Just a thought, and maybe it's a little sematical, but... WE HAVEN'T FUCKING BEEN "THERE" BEFORE. That phrase only works when the cool thing people are going bananas over is a usual thing. A thing that you look at and say "meh, seen that." But, in Buffalo, with years of Golisano, a lot of fans haven't fucking been excited about the team from top to bottom, haven't felt like the organization has given a shit about winning, and has - while some of us have been living far away without the temptation of tickets every week - been spending plenty of dollars on a team they love so much, but that doesn't love them back.

Sure, maybe it's pathetic, but it's nothing if not understandable for a fan base that has been shit on so consistently for the past several years. With an owner like Pegula - and fuck that, he's not the same as 90% of the often bush-league NHL, that's BS - after Golisano, after years of FUCKING RALPH WILSON, I mean, fuck, we have never been fucking close to "there" before.

So, yes, maybe you're just hating because that's your style (and maybe why we're friends), but the people of Buffalo - who don't get the benefit of distancing themselves from the team whenever they feel outraged or emotionally drained - those people can do whatever the fuck they want as far as I'm concerned. And then when we make the playoffs, they can overcelebrate then, too, if only because they're hopeful that their team - starting from the top - might finally love them back.