BUFFALO SABRES

BY BILL HOPPE

OWNERSHIP TERRY PEGULA THE BUFFALO BILLS, the NFL team Terry Pegula purchased in 2014, have established themselves as a perennial Super Bowl contender while winning five consecutive AFC East titles. Meanwhile, the Sabres, the team he has owned since 2011, have been a perpetually losing outfit with an NHL-record 13-year playoff drought. How can an owner enjoy so much success in one sport and so little in another? For starters, the NHL team has had much more stability. In Brandon Beane and Sean McDermott, the Bills have had the same GM and head coach for eight seasons. Pegula found the right people early and has stuck with them. Meanwhile, the GM-coach duo of Kevyn Adams and Lindy Ruff is the ninth combo the Sabres have employed in Pegula’s nearly 14 years of ownership. And…

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