What is the Strength of this Organization?

[SpaceAlbatross]

Getting the #1 overall pick when there isn’t shite worth a damn. Watch we will hit it again this year. 

[PerreaultForever]

The strength of the organization? The fans. It's a miracle there is still a fanbase at all and as we've seen in snippets they will rally around the team quickly if there are even any signs of life. This franchise is dying, but without this fanbase it would already be dead. 

[HumanSlinky39]

Comedy?

[Indabuff]

Rayzor taking frozen biscuits to the noggin.  

[GoPuckYourself]

This is a really hard one for me.

People are saying fans yet the building most nights are either empty or half and half crown ( and against canadian teams were outnumbered) so i can't say fans.

People say our captain but it took him awhile to get going and although he's a bright spot of our lineup he has been here throughout the entire drought and is now the capatain and nothing has changed so I can't really call him a strength.

Not coaches or management.

I guess i'll have to get behind the Logo and uniforms as the only viable answer which is really sad to just watch games because the logo looks nice on a uniform. 

[JohninMinn.]

Memories of the French Connection years.

[OverPowerYou]

The alumni 

[SHAAAUGHT!!!]

Cringe inducing off ice player videos by the PR department

[Big Guava]

The ability to lose no matter who the coach is or how many times they rebuild with new players.

Almost impossible to be this bad for this long but they have figured out a way to do it 

[Weave]

Mattius Samuelsson

 

/s

[sabresouth]

Ending other teams losing streaks 

[Carmel Corn]

The strength???  Buffalo has become a fantastic venue for fans of other teams to come watch their teams play….easy ticket availability, less traffic when leaving the arena, and a great fan experience of having so many of your fellow fans join you.  Just look and listen to the opposing team fans when Toronto, Montreal or other teams come here.  Plus….there’s a really good chance you’ll see your team win!!!  It’s like a home game on the road.

Another strength…..an amazing ability for teams to fall behind, change their goalie and then still win the game.  It’s a great confidence booster!

Edited 21 hours ago by Carmel Corn

[Demoted]

The strength of the hockey team is that there is a new football stadium going up for the Bills.

 

That is the strength of the Sabres, they get to watch a good team play.

[inkman]

FYI the fans are not a part of the franchise.  We’re just willing donors to Terry’s least favorite charity. 

Edited 20 hours ago by inkman

[apuszczalowski]

2 hours ago, Big Guava said:

The ability to lose no matter who the coach is or how many times they rebuild with new players.

Almost impossible to be this bad for this long but they have figured out a way to do it 

To be fair, its not like their coaching hires have gone on to light up the league or do any better anywhere else in the league.......

So maybe the strength is their ability to find the worst coaching and front office personel? And their weakness is then hiring those guys.....

[Pimlach]

Ask the national media in the USA and Canada and the answers will be fan base.  

The older era players remember the fans and understand they deserve better.  Especially the ones that remember the Aud, which was a hard road game for any team since day 1.  

We had one great owner that cared about the team, picked out the beautiful Uni’s, hired the best front office that he could, hired the best PR and announcers that he could, fixed up the venue the best he could, and created a hockey experience and tradition that captivated fans in WNY and Southern Ontario.  One great owner is responsible for this team to still be clinging to its existence.  
 

Terry knows this, but he fails to follow that blueprint.  

[Scottysabres]

Well, there main strength is consistency, as in consistently not making the playoffs. They’ve mastered that I’d surmise.

[inkman]

11 minutes ago, Scottysabres said:

Well, there main strength is consistency, as in consistently not making the playoffs. They’ve mastered that I’d surmise.

 

18 hours ago, inkman said:

Consistency 

 

27 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

Ask the national media in the USA and Canada and the answers will be fan base.  

The older era players remember the fans and understand they deserve better.  Especially the ones that remember the Aud, which was a hard road game for any team since day 1.  

We had one great owner that cared about the team, picked out the beautiful Uni’s, hired the best front office that he could, hired the best PR and announcers that he could, fixed up the venue the best he could, and created a hockey experience and tradition that captivated fans in WNY and Southern Ontario.  One great owner is responsible for this team to still be clinging to its existence.  
 

Terry knows this, but he fails to follow that blueprint.  

We aren’t a part of the organization 

[Thorner]

If we get good, it’ll have to be our D. We have two first overall picks and a 3. You can’t invest that sort of capital in a unit and it not be your strength. Our highest drafted forward is Jack Quinn and I believe he’s our only top 10

Realized today Power is making 9 mil which is quite wild, but if the unit doesn’t figure it out we are screwed anyways, like I said 

Edited 18 hours ago by Thorner

[quill]

that somehow they manage to stay in Buffalo so we at least have an NHL team here still.

[DarthEbriate]

13 minutes ago, Thorner said:

If we get good, it’ll have to be our D. We have two first overall picks and a 3. You can’t invest that sort of capital in a unit and it not be your strength. Our highest drafted forward is Jack Quinn and I believe he’s our only top 10

Realized today Power is making 9 mil which is quite wild, but if the unit doesn’t figure it out we are screwed anyways, like I said 

Which seems preposterous seeing how often the Sabres have had a top-10 pick in the last 14 seasons. (10 top-10 picks)

[Second Line Center]

22 minutes ago, Thorner said:

If we get good, it’ll have to be our D. We have two first overall picks and a 3. You can’t invest that sort of capital in a unit and it not be your strength. Our highest drafted forward is Jack Quinn and I believe he’s our only top 10

Realized today Power is making 9 mil which is quite wild, but if the unit doesn’t figure it out we are screwed anyways, like I said 

 

I’ve been saying this since the start of last season.  
 

We will get where we need to be when Power reaches his potential.  
 

You just can’t be as bad as we were, end up with the first overall pick and it bust.  

[Thorner]

 

[Thorner]

Rightly squarely in their primes… 😔

[Pimlach]

2 hours ago, inkman said:

 

 

We aren’t a part of the organization 

Maybe not in this organization.  But successful organizations realize they have to take care of all stakeholders, especially fans that pay the salaries.