Right. Most of these guys make more from their pension than they do from their salary as a development coach. Guys that have played 10 years are looking at around $200k/yr. These jobs probably pay in $35-50k range. Former players aren't going to uproot their families for that when they can do a commercial for a local car dealership or coach a youth team in their hometown. They can afford to be selective. Goaltending development coaches are the only ones they might need to pay a premium and Kotyk is a good one. The Sabres are fortunate to be on the border or they'd really struggle to find development coaches. Jeff Skinner has already expressed interest in remaining with the Sabres as a developmental coach when his contract is done.
Pretty sure John Scott IRL actually has a BS mechanical engineering degree from Michigan Tech (one of my retired coworkers is an alumnus). No small feat.
I think they're doing it the right way by building a staff of people that know and trust each other that aren't competing with each other. Adams seems to have a good grasp of how to build a culture. It's done in little steps.
That would have happened shortly after the draft. If you mean a prospect tournament before training camp, I doubt it, but have no idea really.
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