‘In 2019, old friend Lindy Ruff wanted the Sabres job back six years after he was fired. But Botterill wasn’t interested. Instead, he was at the world championships in Slovakia getting sold a bill of goods by quick-talking Ralph Krueger. We’ll never know how Sabres history would have been different if Botterill and the Pegulas hadn’t succumbed to the charade of the worst coach in franchise history and had just hired Ruff six years ago.’