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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
Not too many teams outside of the nba go full tank like this. They were bad last year, terrible this year and have at least two more years of being awful after this. Buffalo isn't a booming metropolis and if they lose sponsors/season ticket holders, there is no promise they'll come back in four years when things are better.
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Buffalo may not be booming but it's doing just fine--its economy fared better than most through the recession in fact. And western New Yorkers love the Sabres. No one will be abandoning the rebuild. One of the NHL's most dedicated non-Canadian hockey markets.