Sabres’ Coach Granato Facing the “Curse of the Pegulas”
The role of head coach of the Buffalo Sabres has become one of the most unenviable positions in professional sports since Terry Pegula purchased the franchise in February 2011. It’s been a seemingly never-ending carousel that has both prevented the team from achieving any sustained improvement and made it the laughing stock of the NHL. If Granato can’t keep the Sabres trending upward next season, he could become yet another casualty of the “Curse of the Pegulas”. Terry Pegula (right) has developed a dubious reputation as an NHL owner since purchasing the Buffalo Sabres in 2011 (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward) Golisano never made a coaching change in his eight years as the owner, but Pegula has been the polar opposite....
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