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It's when a team is plagued with injuries and bad goaltending the good coaches are separated from the bad ones.
Sabres fire Don Granato, hire Lindy Ruff as head coach
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It's when a team is plagued with injuries and bad goaltending the good coaches are separated from the bad ones.
I don't think many teams survive sub .900 goaltending and 1C injury.
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This has probably set a record for most ill informed/ignorant takes in a single main board thread.
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You 2 nailed it
UPL played fine. Check his stats. GAA and SV% are right there with Swayman/Ullmark/both Rangers goalies. On a much worse defensive team as well. He had a great year. The offensive output this year took a step backwards.
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People here don't see the big picture. The moment time travel is invented and they can go back to the late 90s, Lindy Ruff will be probably the best most innovative coach in the league. All your fancy coaches won't even know how to use a phone book, let alone send out the 4th line goons for the 20th time in a period somehow.
All the Sabres need with this group of players is a coach willing to bag skate them.
Yeah, there are so many players who played for him previously.
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LOFIN
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The only thing more perplexing than the hire itself, is that some Sabres fans actually seem to be on board with the hire.
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Berube, Woodcroft for an example.
I get why they don't want to hire another rookie coach after Granato, but this just seems like an uninspiring choice. Well, at least they know what they are going to get.
EdmFlyersfan
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After Lindy is fired in about 2 years, then Granato will be ready to join Sabres again as head coach...
Woodcroft is again unproven, which IMO isn't what they're looking for. Berube, okay. Although Lindy Ruff, I think, was good with both Devils and Stars, so I'm not sure what the issue with him would be.
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I remain largely reserved about the hire. He brought a lot of success to this franchise, but I remember a lot of his negative qualities as well (he certainly has his favorites, and those a group of non complaint players into submission). I expect Jordan Greenway and Zach Benson will be among TOI leaders among forwards next year.
He should help certain players with their habits (he could be critical in righting the ship for Dylan Cozens, and getting the most out of Tuch). He will banish Jeff Skinner, and I think we may see Owen Power leave the arena in a 6'6" body bag. Of the current choices (Gallant, Boudreau, Berube, and Ruff), Ruff and Berube made the most sense. I would have reservations about either one, so going with the guy who knows the GM, owner, and is passionate about Buffalo makes sense.
He should help certain players with their habits (he could be critical in righting the ship for Dylan Cozens, and getting the most out of Tuch). He will banish Jeff Skinner, and I think we may see Owen Power leave the arena in a 6'6" body bag. Of the current choices (Gallant, Boudreau, Berube, and Ruff), Ruff and Berube made the most sense. I would have reservations about either one, so going with the guy who knows the GM, owner, and is passionate about Buffalo makes sense.
What if time travel has already been invented and this is all just a loop?
I'm still ambivalent about this. He ticked some boxes, he has some warts, there is both the momentary pleasure of nostalgia at the same time the exploitation of it for the foolish owner's gain.
At the end of it though, I need to see who his assistants are and what if anything the ultra conservative GM actually does. In the meantime, he's just another recycled coach in a league that recycles coaches like they actually believe their own recycling PSA's.
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Probably the most sought after coach available, they might have asked him and he said no
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The issue is that Lindy Ruff has made the playoffs in just 3 of his last 10 seasons as an NHL head coach.
Those Buffalo, Dallas and NJ teams had plenty of talent.
DickSmehlik
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And he's only made the post-season in 7 out of 19 seasons without Dominek Hasek as his starting goalie.
I am not worried about him hanging around for another 17 year stint, I am just worried they will be hitting the reset button yet again, in 2 seasons.
Think teams would start looking outside the old guard.
The 3 longest tenured coaches in the league were "inexperienced" at the NHL level compared to most of these retreads.
(Sullivan did have a previous HC gig).
The 3 longest tenured coaches in the league were "inexperienced" at the NHL level compared to most of these retreads.
(Sullivan did have a previous HC gig).
