whcanuck
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- May 11, 2017
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I've done a little reading on this, but I don't know all the details. Ted Nolan coached the Sabres for two years, 1995-96 and 1996-97. He and league-MVP Dominik Hasek took the overachieving Buffalo Sabres to the playoffs and came back to beat Ottawa in the 1st round and bowed out to the mighty Legion of Doom Philadelphia Flyers in the next round in 5 games.
I know there was some kind of rift between Nolan and Hasek all season, and Hasek left game 3 of the Ottawa series saying he'd hurt his knee or something like that? Then in the offseason didn't Hasek tell GM John Muckler he'd only come back if Nolan was gone or something like that?
Totally strange because you've got the Jack Adams award winner in Nolan, Muckler was executive of the year and Hasek won the Hart Trophy, all in a power struggle. Eventually only Hasek returned for '97-'98, winning his second Hart Trophy and carrying the Czech team to Olympic Gold in Nagano that same year. Lindy Ruff replaced Nolan and Darcy Regier replaced Muckler.
Can any Sabres fans or anyone with strong knowledge of the situation shed a little more light on this? I'd love to know the details about the relationship between Hasek, Nolan and Muckler. What caused it to become so strained?
I know there was some kind of rift between Nolan and Hasek all season, and Hasek left game 3 of the Ottawa series saying he'd hurt his knee or something like that? Then in the offseason didn't Hasek tell GM John Muckler he'd only come back if Nolan was gone or something like that?
Totally strange because you've got the Jack Adams award winner in Nolan, Muckler was executive of the year and Hasek won the Hart Trophy, all in a power struggle. Eventually only Hasek returned for '97-'98, winning his second Hart Trophy and carrying the Czech team to Olympic Gold in Nagano that same year. Lindy Ruff replaced Nolan and Darcy Regier replaced Muckler.
Can any Sabres fans or anyone with strong knowledge of the situation shed a little more light on this? I'd love to know the details about the relationship between Hasek, Nolan and Muckler. What caused it to become so strained?