Lindy Ruff officially hired as Sabres HC

[Cascade Youth]

20 hours ago, Brawndo said:

I do have reason to believe the NHL has placed pressure on the franchise to end the drought aka not being a bottom five team in spending. 

Truly amazing that it has come to that.

[SwampD]

On 5/1/2024 at 10:46 PM, Doohickie said:

At this point,

WHO F***ING CARES?

Could care less about his pressers. 

So, you could care less. I’m at rock bottom. I could not care any less about anything anyone says in a press conference than I do right now.

[bunomatic]

1 hour ago, SwampD said:

So, you could care less. I’m at rock bottom. I could not care any less about anything anyone says in a press conference than I do right now.

We have heard it all by now and nothing has improved. Well except our prospect pool but thats a result of how terrible the parent club has been so…its a wash. 

[PromoTheRobot]

I hope Lindy has been at these Amerks playoff games. 

[Porous Five Hole]

58 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

I hope Lindy has been at these Amerks playoff games. 

I didn’t see him myself, but he was confirmed to be at game 3 by other Rochester fans I know. Have to imagine he was in the building tonight.  

[GoPuckYourself]

Is there an official date where lindy Ruff has to pick his staff? It still lists Bales/Ellis and the rest as the assistants and i'm really hoping that changes.

[MattPie]

On 5/4/2024 at 11:43 AM, ska-T Chitown said:

Didn't all the teams make the playoffs for like ... the first 50 years? Not that it makes our sitch any better.

Pre-WW2 all the teams were in a kinda weird playoff, 1-2 would play and 3-6 had a mini-tournament to play the winner of 1-2. After that, the number is more like 2/3, I think. During the original 6, it was 4 four teams, then 8 of 12, 12 of 18, 16 of 21. Since 1993, it's been 16 teams, with the league slowly growing to now, where that's 50%.

Edited May 7 by MattPie

[LGR4GM]

1 hour ago, GoPuckYourself said:

Is there an official date where lindy Ruff has to pick his staff? It still lists Bales/Ellis and the rest as the assistants and i'm really hoping that changes.

All the assistants who were being fired have been fired. Ellis might be reassigned but I would guess Lindy adds 1 person to that staff sometime this summer. Bales has UPL's improvement to hang his hat on right now so he's safe. Wilford being around is a little surprising but they must believe in the defense. 

[Doohicksie]

10 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

I would guess Lindy adds 1 person to that staff

It better be a special teams coach.

Edited May 7 by Doohickie

[French Collection]

1 hour ago, Doohickie said:

It better be a special teams coach.

This 100%.

Ellis can sit in the press box and kiss KA’s butt.

[spndnchz]

22 minutes ago, French Collection said:

This 100%.

Ellis can sit in the press box and kiss KA’s butt.

His contract is up, from what I heard

[Weave]

44 minutes ago, spndnchz said:

His contract is up, from what I heard

That would explain a lack of announcement.  No need to take any action.

[dudacek]

3 minutes ago, Weave said:

That would explain a lack of announcement.  No need to take any action.

He was at the Lindy presser.

Lindy also said in one of his subsequent interviews that he has been meeting with the holdover coaches about the team and their roles and will be fleshing out his staff later.

I fully expect a new hire or hires and I also expect Ellis to be back, it’s just a matter of where.

[SwampD]

11 minutes ago, Weave said:

That would explain a lack of announcement.  No need to take any action.

"Hold on professor. We fixed the glitch."

[Weave]

2 minutes ago, SwampD said:

"Hold on professor. We fixed the glitch."

[SwampD]

18 minutes ago, Weave said:

Milton Waddams, the Matt Ellis of Office Space characters.

 

Edited May 7 by SwampD

[Pimlach]

On 5/5/2024 at 12:31 AM, Porous Five Hole said:

I didn’t see him myself, but he was confirmed to be at game 3 by other Rochester fans I know. Have to imagine he was in the building tonight.  

Maybe at the bar with Playfair and Dudley.  

[ska-T Palmtown]

16 hours ago, seer775 said:

The Sabres have the league record for longest losing streak, the longest playoff drought, and they are getting close to the longest playoff series win drought (they're at 18, Panthers were 24). The Sabres are only three years behind of the Leafs for longest cup drought.

The Sabres are, without a doubt, the Worst franchise in NHL history.

... and they aren't getting better.

They are tied with Vancouver at "three years behind" the Loaves. Great thing about that stat, it will likely remain at three years until the Sabres win a cup, lol

[French Collection]

13 minutes ago, ska-T Chitown said:

They are tied with Vancouver at "three years behind" the Loaves. Great thing about that stat, it will likely remain at three years until the Sabres win a cup, lol

Expansion partner Vancouver had a great season by changing coaches. Maybe the Sabres follow suit. A few personnel tweaks wouldn’t hurt either.

[Doohicksie]

17 hours ago, spndnchz said:

His contract is up, from what I heard

I've heard his contract was up, but I also heard references to him still being on staff since Donny got fired.  I'm not sure which is correct.

Edited May 8 by Doohickie

[Doohicksie]

16 hours ago, seer775 said:

... and they aren't getting better.

This is a premature statement.  It may prove accurate but the offseason hasn't really begun yet.  See what happens over the summer.

15 hours ago, Pimlach said:

Maybe at the bar with Donny and Ralph.  

fify

[PromoTheRobot]

 

[Flashsabre]

9 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

And he has earned it with his work so far in his second tenure😜

Edited May 10 by Flashsabre

[PromoTheRobot]

1 hour ago, Flashsabre said:

And he has earned it with his work so far in his second tenure😜

Attending Amerks games.

[bob_sauve28]