Looking at the Isles and having flashbacks to people saying sacking Phil after one disastrous season to hire Trotz might look bad.
Around the NHL: 2019-20 Season Pt. 1
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Trotz was never a possibility. Working for the Pegula's is a career stopper. There's a reason the Sabres/Bills can only attract first time GM's/Coaches or those trying to resurrect careers.
Eh, I see inept hiring practices and a lack of good people in executive positions. Maybe that's the problem with them - who they hire to run this stuff.
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This is the only thing that has brought me even a little bit of joy this season then I watch a period of the Sabres and get sad again </3.
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For all the dangerous hits that go unpunished in this league....3 games for spitting? I guess you can run someone from behind into the boards, just don't spit on them as you skate away.
How many games do you get for spearing? This league sometimes.
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I suppose that depends on if you’re Sidney Crosby and if you’ve just speared someone in the gonads.
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Listen, Mike, we were mean after you spurned us last time.
Come to Buffalo and piss on the leafs 6 times a year now.
Listen, Mike, we were mean after you spurned us last time.
Come to Buffalo and piss on the leafs 6 times a year now.
No thanks.
This is straight out of a script. Quite a few of us predicted this would happen even before Toronto lost to Boston. Watch this be 2009 Pittsburgh all over again.
After Nolan, Bylsma, Housely, and now the Kruger, I'd take back everything mean i've ever said about Babcock if he'd coach here.
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I mean Krueger really didn’t want to come back to coach, he wanted upper management.... I mean Botts fired , Krueger moved up top and Babs hired as head coach. Aren’t Krueger and Babs great buddies..... big time what Hahaha but what if
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Babcock, like most coaches, are best utilized when they have a veteran squad. For a group of players that have trouble buying in consistently, the same issues in Toronto but with a more talented group of players, you're begging for problems. Not to mention, Auston and Jack are pretty good friends, I'm sure Auston wouldn't have uplifting opinions on him.
I think the end of Babcock was when you didn't have the type of guys that buy into his coaching. Guys like Kadri and Leo, two guys who are hard nosed and gritty, being gone left a crater size hole in the roster construction that didn't allow Babcock to utilize the guys well enough. The leadership of the room also went from being Babcock to being Tavares.
He is off to Detroit next season I bet....
Meanwhile...for the Sabres, we need to bring in Mike Gillis as President of Hockey Operations. He can then build out a group that can offset Botts deficiencies....or can him.
Meanwhile...for the Sabres, we need to bring in Mike Gillis as President of Hockey Operations. He can then build out a group that can offset Botts deficiencies....or can him.
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After reading the post above that would probably be the absolute worst fit for Babcock (team filled with kids).
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Hiring Babcock would be like trading for Jimmy Vesey
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