E.L. wrote:
Pokecheque wrote:
Oh...forgot that Buffalo may get a very good veteran coach if Poile ends up firing Laviolette. Not sure what the hell went wrong in Nashville, but it's just not coming together like it should. Very strange.
Good? Veteran? Not sure if Ralph Krueger counts as either, but he's the new Sabres coach.
Well, the Sabres aren't playing it safe, but at this point they didn't have a choice. I do like the fact that he's coming from a very unorthodox background: NHL coach from Europe who got sacked after one season, went into a managerial role with an English football club, and now returns to the NHL. He spoke eloquently about analytics and their role in the game at his presser, also snuck his way into some local Buffalo watering holes and talked to fans. I like the guy and want him to succeed very badly, mostly because I am sick and tired of seeing the same old guys recycled over and over, but it remains to be seen whether he can get the job done, especially since I haven't been all that impressed with Botterill's performance in upstate New York thus far.