Lindy on GR @8am, Darcy at 5PM

[spndnchz]

 

I'm counting on it. :wub:

 

Knowing you, you would have a fire truck in your back pocket.

 

Of course, in hindsight, it would've been best to keep Brier, Drury is retired with a couple bum knees.

[TrueBlueGED]

Sorry, his amazing postseason record with Philly makes me put him in the other category. You know? Or was he even better in the Playoffs for us?? I cant remember.

 

Pretty much about the same. Around 1 PPG for both teams.

[RazielSabre]

No, not really. The Sabres decided not to try to re-sign Dumont after the 2006 season. His next three seasons (in Nashville), he had 66, 72, and 65 points. Afinogenov (one of the guys we picked instead of Dumont), had 61, 28, and 20 points in that same span. Kotalik, one of the other guys we signed instead of Dumont, had 38, 43, and 43 points in those three years (the last 11 of which were for Edmonton because we gave up on him in 2009).

 

So out of three wingers to re-sign, Regier let the best one go. He also built a team that couldn't win in the playoffs even if it was loaded with talent. Would you have rather had Afinogenov and Kotalik in the 2007 ECF or J.P. Dumont. FWIW, Afinogenov had 8 points in 18 games in the 2006 playoffs and 9 points in 15 games in the 2007 playoffs. Dumont had 6 points in 5 games in 2007 and 14 points in 18 games in 2006. Dumont > Afinogenov in the playoffs, and it's really not close.

 

 

 

 

No, Briere was the guy who really wanted to stay. The Sabres decided they could only keep one captain (why???), picked Drury, got him to agree to an extension early in the 2006-2007 season, and then brilliantly decided to never send it over for him to sign. Eventually Drury got sick of waiting after agreeing to a deal and decided to wait until after the season to see how free agency would look (i.e. he wanted to see if he could get more money from a team that had its S together). Smart move.

 

If the Sabres were smart, they would have re-signed one of their captains (or both) in Summer 2006. That's why you extend contracts for your best players -- a year (at least) before they get to free agency.

 

And this wasn't entirely Golisano's fault. The Sabres were spending a lot of money to keep their team together in Summer 2006. With the salary cap, they literally couldn't afford to re-sign everyone from the 2005-2006 team. BUT they could have gotten the extensions done for their captains and then traded some RFA's or let an RFA walk to save money. They spent their money poorly, and that's on Regier and Ruff.

 

True I'd have Dumont over Afino or Kotalik but other than Briere and Drury I prefer our current team almost top to bottom, of the top of my head. I'm still not sure about Briere wanting to stay, he said a lot but nothing that didn't seem like hot air, I seem to remember think we only had a chance of signing Drury, not Briere. He became a star here the left, good for him.

[deluca67]

Forgive me for getting to this page a day late ... the last Stanley Cup winning coach - Julien - just called out by name, Krecji, Lucic, Marchand and Bergeron after the loss for the 'top lines' not doing their part. And even tho the B's won game 3, NONE of those 4 called out were the stars of the game.

The most important part of this post is "the last Stanley Cup winning coach - Julien."

[RazielSabre]

The most important part of this post is "the last Stanley Cup winning coach - Julien."

They won the Stanley Cup as a team, that part is irrelevant in this context, infact it proves the point that coaches are hard on their players and it doesn't necessarily lead to basement dwelling.

[Taro T]

The most important part of this post is "the last Stanley Cup winning coach - Julien."

You sure it isn't "the only NHL coach to blow a 3-0 lead in the last 35 years?" ;)

[Miller Time]

I feel like I'm beating a dead horse with this but here it is anyways. The Sabres will NEVER win a Stanely cup with Ruff. He ruins good players and does not know how to grow talent. I've been a die hard Sabres fan since the early 70's and as much as I love our new owner - call me when Ruff is gone.

[Fire Lindy Ruff NOW]

I feel like I'm beating a dead horse with this but here it is anyways. The Sabres will NEVER win a Stanely cup with Ruff. He ruins good players and does not know how to grow talent. I've been a die hard Sabres fan since the early 70's and as much as I love our new owner - call me when Ruff is gone.

BINGO! CHECKMATE! YAHTZEE!

 

 

i just got boardwalk.

[dEnnis the Menace]

I feel like I'm beating a dead horse with this but here it is anyways. The Sabres will NEVER win a Stanely cup with Ruff. He ruins good players and does not know how to grow talent. I've been a die hard Sabres fan since the early 70's and as much as I love our new owner - call me when Ruff is gone.

 

It is a deadhorse, and the argument is old. Please provide proof of him ruining good players, because we have been thru this argument so many times. The conclusion is always the same, there are those who like him, those who don't, and there's a small group that believes he deserves one more year under the new owner before they make a decision. Also, the same conclusion is always drawn that there are a select few players (i.e. Dumont and Briere) who went on to continue at about the same point pace that they had with the Sabres after leaving here, but many players never achieved the same heights that they reached in Buffalo under Ruff.

 

Say what you want, but until you provide more than just your opinion, I'm going to keep my opinion that he is a decent coach that has done more with a mediocre roster than most other coaches with a decent roster.

 

In regards to the topic of this thread: I think they could go in a variety of directions in the first round. I wouldn't mind seeing them use a few of their top 4 picks in a trade for a proven player, but i also wouldn't mind them drafting a center or two.