elvis15 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Buffalo Sabres @BuffaloSabres NEWS: The #Sabres have announced several changes to the team’s coaching staff: http://goo.gl/lt328D The Buffalo Sabres today announced several changes to the team’s coaching staff, effective immediately: Assistant coaches Joe Sacco and Jerry Forton have been offered reassignment within the organization’s hockey department; the contract of assistant coach Teppo Numminen will not be renewed; goaltending coach Jim Corsi will not return as part of the team’s staff next season. So it looks like while Nolan will be back after re-signing, the assistants and goalie coach are open season. They'll be looking for people to help Nolan in that case and will be in the market. EDIT: was just looking at the comments from Sabres fans in the article itself, and a lot surprised at Jim Corsi not being back next year. No real surprise at the others for the most part, but Corsi has certainly worked a lot with Miller over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrChill Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Any of those guys good at running a PP? We could use a PP coach...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted April 16, 2014 Author Share Posted April 16, 2014 Considering their power play (2nd from last in the league) was worse than ours, I'd suggest no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I could see Linden giving Tortorella another year, but on the premise that the assistants be replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I could see Linden giving Tortorella another year, but on the premise that the assistants be replaced.Probably a deal-breaker for Torts, since his defensive coach has been with him for eons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUtd Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 If the Canucks are interested in rebuilding/tanking they should be all over Sacco. He certainly helped the Avs and probably to a lesser extent Buffalo in that department. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted April 16, 2014 Author Share Posted April 16, 2014 I could see Linden giving Tortorella another year, but on the premise that the assistants be replaced. Not sure what that has to do with the Sabres, but ok. I don't agree, but ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Surfer Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Torts fronted the worst Canucks performance in EONS. If he comes out the other side with a job, who cares what he thinks? Further, I hate our defensive philosophy of collapsing to the net to create traffic. Not even a discussion about blocking shots. Very ill suited to our mobile forward crew (Kesler, Hansen, Burrows, Richardson, in theory Schroeder) and mobile D crew (TANEV, Hamhuis, Bieksa, Garrison, Corrado, Weber) all whom would be more effective attacking puck carriers and rotating to fill the slot. Attacking the puck instead of trying to outduel larger players physically for position in the slot. The ability to use our speed to create pressure defensively was a hallmark of our team that is sorely missed IMO. Buffalo is welcome to Mike Sullivan. edit: was responding to TOML post 5. "Probably a deal breaker for Torts." Don't know why the response function did not pick up his quote? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Whoever gets Corsi will be very fortunate indeed. I'll bet he was let go because of prior history. There was bad blood between Hasek and Nolan in the mid 90's while Nolan was here, and since Corsi was/is a friend and former coach of Hasek, it probably continued throughout this past year. So it boils down to a, personal problem between the head coach and the goalie coach. The last name "Corsi" should be familiar to any hockey fan. He is the guy who created the widely used "Corsi statistical model". He's a very successful goalie coach. He won't be jobless for long. Linden would be wise to hire him for Lack's development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted April 17, 2014 Author Share Posted April 17, 2014 Since we already have Melanson I don't know that we'd go after Corsi unless Linden decides to clean house. But we'll see if the Sabres can find some support for Nolan to really make strides in improving the team they have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 He's a very successful goalie coach. He won't be jobless for long. Linden would be wise to hire him for Lack's development. Melanson also has an impressive resume. I don't see him going anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoneypuckOverlord Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 The Vancouver Canucks will make a coaching decision I believe after the end of this years playoffs probably. I personally believe they migth see, and wait for other heads to roll, and see the possibility of potential coaches losing their jobs, (fired because of potential chockes, I think if Sharks get out in round their coach might be on the line etc etc), and see from there if there are any good candidates that might be fired. I personally want Torterella out of here asap. My reason being 1. You don't scream F words at players regardless. Patt Quinn, and A.V never did such thing. 2. Any good coach can adapt. Torterella refuses to change his system. He will be gone. We have a unadaptive coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apollo Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Torts fronted the worst Canucks performance in EONS. If he comes out the other side with a job, who cares what he thinks? Further, I hate our defensive philosophy of collapsing to the net to create traffic. Not even a discussion about blocking shots. Very ill suited to our mobile forward crew (Kesler, Hansen, Burrows, Richardson, in theory Schroeder) and mobile D crew (TANEV, Hamhuis, Bieksa, Garrison, Corrado, Weber) all whom would be more effective attacking puck carriers and rotating to fill the slot. Attacking the puck instead of trying to outduel larger players physically for position in the slot. The ability to use our speed to create pressure defensively was a hallmark of our team that is sorely missed IMO. Buffalo is welcome to Mike Sullivan. edit: was responding to TOML post 5. "Probably a deal breaker for Torts." Don't know why the response function did not pick up his quote? Well said... A regular fan can figure this out but a Stanley Cup winning Bostonian coach can't. Hope he's gone or changes his philosophy 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Since we already have Melanson I don't know that we'd go after Corsi unless Linden decides to clean house. But we'll see if the Sabres can find some support for Nolan to really make strides in improving the team they have. It's widely believed that Nolan is bringing in Arturs Irbe in from the Latvian National team as his new goaltender coach. Before he became a coach for Latvia, Irbe played for the Soviet National team, Sharks, Stars, Canucks, and then retired with the Hurricanes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Money Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Probably a deal-breaker for Torts, since his defensive coach has been with him for eons. I think any time a team lets in 7 goals in one period, let alone to a decimated Islanders team, they probably aren't too tied to their "defensive coach". If Torts considers that a "deal-breaker", then please, 'break' the deal, and save us the buyout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted April 17, 2014 Author Share Posted April 17, 2014 It's widely believed that Nolan is bringing in Arturs Irbe in from the Latvian National team as his new goaltender coach. Before he became a coach for Latvia, Irbe played for the Soviet National team, Sharks, Stars, Canucks, and then retired with the Hurricanes. Yup, us Canucks fans remember Irbe. I saw one comment after the article that mentioned him for the goalie coach position, but it seemed like a bit of a joke/guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyCuddles Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 I could see Linden giving Tortorella another year, but on the premise that the assistants be replaced. And this has to do with Buffalo how? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Yup, us Canucks fans remember Irbe. I saw one comment after the article that mentioned him for the goalie coach position, but it seemed like a bit of a joke/guess. Irbe probably impressed Nolan with the work that he did with Latvia's goalie. That guy stood on his head in the games, especially against Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noseforthenet Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Any of those guys good at running a PP? We could use a PP coach......1.5 average goals this past season says no, that's why they were fired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrible.dee Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Any of those guys good at running a PP? We could use a PP coach...... I'd think Teppo Numminen (Sp) might know a thing or two about running a power play, Veteran, all-around D-man like that might be good for our defense as well Yup, us Canucks fans remember Irbe. I saw one comment after the article that mentioned him for the goalie coach position, but it seemed like a bit of a joke/guess. What's wrong with Irbe? He was a hell of a competitor and a nice guy to boot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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