“Can the Buffalo Sabres Break the Cycle of Heartbreak? A Fan’s Tale of Endurance and Hope”
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Hints are everywhere that consumer satisfaction has waned. In The Athletic’s recent ownership rankings, Sabres fans submitted the most responses and rated owner Terry Pegula 32nd in the league by a wide margin. Of the more than 1,300 fans who responded to our Sabres fan survey last month, 67 percent rated their confidence in Pegula a zero or a one on a scale from zero to five. The same was true for GM Kevyn Adams.
A main point of frustration for fans is that the Sabres haven’t spent to the salary cap ceiling since the pandemic, and the cap is about to skyrocket in the next few years. The Sabres are the only team that has left at least $6 million in cap space unspent in each of the last five seasons. Pegula hasn’t spoken publicly about the team since 2020, when he deemed the organization’s mission was to be “effective, efficient and economic.” That day, Pegula hired Adams as general manager. He also fired more than 20 people in the hockey operations department.
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