Posts About "Dan Bylsma"
5 Options for Devils to Replace Hynes
December 5th, 2019 The John Hynes era came to an end on Tuesday afternoon, as the New Jersey Devils fired their head coach after a 9-13-4 start to the season. General manager Ray Shero named assistant coach Alain Nasreddine as head coach on an interim basis, but that doesn't mean the search for a new coach won't begin right away. Hynes'...
The Grind Line: Red Wings Power-Play Observations
November 19th, 2018 What’s The Grind Line? Apart from the once-famous line of Kris Draper, Kirk Maltby, and either Joe Kocur or Darren McCarty, The Grind Line is also The Hockey Writers’ weekly column about the Detroit Red Wings. Jacob Messing, Tony Wolak, and Rachel Anderson are the muckers who make up THW’s forechecking unit and sound off on Red...
Dan Bylsma Sparking Red Wings Offense
November 15th, 2018 Detroit Red Wings assistant coach Dan Bylsma has brought early returns as the new offensive coach, supporting the growth of young players and helping lead the team into the future. The hiring came after Bylsma was an assistant to Red Wings head coach Jeff Blashill with Team USA at the 2018 World Championships. Under the...
Red Wings Hire Bylsma as Assistant Coach
June 22nd, 2018 Before the draft chaos ensues, the Detroit Red Wings announced a calming move in the hire of Dan Bylsma as an assistant coach. This spring, the veteran NHL coach assisted Red Wings head coach Jeff Blashill in the World Championships for Team USA. https://twitter.com/DetroitRedWings/status/1010175592526962690 The move came after...
Frustrations Boiling Over After Another Sabres Loss
January 22nd, 2018 Everyone has a breaking point. When loss after loss piles up for a professional team that hasn’t had a sniff of the playoffs in years, frustrations are bound to eventually boil over. Tempers will flare. That opening paragraph was as true on Jan. 18, 2012 as it was on Jan. 20, 2018 for the Buffalo Sabres head coaches Lindy Ruff and...
Can Housley Fix the Sabres?
January 17th, 2018 When Phil Housley took to the podium for his inaugural press conference, he promised a fast-paced, high octane offensive approach, the likes of which the fans in Buffalo hadn't seen in over a decade. Fresh off of a deep playoff run with the Nashville Predators, he was the odds-on favorite to return to coach the team that drafted him in...
Girgensons' Best Fit May Be in Sabres Top-6
August 18th, 2017 The Buffalo Sabres signed their final restricted free agent Zemgus Girgensons on Thursday evening to a two-year $3.2 million contract. Now that the forward put ink to paper the task of trying to figure out the proper role for Girgensons begins. In his four NHL seasons, he's played up and down the line up for the Sabres. We've seen...
Sabres' Okposo Returns to Ice After Health Scare
July 23rd, 2017 A welcome site occurred for fans of the Buffalo Sabres as Kyle Okposo took to the ice for the first time nearly in four months. While Da Beauty League might not be the NHL, it provided the right winger with an opportunity to return to the ice in a semi-competitive atmosphere. This is a major step forward for Okposo. Okposo’s last...
Sabres Anomalies From the 2016-17 Season
July 20th, 2017 Last season for the Buffalo Sabres and their fans was weird, to say the least. Like straight out of an episode of Stranger Things, the 2016-17 season was chock-full of freak injuries, aberrant statistical inconsistencies, and an overabundance of drama that would give any primetime show a run for its money. You could even give it a name,...
Sabres' New Dynamic Duo: Botterill & Housley
June 17th, 2017 It took six years, but Sabres owner Terry Pegula appears to have made some smart, calculated hires for his hockey toy called the Buffalo Sabres. With rising stars Jason Botterill as general manager and Phil Housley as head coach, the franchise has injected youth, passion and legitimacy. Botterill, who has been an assistant general...
Tabula Rasa for the Buffalo Sabres
April 29th, 2017 Tabula Rasa, or “blank slate,” is a term most notably used by English philosopher John Locke in his most famous work, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. Locke believed that human beings are born with a blank slate and gain knowledge through experience. The Buffalo Sabres, yet again, after firing both general manager Tim Murray...
Pegula Sharpens His (S)words
April 25th, 2017 The 2016-17 Buffalo Sabres marketing slogan was “Sharpen Your Swords.” After his sixth failed attempt at taking his prized asset to the NHL playoffs, it seems as though Owner Terry Pegula has merely dropped the ‘S’ off in his post-season press conference. Addressing the media after axing Tim Murray and Dan Byslma, it...
House Cleaning Leaves Sabres With More Questions Than Answers
April 23rd, 2017 Structure, discipline and communication were the themes of Buffalo Sabres owner Terry Pegula's message when he spoke with the media about the firings of Dan Bylsma and Tim Murray. The house cleaning orchestrated by Pegula has put the organization in a race against the clock, with a lot of questions surrounding personnel decisions. Right...
