

If you have nothing else to look forward to , besides the bills and Sabres playing well, you would probably be drunk no matter what the score of them game. When the Bills were winning those AFC title games, there were more drunk people then now. The main difference being, the drunks were happy, not angry. I perfer to stay away from drunk people, but if I had to choose, I would pick the happy celebrating drunks.

The Bills have been an absolute embarrassment for over a decade. You still hear opposing players say the crowd can make Ralph Wilson Stadium a difficult place to play relative to other NFL stadiums. At the First Niagara Center, it would probably be more beneficial if they played in front of an empty stadium.
- buffalofan19

That's what happens when you go from having the most exciting team in the NHL in 05-06 and 06-07 to this. They are not fun to watch anymore. Watch Chicago play, with their speed and the way they play it's exciting to watch. The Sabres are the opposite, slow and not very fun. I have been to many games, the crowd was fine until last year IMO

I think it all started after the President Trophy year. When they did not win the cup that year, I feel as if it deflated the arena and fans.
- rmiethaner

The Arena is not the issue. The team sucks. If they go on a 5 or 6 game win streak that place will be rockin again.

That's what happens when you go from having the most exciting team in the NHL in 05-06 and 06-07 to this. They are not fun to watch anymore. Watch Chicago play, with their speed and the way they play it's exciting to watch. The Sabres are the opposite, slow and not very fun. I have been to many games, the crowd was fine until last year IMO
- sbroads24

Maybe we can get a top 3 pick this year and land a real stud.

That's what happens when you go from having the most exciting team in the NHL in 05-06 and 06-07 to this. They are not fun to watch anymore. Watch Chicago play, with their speed and the way they play it's exciting to watch. The Sabres are the opposite, slow and not very fun. I have been to many games, the crowd was fine until last year IMO
- sbroads24

You have to REALLY suck for an extended period in order to have the opportunity to draft the talent they did. Same with Pittsburgh.....just sayin'

The Arena is not the issue. The team sucks. If they go on a 5 or 6 game win streak that place will be rockin again.
- Pillar

I would hope so, but even the playoff games against Boston and Philadelphia were not like the way I have seen that arena before.

You have to REALLY suck for an extended period in order to have the opportunity to draft the talent they did. Same with Pittsburgh.....just sayin'
- RynoBull

We have sucked pretty good the past 3 years . Guess they need to suck better.

That's what happens when you go from having the most exciting team in the NHL in 05-06 and 06-07 to this. They are not fun to watch anymore. Watch Chicago play, with their speed and the way they play it's exciting to watch. The Sabres are the opposite, slow and not very fun. I have been to many games, the crowd was fine until last year IMO
- sbroads24

Having gone to other arenas over the past 5 years, it hasn't been "fine" for a while.

We have sucked pretty good the past 3 years . Guess they need to suck better.
- cabin

harder not better

You have to REALLY suck for an extended period in order to have the opportunity to draft the talent they did. Same with Pittsburgh.....just sayin'
- RynoBull

Agreed. The Sabres had it a few years ago.

Buffalo fans are just Burnt out of the same god damned thing every year.. its like groundhogs day.. but real.

Both Bills and Sabres fans live by the motto "you dont run from, where you come from". the teams suck but the fans have so much passion..

If either team put out a winning team Buffalo would be like no other place in sports..

Having gone to other arenas over the past 5 years, it hasn't been "fine" for a while.
- buffalofan19

It was like this pre-lockout (04 lockout) too.

If you have nothing else to look forward to , besides the bills and Sabres playing well, you would probably be drunk no matter what the score of them game. When the Bills were winning those AFC title games, there were more drunk people then now. The main difference being, the drunks were happy, not angry. I perfer to stay away from drunk people, but if I had to choose, I would pick the happy celebrating drunks.
- Pillar

Yes, happy drunks behave--somewhat. Winning fixes everything. And this team just doesn't win.

The Arena is not the issue. The team sucks. If they go on a 5 or 6 game win streak that place will be rockin again.
- Pillar

To blame the fans is 100% INSANITY

Agreed. The Sabres had it a few years ago.
- sbroads24

The Sabres need to suck like have been for multiple years