02-23-2007, 04:36 PM
cferneyh Wrote:When I lived in SW Ontario in my teens I went to Buffalo plenty of times and saw plenty of Sabre games (since my best friend's dad was a linesman). I can honestly say that not once did I think to myself: "you know what? The way this city is and the way the people who live here are, I can totally see a finesse Sabre fighting the other team's goon."
Puh-lease.
Not only that, but the team actually mirrors the local demographics. It really is amazing. Biron, Briere, and Pominville represent the large french canadian contingent in the city. Vanek gives shout outs to his fellow Buffalo Austrians. Hecht loves celebrating Oktoberfest in the Little Bavaria part of the city. Novotny, Kotalik, and Spacek bring their hard-work ethic and loyalty from their homeland, which blends in so nicely with the Buffalo mentality. Afinogenov likes vodka, doesn't every Buffaloan? And then we got some Finns and Swedes...which also represent the people of Buffalo in some way.