DetDannyWilliams
07-02-2013, 04:01 PM
Tuesday, head coach Ron Rolston announced Joe Sacco will join the team as an
assistant coach. Sacco will start his coaching duties right away, alongside his
fellow assistant coach Teppo Numminen.
Sacco is no stranger to the NHL. He spent the past four seasons as head coach
of the Colorado Avalanche. During his time in Colorado, the Avalanche advanced
to the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2010. That was Sacco's first year as an NHL head
coach and the Avalanche went 40-30-9. That season landed him among the list of
finalists for the Jack Adams Award as the league's best coach.
This past spring, Sacco guided Team USA as head coach at the 2013 IIHF World
Championship in Stockholm, Sweden. The team won the bronze medal after advancing
to the semifinal round of the tournament.
http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/218690/37/Sabres-Hire-Sacco-as-Assistant-Coach-
Buffalo Sabres (http://sabres.nhl.com/) general manager Darcy Regier (http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8450804) confirmed Tuesday that the organization has begun contract talks with impending restricted free agent center Cody Hodgson (http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8474570).
"We're just waiting to hear back from his agent [Ritch Winter]," Regier said during a press conference at First Niagara Center in Buffalo. The team also will be contacting former captain Danny Briere (http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8464975), according to Regier. Regier also said Mikhail Grigorenko (http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8476888), the team's first pick in the 2012 NHL Draft (No. 12) will be on the Sabres' roster for all of the 2013-14 season. Grigorenko had one goal and five points in 25 games with the Sabres in 2012-13 before being returned to his junior team, the Quebec Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Because Grigorenko is 19, he is eligible to play only with the Sabres or Quebec.
"During free agency, our focus is on supporting this younger core group that we already have," Regier said. "We want good players, but players committed to being pros and examples and contributors. Those are the most important characteristics and the direction we need to go."
Regier also said free agency wasn't the only place he was looking to upgrade his roster, and said he was investigating what the trade market held for a number of his players, among them leading scorer Thomas Vanek and goaltender Ryan Miller.
"I'm actively finding out what the marketplace is like, not limited to those two players," Regier said. "There will be a number of teams we'll speak to regarding not just the goaltending position but other positions as well."
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assistant coach. Sacco will start his coaching duties right away, alongside his
fellow assistant coach Teppo Numminen.
Sacco is no stranger to the NHL. He spent the past four seasons as head coach
of the Colorado Avalanche. During his time in Colorado, the Avalanche advanced
to the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2010. That was Sacco's first year as an NHL head
coach and the Avalanche went 40-30-9. That season landed him among the list of
finalists for the Jack Adams Award as the league's best coach.
This past spring, Sacco guided Team USA as head coach at the 2013 IIHF World
Championship in Stockholm, Sweden. The team won the bronze medal after advancing
to the semifinal round of the tournament.
http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/218690/37/Sabres-Hire-Sacco-as-Assistant-Coach-
Buffalo Sabres (http://sabres.nhl.com/) general manager Darcy Regier (http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8450804) confirmed Tuesday that the organization has begun contract talks with impending restricted free agent center Cody Hodgson (http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8474570).
"We're just waiting to hear back from his agent [Ritch Winter]," Regier said during a press conference at First Niagara Center in Buffalo. The team also will be contacting former captain Danny Briere (http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8464975), according to Regier. Regier also said Mikhail Grigorenko (http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8476888), the team's first pick in the 2012 NHL Draft (No. 12) will be on the Sabres' roster for all of the 2013-14 season. Grigorenko had one goal and five points in 25 games with the Sabres in 2012-13 before being returned to his junior team, the Quebec Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Because Grigorenko is 19, he is eligible to play only with the Sabres or Quebec.
"During free agency, our focus is on supporting this younger core group that we already have," Regier said. "We want good players, but players committed to being pros and examples and contributors. Those are the most important characteristics and the direction we need to go."
Regier also said free agency wasn't the only place he was looking to upgrade his roster, and said he was investigating what the trade market held for a number of his players, among them leading scorer Thomas Vanek and goaltender Ryan Miller.
"I'm actively finding out what the marketplace is like, not limited to those two players," Regier said. "There will be a number of teams we'll speak to regarding not just the goaltending position but other positions as well."
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