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  3. Lindy Ruff, reintroductory press conference 1pm, 4/23/2024

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    2 minutes ago, thewookie1 said:

    I don't believe he is lying about interviewing 10+ people; perhaps he didn't interview 10 guys in depth but if 4 of them had the wrong persona and he didn't pursue further.

    I will rephrase then. I do not believe that Kevyn Adams went into this process with an unbiased look at the potential candidates and that he gave equal consideration to 10 or more coaching candidates. I think he went into this thinking about Ruff and he hired Ruff. He probably talked to a few others just in case Ruff said no but judging by all that has been said over the last week, Ruff was the first choice from the outset. I don't like Adams pretending that he seriously did this and seriously considered others. He didn't, and the double digit line came off to me as a deliberate attempt at ass covering for him and terry. I think there is ample evidence that the team is tuned into what fans are saying. Adams wanted Ruff and he got Ruff. That's fine but I don't believe him when he acts as though he interviewed all these people and Ruff was simply the best choice. It is very clear that Ruff was the first choice, hence why Adams keeps saying "came back to what Lindy said" because Lindy was the first one they wanted and talked too. 

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  12. Lindy Ruff, reintroductory press conference 1pm, 4/23/2024

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    Terry said some stuff but nothing important. Just listing Lindy's history and that he's competitive. 

    Adams is talking: he talked to the team, experience was important, he talked to a bunch of coaches. Claims he felt stronger hour by hour that lindy was the right choice. Claims Lindy is the right person for this job and that his connection to the Sabres is just a bonus.

    Up next is Ruff

  18. Fill out the Staff

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    8 minutes ago, MISabresFan said:

    defense coach would assume some responsibility for PK

    You know that I am just saying Weber because everyone around here yells "PECA!!!!" 382 times a day because they know who he is and that's the only requirement? 

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  19. Farewell, Olofsson

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    2 hours ago, Believer said:

    He is on the record he is going the UFA route… He doesn’t expect to be resigned by the Sabres.

    Agree we need a couple three more vets… preferably with SC experience… and most on the roster need more grit and compete… Adams offseason challenge… Think Ruff will separate the boys from the men in short order.

    He literally shouldn't. Dear God if Adams goes out and tries even just tries to re-sign Olofsson WTF are we even doing as a franchise? 

  22. Fill out the Staff

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    4 minutes ago, RochesterExpat said:

    This is why Peca is on the wishlist for so many. He’s the obvious crossover between the two lists even if he’s “light” on experience.

    I guess in my mind, I’d like to see the coaching staff consist of something like:

    HC - Ruff, obviously 

    Associate Coach - Peca (probably necessary title to pull him from the Rangers assuming they grant permission to speak with him).

    Assistant Coach 1 - NHL assistant level experienced candidate (or AHL HC). Or Peca if you can bring in a probably-ready-to-be-a-HC Jay Leach type candidate as the associate. Maybe Cory Stillman doesn’t want to move to Utah? Although he’s another candidate that would probably want the associate title. Does Joe Sacco want to leave Boston and come back to Buffalo? Doubt it, but that’s the kind of candidate I want to see.

    Assistant Coach 2 - Vinny Prospal/Jay McKee. I like Vinny as an assistant coach in Rochester and I think this is the coaching position you open the door to experimenting with the “rookie” candidates. Vinny has enough player experience and he’s not a young kid so I think he would be fine. McKee is also “inexperienced” at the NHL coaching level, but he has the coaching bona fides from lower levels and also the NHL/Sabres experience.

    Goaltending - Mike Bales. It ain’t broke. Don’t fix it.

     

    Mike Weber. 

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  23. Lindy Ruff officially hired as Sabres HC

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    1 minute ago, triumph_communes said:

    If I remember right, Ruff games were lots of early leads that would become hold the fort scenarios that relied upon good defense and goaltending. Always wished they tried to run things up, but it’s a long season.

     

    Almost polar opposite to what we have now. Let’s hope the middle ground is the landing spot…

    Alamo mode is back!

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  25. Lindy Ruff officially hired as Sabres HC

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    Yikes

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    But the job is to minimize that risk, and they just hired a coach whose teams have averaged 92.7 points per 82 in the salary-cap era.

    https://eprinkside.com/2024/04/22/arrival-of-lindy-ruff-only-raises-more-questions-than-answers-for-buffalo-sabres

     

    This is so on point it hurts. 

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    If I were a Sabres fan, I would also be terrified by the lack of imagination here; in much the same way that there was a perception Adams was hired to run the team because he was just kinda around the office that day, it's hard to shake the feeling that this is at least a little bit sleight of hand: "Remember when we were making the playoffs regularly? This guy was the coach! Don't look up how many times his teams made the playoffs since then! Or how many times we made the playoffs in that same time!"

     

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