Confirmed with Link: Lindy Ruff named Head Coach, Press Conference at 1:00 PM EDT

[Havok89]

How long until Matt Ellis is promoted to NHL coach? Maybe president of hockey ops

 

[ValJamesDuex]

And slides into the GM position after Adams gets fired, because "exhaustive GM search" and what not.

he wants to fish in Montana, not fix the mess here.

 

[Sabre the Win]

How long until Matt Ellis is promoted to NHL coach? Maybe president of hockey ops

Guy could be involved in a Kyle Beach type incident and still find a job running something into the ground in the Sabres organization.

 

[MOGlLNY]

How long until Matt Ellis is promoted to NHL coach? Maybe president of hockey ops

Think that would be so ridiculous that I may double down and become an even bigger fan because it’s so funny

 

[joshjull]

Reading the last page or so and I think the scariest costume I could get this year is a Matt Ellis mask. Then just start popping up random places around the arena.

 

[old kummelweck]

Reading the last page or so and I think the scariest costume I could get this year is a Matt Ellis mask. Then just start popping up random places around the arena.

Damn. Is it too late to return my Marty Wilford mask?

 

[NotABadPeriod]

Why was Matt Ellis on the bench ? How is it possible that he’s still an assistant?

He is the designated "talk to Rob Ray" guy.

 

[old kummelweck]

Why was Matt Ellis on the bench ? How is it possible that he’s still an assistant?

He's not (or not intended to be) on the bench. They moved him up to the booth for in-game strategy/video.

 

[Havok89]

He's not (or not intended to be) on the bench. They moved him up to the booth for in-game strategy/video.

 

[old kummelweck]

What's the head scratch? Adams/Ruff's plan was to keep him, but not as a bench coach (which is what he was last season). If he was behind the bench, that's not where they said he was going to be.

 

[Sabre the Win]

What's the head scratch? Adams/Ruff's plan was to keep him, but not as a bench coach (which is what he was last season). If he was behind the bench, that's not where they said he was going to be.

I saw his big ugly face behind the Sabres bench in Prague. He was behind the bench.

 

[Fjordy]

What's the head scratch? Adams/Ruff's plan was to keep him, but not as a bench coach (which is what he was last season). If he was behind the bench, that's not where they said he was going to be.

But he's there again, he hasn't gone anywhere.

 

[truthbluth]

I saw his big ugly face behind the Sabres bench in Prague. He was behind the bench.

Maybe there isn’t a good booth spot in the Czech arenas? I don’t know but I’ll wait until I see him behind the bench in NA before I worry about his (seeming) negative impact.

 

[joshjull]

But he's there again, he hasn't gone anywhere.

I’m not sure why you guys are worried about it.

He doesn’t coach the PP or the forwards. He’s supposed to be the eye in the sky and work on face offs. I don’t know why he was on the bench, assuming he was. But he doesn’t coach the main things that cost us our last two games.