Buffalo Sabres 2018-19 Team Stats--March. Plus Kim Pegula quote

Published by hockeybuzz.com, 4-1-2019


Buffalo Sabres team president Kim Pegula was in Arizona last week, along with husband Terry, at the NFL owner's meeting talking about learning on the job. The Pegula family owns both the Sabres and the Buffalo Bills and Kim took over the team presidencies of both clubs when Russ Brandon left the organization last May. She was asked about a number of things concerning the two franchises including all the changes as of late that have gone on at Pegula Sports and Entertainment, the umbrella company of the Sabres and Bills of which she's the president and CEO. Kim Pegula admitted that they took on a lot while in the midst of an upper-level management restructuring and when asked just how challenging it was to take on all that responsibility she told the gathered media, "I think it's fun.

"C'mon, we're in sports," she continued with happiness running through her big smile. "There's nothing more fun than being involved in sports. I'm actually really enjoying it."

Good for her. She and the Pegula family should be very happy. Being an NFL owner is like having one of 32 ATM cards where a constant supply of profits generated from television revenue and merchandise means every year they can go to the teller and cash in. Without financial worries, it also allows her to learn on the job, something which she also touched upon. "It takes a while to understand your organization and knowing things like how we want things to be structured," she said. "It's a matter of wanting to put my own stamp, not just myself but Terry and I, on the organization, how we want it to be structured and run.

"I've talked to a lot of other teams around the league asking, 'how are you doing things?' And so for me it was part of the learning process. Once Russ [Brandon] departed it has allowed me, it's just part of the whole progression of how we want things to be and how we want to make our own mark.