Eliteprospects.com staff profile of Jason Christie, 1969-04-25 Gibbons, AB, CAN Canada.
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The bulk of Jason Christie's coaching experience was at the ECHL level before being hired with the Sabres.
Eliteprospects.com staff profile of Matt Ellis, 1981-08-31 Welland, ON, CAN Canada.
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Matt Ellis had less than a season as an NHL development coach when he got elevated to an assistant coach role. And his only other coaching experience was with the Jr Sabres.
Eliteprospects.com staff profile of Marty Wilford, 1977-04-17 Cobourg, ON, CAN Canada.
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Marty Wilford did have 3 seasons as an assistant in Anaheim before being hired with the Sabres.
Eliteprospects.com staff profile of Mike Bales, 1971-08-06 Prince Albert, SK, CAN Canada.
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Mike Bales had 6 seasons as an NHL goalie coach (4 in Pittsburgh and 2 in Carolina) before getting the job in Buffalo.
Granato needs more experience on his staff, IMO. At a minimum, they need to replace Ellis and Christie with someone with NHL head coaching experience and someone with experience running a top 10 PP in the NHL.
Having a rookie head coach with such an inexperienced group of assistant coaches was not a great plan, IMO.