Flashsabre

Forgot St. Louis is looking for a coach too. Buffalo, Ottawa, NJ, St Louis currently looking for a head coach. Probably more teams after playoffs.

Adams ass is on the line here. He even said this is the last coach he will hire if it doesn’t work out. Now is not the time for another first time coach who you hope works out. Now is the time for a seasoned coach with a track record of success. Someone who can quickly put an effective system in place and has the respect of the players from the get go and can hold them accountable. Peca is a promising assistant coach. He should have been moved up to the Sabres bench as an assistant this year. If he wants to be a head coach he will probably have to go down to the American League and run a bench for a couple years. If Vegas lose in the first round I wouldn’t put it past that organization to can Cassidy. They don’t mess around.

I think the two big realistic targets would be Chandler Stephenson up front and Dylan Demelo on the back end. Stephenson can play that 2/3 line centre role. Demelo is +46 this season can play top 4 minutes is physical and defensively sound. Would be a great leader and partner for Power. Matt Roy and Haakanpaa are other RHDs I would look at. Would help defensively and physically and would free up Joker and Clifton as trade bait. I think they need some energy and physicality on the 4th line. Guys like Carrier, Joshua, Liam O’Brien, AJ Greer can change the identity of the lineup. They need a 4th line centre that is very good at the dot. Not sure who but that needs to be addressed.

How did they find a sweater to fit Wahlberg’s neck?

Love to know who the person with NHL approval was

Right now the Sabres, Devils and Sens are looking for a head coach. That number will increase. If the Leafs lose first round there is no way Keefe can be kept on. A couple more teams will probably look for a shakeup if their are surprising first round losses.

$1.2 billion would probably be the cost of the sale.

I have no idea who this guy is or who his multiple sources are. You would think there would be way more smoke around this if it were potentially happening though. Hiring that guy recently to oversee both the Bills and Sabres on the business side flies in the face of this though.

Man they all threw Donny under the bus. Im sure whoever the coach is they will run hard, organized practices.

Has anyone seen this? Is there been any pushback on it? I know they are getting out of running the Blue Cross Arena. There was a rumor a month a go that Terry was considering selling the Sabres to the Wegman’s family. Weird times.

I am REALLY interested to see what happens when the new coach is announced. Is it someone Adams expects to just coach the lineup he gives him or does the coach help shape the lineup and we see trades and signings that reflect the coach’s vision.

The fans in Pittsburgh are done with Sullivan. In the past 6 years they have lost in the first round 3 times, lost in the qualifying round once and missed the playoffs the past two seasons. And this year their PP with the likes of Crosby, Malkin, Guentzel, Karlsson, Letang was as bad as Buffalo’s.

Adams ass is on the line. If Brindamour is not leaving then I think he turns to Lindy. He knows him, trusts him, can work with him. The other wildcard is Quenneville but that is a long shot like Brindamour.

If Östlund is healthy and can play the Amerks have a heck of in interesting team to watch for a playoff run. Levi, Johnson, Novikov, Kulich, Rosen, Neuchev, Wahlberg, Östlund and you could add Kisakov, Metsa and Kozak as prospects to keep an eye on.

I think Wahlberg is rocketing up their prospect board. One year in Rochester and I think he will have a chance to crack the lineup with his size and skill combo. He already knows how to use his size to assert himself. He has a combination of size/skill that others in the pipeline don’t possess.

https://buffalonews.com/sports/professional/nhl/sabres/buffalo-sabres-coaches-lindy-ruff-craig-berube-gerard-gallant-bruce-boudreau-rod-brindamour/article_d20b4f6c-fcd8-11ee-8014-9b0e2397515e.html

I take it as a positive. Kyrou isn’t a big fan of playing the defensive side of the game. Means Berube kept him accountable and was on him. The Sabres don’t need a coach they love right now they need one that pushes them to play better hockey consistently.

Adams being forced to make some roster changes would be a good thing. This team has a lot of young assets but no identity. They need to bring in some pieces that carve out an identity. Bernie would force him to that and that would be a good thing. I got the feeling from the PC that Adams is ready to do it.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/sportsnets-2024-nhl-draft-prospect-rankings-april-edition/

I don’t even know where to begin. He took rosters that should have been nowhere near contenders and went to ECFs and a Stanley Cup Final. He could adapt to the roster he had. He was a tremendous coach. I don’t think he is the answer now

What is Mike’s obsession with Pegula talking? How many owners from other organizations hold press conferences? The only one I can think of is Mr Ego Jerry Jones.

The Peca situation is a head scratcher. You mean you really needed Ellis on the bench that badly? Christie was a Granato guy but Ellis should have been shuffled elsewhere.

As I said if you don’t like a candidate you can knock them down. I mean Brunette went to Nashville and fell on his face to the point the GM stepped in and took away their trip and galvanized them and they went on a big run to get them into the playoffs. They sputtered down the stretch so we will see how the playoff go for Nashville. I like Brunette but he was not the sole reason for NJ’s success. This year NJ had major injuries Hamilton) and god awful goaltending. They didn’t improve when Green took over. Do I think it should be Lindy, no. Do I think it will be Lindy, probably. If it is him then they need really good assistants. Would love Jeep to join him and get a really good offensive mind as the other assistant.

There is no perfect candidate. Any name brought up can easily be torn down by someone who doesn’t care for them. Gallant: doesn’t play a structured system. Rangers players asked for a change to a more structured coach. Known as a players coach Berube: only win a Cup because Bennington stood on his head. Boudreau: not a hard ass, flames out in the playoffs Woodcroft: couldn’t get his team to buy in defensively, Knoblouch took over and did McLellan: has flamed out numerous places. Turned down an opportunity here Quenneville: not allowed to coach by the league for. obvious reasons Lindy: NJ was only good because of another coach Babcock: Yikes etc etc going just by Adams words you would think Lindy and Berube would be the coaches of interest. another name of interest to me is Guy Boucher who has done a great job on the bench with the Leafs, especially the PP. Everyone today would take Rick Tocchet in a heartbeat. But look at his coaching record before this season. Only made the playoffs once and was ousted in the first round.