‘“I was going to kind of help him with coaching,” Smith, 84, said last week from his home in Orchard Park, recalling that life-changing conversation with Imlach. “When he was busy, I would take the practices and all that. So that’s basically why I came. I knew that down the road I’d get into coaching somewhere, if I came and did this for a couple of years.”’
How Floyd Smith became Sabres' first captain, coached team to Stanley Cup Final
Source: Buffalo News