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Loading ...I present to you the bravest man in Western New York:
Buffalo U Student: I am not a Sabres fan.
I give him two things:
1) Props for being so balls-out
2) Until Monday to live. Sunday morning if the Slugs lose tomorrow night.
Either that or he’ll just get his car door kicked in.
He’s hardly alone as a Ranger fan at UB: a large percentage of the students at UB come from NYC in general (and Long Island in particular). Islander fans definitely outnumber Ranger fans there.
That said, I find it hard to take seriously a 22-year old “lifetime” Ranger fan who’s been watching his team since he was, what, probably 9? Yeah, probably 9 - right around the time his team ended its 54-year drought and won the Cup. And he’s complaining about “bandwagon fans”? Feh. Gimme a break. Yankee fans were nowhere to be found on UB’s campus in the late ’80s and early ’90s - until they became a good team and started winning again. And then the baseball caps were everywhere.
TANGENT: Much has been made of the “curse” of winning the President’s Trophy. Why does everyone seem incapable of extending the math?
* Trophy winners: 11
* Cup winners: 3
Okay, fine - 3 of 11 won the Cup, and 8 didn’t, a 3-8 record. But during those 11 seasons, there were 165 playoff teams that did NOT win the President’s Trophy. And only 8 of them won the Stanley Cup - an 8-157 record.
So:
* Odds (11 years) that the PT winner wins the Cup: 27.2%
* Odds (11 years) of any single non-PT team winning the Cup: 4.8%
It oughta be clear to anybody that you’re much better off winning the PT than not winning it. But all you ever hear about is the “curse” of winning it.
Why does everyone seem incapable of extending the math?
Oh right, because the first nine times the giant martini glass was awarded don’t count of course.
Trophy winners: 20
Cup winners: 6
That’s less than a 33.2 percent (repeating of course) percentage of winning–so I wouldn’t be so quick to award the Slugs the Cup there, champ.
I was hoping the Oilers would meet the Sabres in last year’s finals, but this year, I want nothing to do with them. Why? Look at their fucking backup goalie. You remember him, right, AQ? I will cry tears of rage if he gets a Stanley Cup before Ryan Smyth.
That alone would be proof that there is no justice at all in this world, Doogie.
I’m not going to bag on your math, but the 3 Cup wins among the 9 previous trophies makes for a better percentage of Cup winners: 30% (6/20) vs. 27.3% (3/11). (The last 11 years are frequently cited because the NHL went to the three-division format 12 years ago, roughly. Lockout exceptions, etc.)
Also, I’m not quick to award the Sabres anything. I didn’t say they’d win the Cup. And I certainly wouldn’t base my position on the President’s Trophy.