An era of Buffalo sports fans exists who arrived too late to enjoy the early-1990s Bills Super Bowl teams or the late-1990s Dominik Hasek-led Sabres squads who nearly won a Stanley Cup while earning the nickname, "The Hardest Working Team in Hockey." Yet, their fandom also began well before MVP quarterback Josh Allen arrived to make the Bills an annual Super Bowl contender.
For those fans, their best sports memories — at least until Allen leads a Super Bowl parade around the city — likely reside with the post-lockout Sabres. And surely many of them fondly remember the Party in the Plaza as Chris Drury, Daniel Briere and Co.