What would be more painful - Being a Leafs fan or being a Sabres fan

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

It's being a Sabres fan.

The Leafs are in the mix, they give themselves a chance every year.

The only thing Buffalo ever is in the mix for is the draft lottery.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

whats worse, being a Cowboys fan or being a Jets fan? As a Jets fan, id rather be a Cowboys fan.

So i'd imagine Sabres fans would rather be Leafs fans

 

[Frank Drebin]

Fun and disappointment vs disappointment and no fun.

The regular season is 82 games long, its most of what we watch. Having a very good regular season team to watch is fun as hell.

 

[Golden_Jet]

It has to be Sabres

15 straight years of sucking

Toronto at least feels the pain, Sabres fans become numbed to it

Yet somehow Sabres have double the series wins in the last 20 years.

 

[Bouboumaster]

Yet somehow Sabres have double the series wins in the last 20 years.

Which is also f***ing hilarious

But still, having hope > having no hope, never

 

[MK9]

What would be more painful - Being a Leafs fan or being a Sabres fan​

Yes.

 

[Peasy]

Leafs AINEC.

We get constantly dunked on and ridiculed everywhere. Can't have a serious discussion about anything without hearing the same 5 regurgitated jokes that have been on going for decades.

 

[miscs75]

The Leafs deserve the pain and suffering while the Sabres don’t.

 

[BraveCanadian]

Being a Leafs fanfan obviously.. Buffalo is irrelevant

 

[PAZ]

Leafs you can at least make fun of because there is something to joke about. Buffalo you can't because at this point it's just sad.

Easily Buffalo.

 

[BoHorvat 53]

It's the hope that kills you.

I don't know how the Leafs aren't smash winning this vote

 

[Grifter3511]

I reached a point a long time ago in my sports fandom where I can get high with the highs, but I don't get low with the lows. So due to that, I'd much rather be a Leafs fan and get the enjoyment of the regular season, usually some talented players putting up solid numbers, and 1, maybe 2 playoff rounds. That beats the absolute nothingness that comes out of Buffalo from October to May.

A year in emotions of Leafs fans: Optimism -> Excitement -> Nervous Optimism mingled with dread -> Pain and Sadness
A year in emotions of a Sabres fan: Apathy

Give me the rollercoaster.

 

[Bileur]

Sabres I think. At least as a leafs fan you have tons of good regular season moments and can transmit fandom to your kids with lots of fun moments.

 

[PistolPete]

Being a Pittsburgh Pirates fan

Or a Cleveland Browns fan

 

[Fatass]

As painful as it may be to be a fan of either Toronto or Buffalo, they have a lot more fans than most sunbelt teams who do better.

 

[EdJovanovski]

Leafs AINEC. Most embarrassing thing in the world

 

[daver]

Leaf fan.

They have to endure an unbelievable amount of abuse and torment from other fanbases. I personally have witnessed unkindness and belittlement that serves no purpose other than to feed someone's pathetic need for attention and acceptance.......then I hit the "Post reply" button.

 

[Painful Quandary]

It has to be tough to be a Sabre's fan. The last time they made the playoffs was the spring of 2011. It was the first term of Obama's presidency, Game of Thrones was beginning its first season, Skyrim was not released yet, and in theory, there could be young posters here who were not alive during the last time they made the Sabres made the playoffs. At least the Leafs won a couple of rounds over the years.

That said, I hope the Sabres find a way to make it into the playoffs next season. Their fans deserve it.

 

[centipede2233]

It’s leafs because they give you hope and your on a high only to have a dagger enter your heart. There is no pain being a sabres fan because there is no hope. You feel nothing

 

[Sendhelp2Anaheim]

Leaf fans are hopeful this year is different

Sabre fans have given up on hope

 

[Summer Rose]

As an outsider, my perspective is that being a Leafs fan is having hope only to see it crushed. Being a Sabres fan is having no hope.

For me personally, having hope only to see it crushed is more painful than having no hope. I can deal with the latter a lot better.

 

[Joseppi]

As an Oilers/Leafs fan, I have to imagine being a Buffalo fan is worse.

A super long playoff drought sucks, especially with the media's hype about this/next year being the one where they finally break through.

That said, Buffalo has traded so many players that have gone on to have massive success elsewhere that I'm sure you couldn't help but think "what if we held onto them a little longer". It's a layered pain, and for their sake I hope they can get things sorted, because for years they've just been the rest of the NHL's farm team.

 

[biturbo19]

I think i'd say Leafs fan, just because of the expectations. They get everyone so revved up every year, only to let them down and fall short.

At least with the Sabres...i think you can just become kind of numb to the whole thing. Oh, yeah...another losing season. The stakes are just so much lower, there's probably less of a letdown, because you're already right down there in the pit to start with.