The Buffalo Sabres have rehired Lindy Ruff, the last head coach to lead the franchise to the NHL playoffs back in 2011. Ruff was fired by the New Jersey Devils after 61 games this season, and replaces Don Granato, whom the Sabres fired after three seasons.
Ruff coached the Sabres for 15 seasons, from 1997 to 2013. He ranks fifth all time and second among active coaches with 864 career regular season wins for the Sabres, the Dallas Stars and the Devils. His 935 combined wins in the regular season and playoffs are tied for fourth in league history.
Ruff led the Sabres to the playoffs eight times during his tenure in Buffalo, and is the winningest coach in Sabres history, having set a number of franchise records. The Sabres have gone 13 seasons without a playoff appearance since Ruff last took them there in 2011, which is the longest current drought in the NHL.
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