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I was impressed with how well he held up physically. Normally you would expect an 18yo to hit a wall at some point during the season. He may have had a bit of a scoring slump, but effort level was very consistent.

Things have to be done in a certain way in order to give your team a chance to consistently win hockey games at the NHL level. Ruff knows those things.

The majority of candidates he spoke with probably told him right off the bat that they weren't interested... "Buffalo Sabres Head Coach" is not known as an enviable position around the league unfortunately.... it's where head coaches go to die.

1. Get Tage off the PK. It was a dumb idea, you don't put your leadng scorer on PK1. IIRC he hurt his hand on the PK. A healthy Tage completely changes the PP. 2. Schematics... more traffic at the net front and more than 1 or 2 breakout/zone entry options. 3. Better practice habits, more attention to detail, sense of urgency.

If he fix the powerplay and get them to show up in the first period, they make the playoffs.

Zemgus was in Roch the year Lindy was fired.

What players will do well under his tutelage? I think Benson, Cozens and Power will benefit greatly... and maybe a guy like Thompson.

well i haven't seen any positive changes yet soooooooo

...too soon?

Right now it's UPL by a significant margin, he was top 5 in the league in sv% and GAA since Jan 1st. Levi is still developing.

Are the players supposed to voluntarily bench or scratch themselves? "A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody" - Thomas Paine

Keep him, he's cheap young and will continue to grow. Trading him won't move the needle.

I vote NO on Ruff. My short list... Berube Todd Nelson Karl Taylor D. Sutter Vigneault McLellan