How would you have handled the Sabres?
Here are the facts: it's the trade deadline of the lockout shortened 12-13 season. Regier gets fired and you get hired. I don't need to know every single thing you would have done, but please tell us how you would have handled the following situations and why you think it would have made the Sabres competitive.
Keep in mind:
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OpIv37
-Miller's contract expires after 13-14 and he has said he isn't coming back.
When did he say he was not coming back?? Sabres even offer to try and bring him back??
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OpIv37
-Leino's been a disaster-buy him out or not?
Buy him out, He was disgustingly bad. Would have been perfect for the tank tho he never scored for the Sabres anyway no loss there.
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OpIv37
-How would you handle Roy, Pominville Stafford and Vanek? Vanek's done after 13-14 and it's unclear if he wants to come back. Stafford's done after 14-15.
You got garbage roster players for Poms, Nothing that could help you get wins, You got picks that may or may not play in the NHL.
Stafford and Myers were both traded for a guy who can't help you for a year, That's what Murray wanted, Stay away from anyone who can help you now.
The Vanek trade was bad for Buffalo and New York, Again the Sabres got nothing that could help them win.
I would have tried to get players that could help my team today..
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OpIv37
-Ruff is fired- who's your coach?
What were my options? Sabres went with a coach who is proven to not know much about the x's and o's of hockey, I would tried to get a coach that does.
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OpIv37
-Ehrhof has a big cap hit and is dissatisfied.
This was a panic signing, Much like the Tyler Myers contract...I would never have signed either of them, Myers was fine on his ELC.
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OpIv37
-Finally, the Sabres have been trying to win since Bloody Sunday using a core of Miller, Stafford, Vanek, Roy, Pominville and all it's gotten them is 2 8 seeds with first round losses (and three years without playoffs).
We would know more about the direction the Sabres planned to go in if Pat Lafontane did not have a gag order on him.
The Rangers missed the playoff for like 9 years in a row in the 2000's, They never had to gut their roster to improve it, Or pick in the top 5 in the draft.
This is an honest question. The Sabres chose to break it down and horde cap space and draft picks, and both have you have been very critical. I follow this team closely and I can't think of anything they could have done since the lockout that would have made them competitive this year, and I think a lot of the board agrees. So I just want to know what you two think we missed.