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Center Joe Thornton of the Sharks edged out right wing Jaromir Jagr of the Rangers for the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL scoring champion. As expected, both are finalists for the Hart Trophy.
He should get heavy consideration, but I doubt he'll win it.
Don't worry too much about no one posting in these types of threads, man....I had my preseason predictions up long ago, and I was the only one posting in it.
I honestly think someone like Ron Wilson is ahead of Coach Ruff. Look at the adversity the Sharks dealt with up until Joe Thornton arrived. Ruff did a great job, but the Sabres never really struggled all season, until the very last month or so.
That being said, who knows what the criteria is for the Jack Adams.
I honestly think someone like Ron Wilson is ahead of Coach Ruff. Look at the adversity the Sharks dealt with up until Joe Thornton arrived. Ruff did a great job, but the Sabres never really struggled all season, until the very last month or so.
That being said, who knows what the criteria is for the Jack Adams.
True,but Ruff put a team together of in the NHLs eyes - nobody and we were not expected to do so well or make the playoffs.
NO QUESTION!!! Not only has he coached this team to amazing success, but he made something out of nothing (no offense, I am a Sabres fan too, but let's be honest, everyone counted this team out early in the season!). Before tonight's game, I thought he should win it, after tonight's game, I think he should win it NOW!!
Well, after now going back and reading who the candidates are......
Peter Laviolette, Carolina Hurricanes; Tom Renney, New York Rangers; Lindy Ruff, Buffalo Sabres
It's going to be a close call. All 3 of these coaches took teams that most didn't give a chance in Hell to the playoffs. And, since the award is supposedly only based on the regular season, you still have to consider Renney a threat. If it were considering the playoffs, too (Which I honestly feel they do sometimes), then it's just between Laviolette & Coach Ruff. We shall see how it how plays out in June.
Well, after now going back and reading who the candidates are......
Peter Laviolette, Carolina Hurricanes; Tom Renney, New York Rangers; Lindy Ruff, Buffalo Sabres
It's going to be a close call. All 3 of these coaches took teams that most didn't give a chance in Hell to the playoffs. And, since the award is supposedly only based on the regular season, you still have to consider Renney a threat. If it were considering the playoffs, too (Which I honestly feel they do sometimes), then it's just between Laviolette & Coach Ruff. We shall see how it how plays out in June.
I believe that Ruff had to work through a LOT more this season. Miller hurt early, Briere and Dumont out for extended times with sports hernia, Hecht missing time. Renney would only be a threat because of being from NY. His team has a superstar on it in Jagr, but it failed down the stretch and lost its division when it had a little adversity. Laviolette would have a better chance IMO than Renney, but his team didn't seem to go through any adversity and also did poorly down the stretch when it could have won home ice throughout.
I believe that Ruff had to work through a LOT more this season. Miller hurt early, Briere and Dumont out for extended times with sports hernia, Hecht missing time. Renney would only be a threat because of being from NY. His team has a superstar on it in Jagr, but it failed down the stretch and lost its division when it had a little adversity. Laviolette would have a better chance IMO than Renney, but his team didn't seem to go through any adversity and also did poorly down the stretch when it could have won home ice throughout.
Exactly. Sabres have no stars. Just a solid T-E-A-M.
“You hold a players only meeting and get each guy to stand up and say what he can bring to the table... and if he doesn't, you punch him in the face.” ~~ Harry Neale, on how to fix the Sabres season.
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