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- BuffaloHipFan - 04-11-2006

When you're playing a home game and the opposing team's fans buy up 75% of the tickets and then the team's goon knocks out your hottest player with a cheap shot (no matter what the league says, it was cheap, if it would of happened to the leafs, a sabres player would have been suspended, look what just happened to the flyers) you get a little bothered.

Not to mention, Buffalo is a small market town and we love to watch big money teams fail. Money is taking over pro sports and its nice to prove that you can't buy a championship. What is the Leaf's payroll this year?

The only thing that is puzzling is why there are so many Yankees fans in Buffalo?

We also dislike Montreal and Ottawa in Buffalo. I was in attendance when we swept them '98 - Montreal round 2, '99 - Ottawa round 1, what memories!

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- cferneyh - 04-11-2006

BuffaloHipFan Wrote:Buffalo is a small market town and we love to watch big money teams fail. Money is taking over pro sports and its nice to prove that you can't buy a championship. What is the Leaf's payroll this year?

Uh, here's a newsflash: THERE IS A SALARY CAP. You do realize there was no hockey last year because of that very issue, right? So "big market vs small market" doesn't really exist anymore.

So because Sabre fans would rather sit at home while Leaf fans in that area buy up the tickets is a reason to hate the Leafs? Gotcha. :thumb:

I think the reasons Sabres fans hate the Leafs is becoming more clear: there is no good reason, just a bunch of nonsensical reasons.

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- The Darkest Canuck - 04-11-2006

BuffaloHipFan Wrote:The only thing that is puzzling is why there are so many Yankees fans in Buffalo?

well...it is in the state of NEW YORK...:roll:

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- BuffaloHipFan - 04-11-2006

Yes, there is a salary cap, and look who is at the top.

If we could leave NY state, believe me this city would, the state does nothing but bring us down!

I've been to 20 sabres games this year at $21 a ticket, I could have sold my leafs tickets to those morons for $100 each!

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- cferneyh - 04-11-2006

BuffaloHipFan Wrote:Yes, there is a salary cap, and look who is at the top.

cratch:

But I thought you hated the Leafs because they are "big market" and you wanted to know what their payroll was, because you love watching "big market" teams fail?

Speaking of morons.....

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- tragicallymike - 04-11-2006

The Darkest Canuck Wrote:

BuffaloHipFan Wrote:The only thing that is puzzling is why there are so many Yankees fans in Buffalo?

well...it is in the state of NEW YORK...:roll:

so are the new york mets. what point does that make at all? We are 500+ miles away from NYC.

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- ryan93 - 04-11-2006

Just finished watching the Islanders/Rangers game, i almost feel asleep trying to watch the first half of the game, no energy at the Garden at all, and the Rangers, the first shift aside, came out flat. They were horrible for the first 40 minutes & the Islanders took advantage and took a 3-0 lead into the 3rd. The Rangers looked like an entirely different team in the 3rd though as they dominanted play, and pulled within 3-2, but despite a number of great chances, couldn't beat DP to tie it up.

Rangers have 6 regulars injured right now, and very important players at that. The #1 goaltender Henrik LUndqvist, two top 6 forwards in Martin Rucinsky and Steve Rucchin, and 3 top 6 defensemen in Darius Kasparaitis, Tom Poti and Marek Malik.

And finally...both Joe Nieuwendyk & Mats Sundin with hattricks so far tonight, game all tied at 4 - should be a good finish.

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- ryan93 - 04-11-2006

make that 4 goals for Mats

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- ryan93 - 04-11-2006

Wow, what a night for Mats Sundin. He just made an absolute beautiful pass to Darcy Tucker, who missed...puck comes right back to Sundin, who makes an almost identical play out front to a pinching Tomas Kaberle, who wins it in OT. 6 points (4 goals 2 assists) for Mats Sundin.

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- srb - 04-11-2006

Just got digital TV w/ Leaf's TV 2 weekends ago.......makes it all worth it!

4 goals & 2 assists...his best game of the season by far!

J.S. had a hard night, but the Leafs have now taken 14 of the last 16 possible points, and haven't given up.

It was mentioned at the beginning of the game, that the 1959 Leafs got into the playoffs, winning the last game of the season.

Here's hoping for a repeat :thumb:

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- tommygunn - 04-11-2006

srb Wrote:Here's hoping for a repeat :thumb:

And Montreal won the Cup that season. Yep, let's hope for a repeat! :lol:

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- tommygunn - 04-11-2006

BuffaloHipFan Wrote:Not to mention, Buffalo is a small market town and we love to watch big money teams fail. Money is taking over pro sports and its nice to prove that you can't buy a championship. What is the Leaf's payroll this year?

The only thing that is puzzling is why there are so many Yankees fans in Buffalo?

The others have replied with what I would have said.. I'll just add a cratch:.

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- Lizard King - 04-11-2006

BuffaloHipFan Wrote:We also dislike Montreal and Ottawa in Buffalo. I was in attendance when we swept them '98 - Montreal round 2, '99 - Ottawa round 1, what memories!

Too bad you weren't there when Montreal swept Buffalo in '93 and then won the Stanley Cup, what memories!





GO HABS GO!!!

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- direwolf74 - 04-11-2006

Flames 3, Ducks 0. Kipper with another shutout. I believe we can clinch the division with a win against Colorado on Thursday night.

GO FLAMES!!!

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- cferneyh - 04-11-2006

ryan93 Wrote:Wow, what a night for Mats Sundin. He just made an absolute beautiful pass to Darcy Tucker, who missed...puck comes right back to Sundin, who makes an almost identical play out front to a pinching Tomas Kaberle, who wins it in OT. 6 points (4 goals 2 assists) for Mats Sundin.

What a stretch by Mats....a Jagr-esque 18 points in his last 9 games. The time he's been needed the most, and he's stepped up his game big time. If only he had some decent talent around him..... :x

I lost a lot of respect for Nieuwendyk and Roberts for deciding to play in Florida for a few more bucks than they could have made in Toronto, but I think it was great of Nieuwendyk to say this about Mats:

''Mats is a great captain and a good friend,'' said the former Leaf. ''Sometimes he takes some abuse (in Toronto) but this guy cares as much as any captain I've ever played with, and he steps his game up when he has to.''

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