Chris Taylor was an excellent coach for the Amerks, and was a “good soldier” as a player for many years prior for the Sabres franchise.
People who have wrote off his dismissal, probably weren’t paying much actual attention to the Amerks. Despite the 1st round exits, he was developing players very well.
The idea is that Taylor was axed by Botts on that Bloody Tuesday because Tails clashed with Ralph while filling in for Donnie Meatballs, and now Ralph is gone. What a ridiculous loss over someone who was gone less than a year later. The excuse that Taylor was let go because he had high-priced AHLers on his teams is a joke, because he wasn’t in charge of signing them, and the current Amerks still have a handful of 6 figure players that were recently signed.
According to CapFriendly, the Amerks will have 15 players on the roster making $750k or more. That’s an expensive roster for an AHL team.