If they are half as obnoxious in Hamilton as the Leafs and Frogs; er pea soupers fans are, no thanks.....

They may be good eggs; I'd have to defer to Ice on this one.....

Hey, it's Sabres hockey...regardless of the opponent. I don't even go to Leafs games anymore because their fans are so miserable and they take it out on the Buffalonians. Habs fans have started to get under my skin more and more every season, but I can still tolerate them.

Oh believe me...I know what you guys mean. I walked out of the ACC with pride after the Sabres beat the Leafs in preseason, and it put a smile on my face every time a Leafs fan said, "Fuck you" or "Bitch" to me. But when Leafs fans invade the HSBC, their insults go beyond hockey and they start getting political. They start trashing the city and our country...and there's really no room for that in sports in my opinion. It's obnoxious and even after a Sabres victory I've had Leafs fans follow me to my car and harrass me. Sort of sucks the fun out of the win.

Rivalry in sports is fun, and I can take the insults about my team just fine...even though it can piss me off, it's sort of fun in a way to defend your team when the opposing team's fans are trashing them, you know? But when the fans start getting a little too personal; trashing my country and my city...well that's when it stops being enjoyable for me. I've just chosen not to purchase any more tickets to Leafs-Sabres games anymore...plenty of other games to choose from.

Yeah, yeah, I know that a few assholes make for a spoiled time, but the interest level for those games is much higher. The ratings, the buzz, the emotional investment in the game, etc. When we play Phoenix or Nashville the intensity just isn't the same.

Ummm...having been raised in Hamilton, (allow me to state) there's going to be an economic "cut-off line" - The real Hamilton white-trash won't make it to HSBC, mainly because they won't be able to afford to pay for the whole enchilada...

But, Sabres' fans going to Hamilton (wearing a Sabres' jersey?) to watch a game might be a very, very "Philly-like" experience - Nasty and insulting and possibly being forced to confront angry, intoxicated douchebags driven by the need to "express" themselves to the point of physical assault.

Lots of nice folks in Hamilton - But, lots of crazy, inbred, white-trash motherfuckers, too...

i got punched at a red wings game, and ice thrown at me. theres healthy fun with opposing fans, then theres the stupid, over the top shit. too bad you didnt mace his ass, caro. thats fucking absurd.

This is one of the reasons I don't like to attend the really high rivalry games. Like fly said, I've seen it escalate to harassment, but also violence. There's a lot of belligerence, and it's gotten to the point where I don't even like attending those kinds of games because of all the fights that break out. They're fun to watch for sure, but some people just take it too far and invade the city for all the wrong reasons, which just takes a lot of the fun away from the sports aspect of it. Or maybe my estrogen is just showing.