Lindy Ruff

• 6/18 Sabre Noise: Is Daniel Paille Making the Ville Leino Contract Look More Appealing: It is speculation season around these parts, with Buffalo Sabres fans looking at what the team is going to do for the rebuild,...
• 6/2 bluelinestation.com: The Road Ahead: New York Rangers Offseason Plans:   Madison Square Garden has gone dark, the players have returned home to their apartments and families, it’s now official,...
• 6/1 Too Many Men on the Site: New York Rangers Coaching Race Heats Up: According to Larry Brooks of the New York Post a new name has come up in the race for the New York Rangers coaching position....
• 6/1 Fire That Cannon: The Morning Skate: 6/01/13: The Conference Finals begin today! I feel as if I haven’t seen a hockey game in forever, I can’t imagine being a player...

• 5/31 Too Many Men on the Site: Mark Messier The Next Rangers Coach?: Mark Messier was born to play for the New York Rangers.  After his success with the Edmonton Oilers, Messier proved he could...
• 5/30 bluelinestation.com: A Farewell To John Tortorella:   After 4 full seasons with the New York Rangers, Glen Sather and the organization have decided to fire head coach John Tortorella....
• 5/30 Eyes on Isles: John Tortorella Takes it on the Arches: SoHo, NY– John Tortorella was fired yesterday and it got me thinking (as it did  Michael Kay over at ESPN): why isn’t...
• 5/30 Sabre Noise: Daily Poll: Will Lindy Ruff Become the Next Coach of the New York Rangers?: For those of you who just crawled out of your dark, dank hole in the ground, the New York Rangers fired head coach John Tortorella...
• 5/30 Sabre Noise: Daily Dashboard May 30th 2013: Then there were four. After the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 in overtime to win game 7 and advance to...
• 5/29 Too Many Men on the Site: John Tortorella No Longer Coach of the New York Rangers: It is official, despite a lot of reports that it wouldn’t happen, John Tortorella has been relieved of his duties as head...
• 5/27 Too Many Men on the Site: Dallas Stars Next Head Coach: Lindy Ruff or Alain Vigneault: The Dallas Stars are currently one of two NHL teams without a head coach with the Vancouver Canucks being the other.  Earlier...
• 5/27 Too Many Men on the Site: Vancouver Canucks Interested in Glen Gulutzan For Head Coach Position: The Vancouver Canucks are without a head coach, but that hole doesn’t look like it will be open for much longer.  According...
• 5/24 Too Many Men on the Site: Vancouver Canucks Potential New Head Coach Candidates: The Vancouver Canucks are looking for a new head coach after they decided to part ways with Alain Vigneault after seven seasons....
• 5/22 SenShot: ECQF Game 3: Bruins 4th Line Puts Rangers On Brink Of Elimination: If I were in charge of the Rangers, John Tortorella would have been given his walking papers the moment Lindy Ruff became available. ...
• 5/20 Too Many Men on the Site: Marc Crawford Interested in Vacant Colorado Avalanche Coaching Position: The Colorado Avalanche are looking for a new head coach and not surprisingly former head coach Marc Crawford is said to be  interested...
• 5/12 bluelinestation.com: Rangers-Capitals: Game 6 Could Decide Tortorella’s Fate:   After a huge momentum swing the Blueshirts came down from a 2-0 hole to tie the series with the Washington Capitals at...
• 5/11 NHLShout: Workman: Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper – The Blueprint For AHL To NHL Coaching Success: When Steve Yzerman made the in-season decision to give up on the Guy Boucher experiment, much of the talk about his eventual replacement...
• 5/7 Sabre Noise: Why Keeping Ron Rolston Was the Right Move For the Buffalo Sabres: The Buffalo Sabres announced on Tuesday morning that they were removing the “interim” tag from Ron Rolston’s...
• 5/6 Sabre Noise: Ottawa Senators and Montreal Canadiens ReDefining Rivalry: Hey guys in stripes – remember what it was like to have control of a game.  The Montreal Canadiens and Ottawa Senators...
• 5/3 Sabre Noise: Buffalo Sabres Should Be Looking At Team Canada’s Coaches: So maybe the Buffalo Sabres shouldn’t be looking at all of the coaches behind the bench for Team Canada in this years World...
• 5/1 Sabre Noise: The Buffalo Sabres First Offseason Move Must be Management: There’s a lot of questions facing the Buffalo Sabres this offseason. But before they can answer any of them, they must first...

• 3/8 Causeway Crowd: Chris Bourque Clears Waivers; Bruins Recall Jordan Caron From Providence: At least for now anyway, the Chris Bourque experiment appears to be over for the Boston Bruins. At noon on Friday, Bourque cleared...
• 3/7 Sabre Noise: Jhonas Enroth To Get the Call Against the New Jersey Devils: As reported by John Vogl of the Buffalo News, Jhonas Enroth will get the start tonight as the Buffalo Sabres take on the New Jersey...
• 3/6 Sabre Noise: How The Buffalo Sabres Can Get Jhnoas Enroth Back On His Feet: Paging Jhonas Enroth.  Jhonas, are you out there? Poor kid – he’s been missing since November 26, 2011, which is the last...
• 3/2 Sabre Noise: 5 Names Darcy Regier Needs To Know If He Wants To Keep His Job, Part II: Welcome back, Mr. Regier!  Glad you haven’t given up on me. So, yesterday I gave you two names to think about as you attempt...
• 3/2 Editor In Leaf: NHL Picks – Week 7: Last Week: 0-2, -2.0 Units YTD: 6-7, +0.23 Units For those who are new to the site, this is a weekly sports betting column where...

• 2/28 Sabre Noise: Mikhail Grigorenko: Where The Buffalo Sabres Ought To Be Playing Him: As my colleague Tim Redinger wrote the other day, Mikhail Grigorenko is not being given much of a chance to succeed with the Buffalo...
• 2/28 The Rat Trick: Game Day Preview: Florida Panthers Vs. Buffalo Sabres: Buffalo Sabres: 7-12-1 (15pts) at Florida Panthers: 6-9-4 (16pts) The only way to really make up ground in the NHL is to string...
• 2/27 Sabre Noise: Power Rankings: Are The Buffalo Sabres Truly The Worst Team In The NHL?: For those of you paying attention, trying to keep me an honest man, you would notice that I have yet to do my weekly Report Card...
• 2/27 SenShot: Is New York Rangers’ John Tortorella The Next Coach To Get Canned?: For the defending Eastern Conference Champions, and a team that was supposed to be a Cup contender after bringing in one of the...
• 2/26 Sabre Noise: Buffalo Sabres Storylines: The Twosday Edition: It’s tough times in Buffalo right now. With the season nearly halfway done, the Sabres find themselves in an undesirable position....
• 2/26 Sabre Noise: Buffalo Sabres Pregame Skate: Tampa Bay Lightning: Are the Buffalo Sabres ready to take on the state of Florida?  Even when things are going right, the Blue and Gold don’t...
• 2/25 StoopSports.com: Lindy Ruff’s Future: Ryan Pavlicek- After 16 years of coaching the Buffalo Sabres, Lindy Ruff was fired last week. A 6-10-1 start and no apparent signs...
• 2/25 Sabre Noise: Ville Leino Leading From The IR: As Ville Leino skates with his team for the first time in a long time, is the winger calling out his teammates from the sidelines? ...
• 2/25 Sabre Noise: Dear Buffalo Sabres: A Fan’s Open Letter: Dear Terry Pegula, Ted Black, and all of the people who make up the Buffalo Sabres: I honestly don’t know where to begin....
• 2/24 Sabre Noise: Buffalo Sabres’ Fans Cry For Change: “Goodbye Darcy!”:   Several times throughout the game last night I heard frustrated cheers rain down from the Buffalo Sabres’ faithful....
• 2/24 Sabre Noise: Buffalo Sabres Get Scraped At Home, Falling 4-0 To The New York Islanders:   The Buffalo Sabres battled the New York Islanders at home in what was Ron Rolston’s second game in command of this struggling...
• 2/23 Eyes on Isles: Nabokov Gets 53rd Career Shutout as Isles Frustrate Sabres 4-0: BUFFALO, N.Y.– Evgeni Nabokov stopped all 35 Buffalo Sabres shots in his finest performance of the season that resulted...
• 2/23 Sabre Noise: Buffalo Sabres Knee Jerk Reactions: New York Islanders: The Buffalo Sabres have sent a message to the rest of the Eastern Conference.  Outlast Ryan Miller, turn on the pressure, and...
• 2/23 Eyes on Isles: Isles & Sabres Sacrifice their Respective Lambs to Hockey Gods Hoping for Better Days: BUFFALO, N. Y.– Both New York teams are soul-searching these days, in desperate need of changing their fortunes, taking...
• 2/23 Sabre Noise: Buffalo Sabres PreGame Skate: New York Islanders: If the Buffalo Sabres want to start looking for bright spots on their season so far, they just might have the motivation for today’s...
• 2/23 Editor In Leaf: NHL Picks – Week 6: Last Week: 1-1, +0.20 Units YTD: 6-5, +2.23 Units For those who are new to the site, this is a weekly sports betting column where...
• 2/22 Sabre Noise: Lindy Ruff Speaks To Buffalo Media: Today, the Buffalo Sabres media and fans got to hear directly from Lindy Ruff on his removal from coaching duties. It was an emotional...
• 2/22 Sabre Noise: Buffalo Sabres Game Puck Number 18: It is sure getting lonely for the Buffalo Sabres – as teams in the Eastern Conference are starting to put more seperation...
• 2/21 Sabre Noise: Buffalo Sabres Knee Jerk Reactions: Toronto Maple Leafs:   There was a new look to the Buffalo Sabres’ bench tonight – unfortunately the on-ice product looked very similar...
• 2/21 Sabre Noise: Buffalo Sabres PreGame Skate: Toronto Maple Leafs: After running practice yesterday, Lindy Ruff was relieved of his duties. In talking to reporters, Darcy Regier explicitly stated...
• 2/21 Sabre Noise: The Ryan O’Reilly Sweepstakes: Why The Buffalo Sabres Must Now Go “All In”: All right, Sabres fans: let’s start our first post-Lindy Ruff meeting with a show of hands: how many of you honestly believe...
• 2/21 SenShot: Did Buffalo Sabres Head Coach Lindy Ruff Pay For GM Darcy Regier’s Mistakes?: It is the classic case of “you know what” rolling downhill.  Off to a 6-10-1 start and booed off the ice in their...
• 2/21 Sabre Noise: Meeting Ron Rolston: With the Buffalo Sabres finally pulling the trigger on firing head coach Lindy Ruff, it has given the chance for Ron Rolston to...
• 2/20 Predlines: Barry Trotz Becomes NHL’s Longest-Tenured Coach After Buffalo Fires Lindy Ruff: Nashville Predators Coach Barry Trotz has been doing his job for a long time. As of today, he’s been doing it longer than any...
• 2/20 Causeway Crowd: Lindy Ruff fired.: Well, it looks like the Buffalo Sabres finally bowed to the inevitable and gave Lindy Ruff his walking papers. After 1,165 NHL...
• 2/20 Sabre Noise: Buffalo Sabres vs. Winnipeg Jets Game Recap:     In the final contest of their three game home stand, the Buffalo Sabres faced off against the Winnipeg Jets at First...
• 2/19 Sabre Noise: Buffalo Sabres Vs. Winnipeg Jets: Knee-Jerk Reaction: You know how sometimes, a team will be struggling pretty bad, and then lose a game that it maybe should have won, and the team...
• 2/19 Sabre Noise: Buffalo Sabres Report Card Week Four: Theme Park Edition:   The roller-coaster ride continues for fans of the Buffalo Sabres; so far their season has gone 2 up, 4 down, 1 up, 3 down,...
• 2/19 Sabre Noise: Buffalo Sabres PreGame Skate: Winnipeg Jets: After a rough weekend that saw the Buffalo Sabres defeat the Boston Bruins again, then deflate late in the game and lose to the...
• 2/15 Sabre Noise: Third Period Rally Lifts the Buffalo Sabres Over the Boston Bruins 4-2:   First Niagara Center was packed to the rafters tonight as the Buffalo Sabres faced off against the Boston Bruins for the...
• 2/15 Sabre Noise: Knee Jerk Reactions: Buffalo Sabres vs. Boston Bruins: Round 3: After the last meeting between the Buffalo Sabres and Boston Bruins, I wanted awful things to happen to Milan Lucic.  Congratulations,...
• 2/15 Sabre Noise: Buffalo Sabres PreGame Skate: Boston Bruins: The Buffalo Sabres return to the ice tonight against the Boston Bruins – hoping to start another winning streak. So far...
• 2/14 Sabre Noise: Assessing The Buffalo Sabres Goaltender Situation Part 1: The Buffalo Sabres have been **** lucky when it comes to goaltending during Lindy Ruff‘s tenure.  How many times has the...
• 2/14 Sabre Noise: Buffalo Sabres Storylines: Spotlight on Vanek,Grigorenko, and Stafford:   The Buffalo Sabres received a nice Valentine’s Day present from the NHL this week, to the tune of some much needed rest...
• 2/13 Sabre Noise: Why The Buffalo Sabres Should Make Lindy Ruff A “Healthy Scratch”: I enjoy breaks. As a teacher, I get one period off a day, which I use to prepare for the rest of my classes, or to get some work...
• 2/12 Sabre Noise: Tyler Myers Returns To Lineup After Two Game Benching:   Tyler Myers returns to the lineup tonight for the Buffalo Sabres, coming off a two game benching by head coach Lindy Ruff....
• 2/12 Sabre Noise: Drew Stafford Doesn’t Deserve To Be A Buffalo Sabres Assistant Captain: Drew Stafford is an assistant captain for the Buffalo Sabres – but does he deserve to hold that honor? When the team started...
• 2/12 Sabre Noise: Buffalo Sabres: Week Three Report Card:   At the beginning of the season, and at least one time since then, I referred to the 1994-1995 NHL season, which is the...
• 2/12 SenShot: Game #13 Preview – Buffalo Sabres @ Ottawa Senators: For the second Tuesday night in a row, the Buffalo Sabres pay a visit to Scotiabank place, and Sens fans are hoping for the same...
• 2/12 Sabre Noise: Buffalo Sabres PreGame Skate: Ottawa Senators: Tyler Myers is back in the fold for the Buffalo Sabres – and he needs to be play like the big man that he is, instead of...
• 2/10 Sabre Noise: Buffalo Sabres vs. Boston Bruins: Knee Jerk Reaction: Anyone who watched last night’s game between the Buffalo Sabres and the New York Islanders had to be wondering: would the...
• 2/10 Causeway Crowd: Sunday Showdown: Boston Bruins Vs Buffalo Sabres At 7:00 PM EST: Well, last night’s game between the Boston Bruins and the Tampa Bay Lightning was postponed due to Winter Storm Nemo. I...
• 2/10 Sabre Noise: Buffalo Sabres PreGame Skate: Boston Bruins: There have been very few bright spots on the Buffalo Sabres radar since the start of the 2012-2013 season. One of those bright...
• 2/9 Sabre Noise: Myers Benched, Kaleta & Sekera Back In Action For Buffalo:     With Andrej Sekera and Patrick Kaleta most likely returning to the ice for Buffalo, head coach Lindy Ruff has made...
• 2/8 Sabre Noise: A Buffalo Sabres Hangover: The Day After:   I don’t know about you, but I woke up feeling pretty good this morning.  Despite the fact that I was up later than I...
• 2/7 Sabre Noise: Buffalo Sabres Defensive Decisions: The Buffalo Sabres have some hard decisions to make in the coming days. With Robyn Regehr and Andrej Sekera nursing injuries that...
• 2/7 Sabre Noise: Questions For Ted Black- Blogger Summit: It’s been a rough start to the year for the Sabres who have dropped the last 7 of 8 games and sit in 14th in the Eastern...
• 2/6 Sabre Noise: Buffalo Sabres Lose Again, So Naturally It’s Time To Panic . . . Right?: It’s been a terrible 2012-2013 season, Buffalo Sabres fans, but at least there’s next year!  Check back in with us as we...
• 2/5 Sabre Noise: Jhonas Enroth To Start Against Ottawa, Christian Erhoff Will Not Play: It appears that tonights lineup will be a little different than what we are used to. Instead of continuing to play Ryan Miller...
• 2/5 Too Many Men on the Site: NHL Injury Updates: Dustin Byfuglien, Darren Helm, Ville Leino: Injuries are piling up across the league and while some are more serious than others, the test will be on for which team’s...
• 2/4 Sabre Noise: Thomas Vanek Name NHL First Star: Thomas Vanek gets the nod from the NHL as the Buffalo Sabres forward was tapped as the leagues first star for the week. It’s...
• 2/4 Sabre Noise: Buffalo Sabres: Week Two Report Card:   A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece that I should have known was going to come back and bite me in the butt.  It was entitled,...
• 2/4 Sabre Noise: Buffalo Sabres Weekend Game Pucks: A busy weekend for not only the Buffalo Sabres – but many out there in the sports world as two matinee games, Rochester...
• 2/3 Sabre Noise: Buffalo Sabres Fall 4-3 to Florida Panthers: Unlike the game against the Montreal Canadiens the Buffalo Sabres managed to show up for the game against the Florida Panthers,...
• 2/3 Sabre Noise: Buffalo Sabres I Expect Super Efforts From On Super Bowl Sunday: No sense in being subtle or extra-creative for this piece: the Buffalo Sabres flat-out failed to show up yesterday in their game...
• 2/3 Sabre Noise: Buffalo Sabres PreGame Skate: Florida Panthers: Call it what you will, the bounces were just just not happening for the Buffalo Sabres last night, and if there fortunes are to...
• 2/2 Sabre Noise: Game Recap: Buffalo Sabres Miss Bus, Fail to Show Up in Montreal: Will the real Buffalo Sabres please stand up? That’s the question every single fan of the blue and gold has to be asking...
• 2/1 Causeway Crowd: Buffalo Sabres Win A Game In Boston; Not The Stanley Cup As They’d Have You Believe: So, as everyone knows by now the Boston Bruins lost at home last night to the Buffalo Sabres by the ugly score of 7-4 (the Bruins...
• 2/1 Sabre Noise: Boston Bruins Fans Sore Over Buffalo Sabres Timeout: Why is it that Buffalo Sabres fans are whining complainers who are too soft to play in the league when we complain about something,...

• 1/30 Sabre Noise: Buffalo Sabres & NHL: Tuesday Muse Day:   Tuesday Muse Day is a ranting, raving, rambling weekly article relating to all things hockey, with a particular focus...
• 1/30 Sabre Noise: Mikhail Grigorenko Game Puck: Despite losing their fourth game in a row and sinking faster than the Titanic, the Buffalo Sabres do have some positve story lines...
• 1/29 Sabre Noise: Buffalo Sabres PreGame Skate: Toronto Maple Leafs: The last time the Buffalo Sabres faced off against the Toronto Maple Leafs, it was a tight fisted (no pun intended) affair. ...
• 1/28 Sabre Noise: Buffalo Sabres Game Five Game Puck: It seems like we are convening on these games pucks quicker and quicker – which is a positive of the s**** condensed season...
• 1/27 Sabre Noise: Game Recap: Buffalo Sabres vs. Washington Capitals: Ah, those streaky Buffalo Sabres. After kick-starting the ’12-13 season with victories over Philadelphia and Toronto, the...
• 1/26 Sabre Noise: Week One Report Card: In another life, I was a teacher. Okay: technically, I am still am one, just not when I write for Sabre Noise.  I try to leave...
• 1/25 Sabre Noise: Game Recap: Buffalo Sabres vs. Carolina Hurricanes: The Buffalo Sabres suffered their first loss of the season Thursday night, as the Carolina Hurricanes finally found some offense...
• 1/24 Sabre Noise: Is A Split Acceptable For the Buffalo Sabres Against The Carolina Hurricanes: All signs are pointing for Jhonas Enroth to start in net tonight for the Buffalo Sabres, with Ryan Miller resuming his duties...
• 1/24 Sabre Noise: Buffalo Sabres PreGame Skate: Carolina Hurricanes:   Mikhail Grigorenko doesn’t have much time left to prove to Lindy Ruff and the rest of the Buffalo Sabres organization...
• 1/21 Sabre Noise: Knee Jerk Reactions: Game #2 Buffalo Sabres Against Toronto Maple Leafs:   If you were in the Buffalo Sabres dressing room between the second and third period, the words on the dry erase board –...
• 1/20 Sabre Noise: Opening Day Recap: Sabres – Flyers: Opening day in Buffalo went as well as any fan of the Buffalo Sabres could have wished, as the Sabres shook off some (translation:...
• 1/20 Sabre Noise: Buffalo Sabres PreGame Skate: Philadelphia Flyers: There may still be no joy in Mudville, but there will be plenty to talk about in Buffalo as the Buffalo Sabres finally get to...
• 1/19 Octopus Thrower: The Last Time The Detroit Red Wings Didn’t Have Nicklas Lidstrom…: Dinosaurs roamed the Earth! Okay maybe not that long ago, but far enough in the past that the NHL divisions were named after people...
• 1/18 Sabre Noise: Mikhail Grigorenko To Get Five Games With Buffalo Sabres:   The time is now for Mikhail Grigorenko and the Buffalo Sabres.  Shortly after announcing that Adam Pardy, Kevin Porter,...
• 1/16 Sabre Noise: Sabres-Flyers Preview: A Wild Start To A Wild Season?: The Buffalo Sabres open their 2012-2013 season Sunday with a home game against the Philadelphia Flyers, and as far as opening...
• 1/15 Sabre Noise: Too Many Buffalo Sabres, Not Enough Time: What a problem for the Buffalo Sabres to have.  Too many players on the training camp roster, and not enough time to properly...
• 1/10 Sabre Noise: Shortened Season For Buffalo Sabres Will Test Darcy Regier: Darcy Regier, pictured above next to Head Coach Lindy Ruff – has been the General Manager of the Buffalo Sabres since the...
• 1/10 Sabre Noise: Can The Sabres Shed Their “Soft” Image For 2013?: If you’ve been following the Buffalo Sabres closely the last few years, you may have heard the dreaded “s”-word...
• 1/10 Sabre Noise: Buffalo Sabres Fantasy Hockey Picks: With real professional hockey in North America heating up – with camps set to open this weekend, and the season by the 19th...
• 1/5 Sabre Noise: Amnesty, Buyouts, Buffalo Sabres, And Getting A Deal Done: There is little movement toward getting a deal done, but with the players voting to authorize another disclaimer of interest to...

• 11/27 Sabre Noise: Brennan On Record Pace For Rochester Americans Defense, Leads Team: Quick, who holds the Rochester Americans single season record for most goals by a defenseman?  Did you say Rick Pagnutti?  If...