How so? The reason I ask is that the roster has changed....talent has been injected....moves have been made but still the team flounders. We have a good team on paper and a terrible one on the ice. That makes me believe, and I'm not alone in this, that the fault doesn't lie with Darcy but instead the guy who's job it is to transfer the good team on paper to wins on the ice. It seems like mismanagement when there is such a disparity between high ability and low achievement.

Now, where I am torn is that if you know your coach's style then at what point does fault lie with Darcy for trying to add square pegs to Lindy's round hole system? He got great pieces but not ones that fit into what Ruff was trying to do. That being said, we have had many roster changes and the overall product was one of failure.

Lindy Ruff will re-emerge just like Carlyle and a year from now we'll be writing stories on what a great hire Ruff was. And it will be true

No need for violence, just tell her she's got a game misconduct and show her the door.

As I said in the GDT, the call on Rivet was horseshit. The Bruins player was holding onto Rivet's stick like it was the last fucking raft on the Titanic.

The team is not as good on paper as a lot of fans want it to be. I agree with Lebruns take on the team. The D is deep but not good enough and soft and the center position is very weak (especially defensively).

Regher, Ehrhoff, Myers, all three D men are good. Regher was Calgary's best d man, Ehrhoff was Couver's best offensive D man, Myers is supposed to be an elite D man and has played like one before. Sulzer plays well, Sekera meh, Weber and Brennan haven't ever sucked this bad.

Our D on paper is capable of being elite. It was decent last year. Now all the sudden it blows. Players shouldn't blow for no reason when they haven't before.

No need for violence, just tell her she's got a game misconduct and show her the door.

As I said in the GDT, the call on Rivet was horseshit. The Bruins player was holding onto Rivet's stick like it was the last fucking raft on the Titanic.

I have to disagree. Regehr is over the hill and besides Weber we have no hitters and toughness on D. They are quite soft. We have elite offensively talented D-men, but their defensive skills aren't elite. Sekera, Ehrhoff, Sulzer and Leopold aren't elite in their own end, even on paper.
Sulzer should be a 7th D-men at best. I don't think he would be on any top-team D-roster.
Myers has certainly all the tools but he hasn't shown it since his calder year. I think it's wrong to blame the coach for all the stupid mistakes they made.

EDIT: TL,DR: I just think it's too easy to blame the coach and give the players and Darcy an excuse for the poor play and lack of success.

Well, if a coach under Ruff would take over, I'd assume it'd be temporary.

Yeah Regehr was vastly overrated IMO. Hope he leaves this offseason. He was definately not calgarys best defenseman. I disagree with you about Sulzer he's been awesome this season don't know why u don't see that? I believe we should call up McNabb he was awesome last year way better to have then Leopold. It's give us some physicality back there. Other than Weber no one really has a physical aspect to there game on the blue line. Hopefully this firing will spark some trades coming our way.

The good thing about having Rolston come up is the influence he may have over bringing players like McNabb up with him

Yeah Regehr was vastly overrated IMO. Hope he leaves this offseason. He was definately not calgarys best defenseman. I disagree with you about Sulzer he's been awesome this season don't know why u don't see that? I believe we should call up McNabb he was awesome last year way better to have then Leopold. It's give us some physicality back there. Other than Weber no one really has a physical aspect to there game on the blue line. Hopefully this firing will spark some trades coming our way.

We all know how good of a coach Ruff is and was. His time here just got stall and boring. His players looked like they weren't listening to him.

Some of the best coaches in history of all sports get fired from their teams.

I heard/read that McNabb sucked this year in Rochester

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Sulzer is a train wreck in his own end most nights.

Like most NHL teams, the Sabres make sure their farm team plays the same style as the big club so Rolston is not promising a new blue print.

“There’s not going to be any major changes,” he said. “The players know what needs to be done. The responsibility falls on [the coaches] to make sure they get the message.”

Officially, Rolston is the interim head coach through the rest of this season. He is going to work hard to make that a permanent position.

“Yeah, without question,” he said, “that’s certainly the goal.”

Thank god, I'm not alone. I want him as a 7th D-man at best.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/new-coach-rolston-offers-blunt-assessment-of-sabres/article8923492/

Sulzer is a train wreck in his own end most nights.

That +4 is pretty hard to ignore.