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We’re going over the Buffalo Sabres’ plans to limit Toronto Maple Leafs fans at their home games.
Article: https://www.hockeypatrol.com/Buffalo-Sabres-Enforcing-Ways-To-Ban-Maple-Leafs-Fans-271325
This video is taking place after the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2023 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) Chicago Blackhawks, Connor Bedard
2nd) Anaheim Ducks, Leo Carlsson
3rd) Columbus Blue Jackets, Adam Fantilli
4th) San Jose Sharks, Will Smith
5th) Montreal Canadiens, David Reinbacher
6th) Arizona Coyotes, Dmitri Simashev
7th) Philadelphia Flyers, Matvei Michkov
8th) Washington Capitals, Ryan Leonard
9th) Detroit Red Wings, Nate Danielson
10th) St. Louis Blues, Dalibor Dvorsky
11th) Vancouver Canucks, Tom Willander
12th) Arizona Coyotes (from Ottawa Senators), Daniil But
13th) Buffalo Sabres, Zach Benson
14th) Pittsburgh Penguins, Brayden Yager
15th) Nashville Predators, Matthew Wood
16th) Calgary Flames, Samuel Honzek
17th) Detroit Red Wings (from New York Islanders via Vancouver Canucks), Axel Sandin Pellikka
18th) Winnipeg Jets, Colby Barlow
19th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Tampa Bay Lightning), Oliver Moore
20th) Seattle Kraken, Eduard Sale
21st) Minnesota Wild, Charlie Stramel
22nd) Philadelphia Flyers (from Los Angeles Kings via Columbus Blue Jackets), Oliver Bonk
23rd) New York Rangers, Gabe Perreault
24th) Nashville Predators (from Edmonton Oilers), Tanner Molendyk
25th) St. Louis Blues (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Otto Stenberg
26th) San Jose Sharks (from New Jersey Devils), Quentin Musty
27th) Colorado Avalanche, Calum Ritchie
28th) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Boston Bruins via Washington Capitals), Easton Cowan
29th) St. Louis Blues (from Dallas Stars via New York Rangers), Theo Lindstein
30th) Carolina Hurricanes, Bradley Nadeau
31st) Colorado Avalanche (from Florida Panthers via Montreal Canadiens), Mikhail Gulyayev
32nd) Vegas Golden Knights, David Edstrom
This video is also taking place after 2023 NHL Season, and after the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Florida Panthers in the Finals.
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11 Comments
The real problem is… Sabres fans have mostly been away due to the long playoff drought… back when they were top of the standings.. this was not a problem as season tickets took up a majority of the building and single game tickets were a small minority… when the fans start getting back to the games… this will no longer be an issue.. it’s been done before in the NFL too…
IMO there’s nothing more obnoxious than a bunch of Toronto fans outnumbering the home fans. Like go get a new hobby other than watching the leafs lol
As a sabres fan I enjoy the mostly friendly banter between fans at these games. Even though I dont like them I can understand leafs fans making the drive though because tickets at sabres games are wayyyyy cheaper than at scotiabank arena so what do you expect.
It seems Buffalo is taking a page from Nashville, which has been doing the same thing for years to Blackhawks fans with their "Get the Red Out" campaign. I understand they also do the same to Blues, Wings, and Blue Jackets fans, to some extent. It's a far cry from the days when Dollar Bill Wirtz used to sell travel packages to Red Wings fans in order to fill up the United Center, rather than focusing on the product he put out on the ice. Once the Hawks started contending, they were able to fill seats with their own fans. I suspect that will be the case with the Sabres soon enough, as well.
I get where theyre coming from but they have to realize since buffalo is so close to the border a lot of people from ontario are sabres fans. Im from ontario, live 30 minutes away from the keybank center, am a die hard sabres fan and have been to many games. All this would do is ostracize a large portion of their own fans
As a Sabres fan living in Southern California, I understand what the Sabres are trying to do.
When we sucked after a decade, nobody wanted to see this team play, & other teams fans showed up.
What the Sabres are doing now, since we are a much better team, is to get Sabres fans in before any other teams fans.
THEY'RE NOT BANNING LEAFS FANS!!!
I like to thank leafs fans for their money on behalf of the team when they come to Ottawa.. especially when the sens are winning and they start leaving before the games over to beat traffic 😂
In response to Mike Wilson saying it won’t work at all: it’s not about keeping leaf’s fans out, it’s about making sure Sabres fans get access to the best prices first. Leafs fans pay most of the price of Season Tickets over only 2 games. Now they’ll have to pay even more, at the benefit of Sabres fans.
The only reason this is a problem is bc it’s so expensive to go to leafs games so all the leafs fans order tickets like months in advance, I live in buffalo and when you look at the tickets for leafs vs Sabres they always sell out months before the game. People still fail to realize that there are still leafs fans in buffalo. They are just trying to make the market more fair for us residents bc we don’t preorder tickets months before the games bc they aren’t as expensive as games in Toronto
Sabres are getting decent and it's a bad look to have 70% Leafs fans at games. Detroit has the same issue. Crazy thought ice a good team and the home team will come. I'm fine with giving the home crowd first dibs though
You cant stop the leaf fans