Posts About "Ted Nolan"
5 Questions The Buffalo Sabres Need To Answer
March 30th, 2014 It isn’t easy being a fan of the Buffalo Sabres these days. There is very little to be positive about, other than the fact that the team continues to lose which will get them one of the top picks in the draft, and they have numerous picks in the upcoming drafts along with a slew of prospects. Sadly, that doesn’t transform into...
Conacher Returns to Western New York
March 22nd, 2014 At the trade deadline last season, the Ottawa Senators traded goaltender Ben Bishop to the Tampa Bay Lighting for forward Cory Conacher and a 4th round draft pick. After the trade was announced, there was a sense of disappointment among some Sabres fans. Conacher was having a productive rookie campaign. With signs pointing towards an...
Buffalo Sabres Make the Right Move by Getting Older
November 20th, 2013 With the new regime in place, it was only a matter of time before interim head coach Ted Nolan and president of hockey operations Pat LaFontaine started making changes in Buffalo. The first task on the agenda is increasing the average age of the roster by reassigning some of the teams young talent. The new bench boss made his...
Buffalo Sabres: The Week Ahead
November 18th, 2013 Things are a little different for the Buffalo Sabres since the last time I wrote one of these. Darcy Regier was still the general manager and the embattled Ron Rolston was still head coach, hanging on by a thread. Since then? Both are gone and a few nostalgic faces have replaced them: Pat Lafontaine as the President of Hockey...
The History of Latvian Hockey
November 18th, 2013 With Ted Nolan, head coach of the Latvian men's hockey team, coming back to North America to also coach the Buffalo Sabres, the national team has finally been getting a bit of exposure. But other than Nolan's ringing endorsement and a couple of players' names, what do we really know about hockey in Latvia? Let's take a deep dive to learn...
Buffalo Sabres: A New Hope
November 14th, 2013 Just as the devout followers of Hockey Heaven began to lose faith, their prayers were finally answered with the firing of GM Darcy Regier and head coach Ron Rolston. The exodus of these rebuked men came with the joyful and triumphant returns of Ted Nolan as interim head coach and Pat LaFontaine as president of hockey operations, riding...
