The Buffalo Sabres have some of the most hockey smart fans in all of the NHL. They understand the game and have learned to adapt to all of the odd and pointless rule changes that the NHL likes to put forward every year.
One thing has changed over the course of 164 games of hell. The Buffalo Sabres fandom has failed their test.
No, not all fans and not in every way. Fans have always had their heart in the right place, and that place was on a Stanley Cup. But, when the lights finally went out on this the second year of garbage play I was left with a foul taste in my mouth.