Sabres announce Jarmo Kekalainen Hired as Senior Advisor

[Pimlach]

6 hours ago, JohnC said:

What was the source of the LaFontaine embittered departure? If I recall correctly the buyout included a non-disclosure clause. 

The source of his departure was the trade of Ryan Miller.  LaFontaine wanted to keep Miller to help them through the tank/rebuild.  Which would have been smart to keep a few guys that cared on the team.  

[That Aud Smell]

It seems odd that LaFontaine hasn't sniffed another NHL (EDIT) team job since his abrupt departure from the Sabres in March 2014.

I looked at his Wiki to get that date. There, I learned that LaFontaine's tenure with the Islanders' FO was even shorter than it was in Buffalo -- a mere 6 weeks during the summer of 2006.

Edited 22 hours ago by That Aud Smell

[Weave]

23 minutes ago, That Aud Smell said:

It seems odd that LaFontaine hasn't sniffed another NHL job since his abrupt departure from the Sabres in March 2014.

I looked at his Wiki to get that date. There, I learned that LaFontaine's tenure with the Islanders' FO was even shorter than it was in Buffalo -- a mere 6 weeks during the summer of 2006.

Didn’t he work for the league for a bit after he left the Sabres?

[shrader]

2 minutes ago, Weave said:

Didn’t he work for the league for a bit after he left the Sabres?

I was going to ask the same thing. 

[That Aud Smell]

29 minutes ago, Weave said:

Didn’t he work for the league for a bit after he left the Sabres?

26 minutes ago, shrader said:

I was going to ask the same thing. 

I suck.

Sorry. I meant that he hadn't worked for another NHL team's front office.

I believe he's still intermittently employed by the NHL -- as a league ambassador, etc.

[Pimlach]

21 hours ago, That Aud Smell said:

It seems odd that LaFontaine hasn't sniffed another NHL (EDIT) team job since his abrupt departure from the Sabres in March 2014.

I looked at his Wiki to get that date. There, I learned that LaFontaine's tenure with the Islanders' FO was even shorter than it was in Buffalo -- a mere 6 weeks during the summer of 2006.

Right or wrong his legacy is to quit at the first signs of controversy, and was he ever really qualified to be a POHO?   

I do believed he was wronged by both Terry and Murray and the rest of the Sabres clown show at the time, but nothing in his post career indicates that he was ready to be a POHO.   

[Standing Room Smoking Cigs]

So Jarmo is on Sabres Live, Yeesh Duff and Biron are throwing slow pitch softballs. Jarmo said he's 24/7 invested did they ask if he's moving to Buffalo? No, they spent time driveling about Clarkson... Not one question about his role in the Sabres going forward. Apparently questions about Kevyn and his input is taboo. Oh great we are now talking computers and AI. I get Duff's role but Marty on TSN is a different Marty on Sabres Live. What a waste of 19 minutes I'll never get back