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Scotty Bowman 91 years young tomorrow 9/18


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7 minutes ago, FrenchConnection44 said:

Wow. He was SO great. What a coach. Not just for the Sabres. Those years with the vaunted Habs teams as well. 
 

Happy Birthday indeed. 

His downfall in Buffalo was not coaching - it was his GMing.  He was one of the greatest coaches ever, but a terrible GM.  I don't think Scotty was 'GM' anywhere else.  Coach or Senior Advisor.

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11 minutes ago, Sabres Fan in NS said:

His downfall in Buffalo was not coaching - it was his GMing.  He was one of the greatest coaches ever, but a terrible GM.  I don't think Scotty was 'GM' anywhere else.  Coach or Senior Advisor.

Yep.  His issue in Buffalo was his GMing, not his coaching.

But 1 clarification, he was GM in St. Louis briefly.

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Damn...what is up with key Buffalo sports figures living forever?

Levy 99 and still kicking...

Ralph Wilson, Bills owner lived til 95

Bowman 91...

Lou Saban. multiple AFL Championship winning coach in the 60s with the Bills lived til 87...

I guess McDermott is in a great place...want to live til you are 90?  Come to Buffalo and do something great for one of the teams. 😂

 

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4 hours ago, FrenchConnection44 said:

Wow. He was SO great. What a coach. Not just for the Sabres. Those years with the vaunted Habs teams as well. 
 

Happy Birthday indeed. 

He also brought the Red Wings their first Cup in 42 years, then repeated with them the following year, and won a 3rd Cup with the Wings a few years after that.

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20 hours ago, Doohickie said:

He also brought the Red Wings their first Cup in 42 years, then repeated with them the following year, and won a 3rd Cup with the Wings a few years after that.

He also won the cup with Pittsburgh. In fact he took every team he was with(Blues, Habs, Pens, Red Wings, Black Hawks to the Stanley Cup Finals multiple times, except one, you guessed it, our beloved Sabres. 

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