The Buffalo Sabres are following in the footsteps of other NHL clubs in using social media in an irreverent and even trollish manner. On Tuesday in advance of the NHL regular season schedule release, the club revealed references of the 31 other clubs they will be facing as chicken wings.
A few of them were quite humorous, such as the Winnipeg Jets showing the fuselage of a jet with two flats as the plane’s wings, the Boston Bruins with a drumstick sticking out of a bowl of New England Clam Chowder, or the Florida Panthers wing with a tail of BBQ sauce with the title “Rat” attached.
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A few of the photos have a painful yet poignant reference to Sabres history, as the Dallas Stars entry was titled “No Wing” with wing sauce just inside the crease as an homage to Brett Hull’s Cup-winner in 1999 that should not have counted, but there are a few that seem to be not-so-subtle jabs.
Our schedule drops tomorrow…so here are our opponents as wings. 🧵
See all teams in the gallery → https://t.co/DWhjzTy44n#LetsGoBuffalo | @Ticketmasterpic.twitter.com/mewwI3BMFN
— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) July 15, 2025
The Vancouver Canucks “Brother, Where Art Thou” has one wing painted in Canucks blue on the left side of the plate, in reference to Canucks captain Quinn Hughes on the West Coast, and two wings representing New Jersey ‘s Luke and Jack Hughes on the right side of the plate. The archrival Toronto Maple Leafs were represented by a drumstick doused with maple syrup and it was titled “Choking Hazard”. The Leafs have not advanced past the second round since 2002, but that is ironic coming from the Sabres, who have not made the playoffs since 2011.
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