Sabres are elite
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Well he kept the Sabres in Buffalo despite many wanting the franchise to relocate after the owner's debacle, so I will be forever grateful for that at least. IMO his biggest drawbacks to his time as commish were the two lock-outs (obviously that sucks for all parties) and his failure to expand the game in Canada, where I think there are at least 2-3 markets that could support NHL teams and be very successful (Quebec, Hamilton, Halifax/Regina). For all I know he may have explored some of those options, but I doubt he did. Keeping franchises like Arizona around just doesn't make sense long-term to me, and I love the Coyotes team