Sabres fire head coach Ralph Krueger

[langway05]

Sabres fire head coach Ralph Krueger

The Buffalo Sabres have fired head coach Ralph Krueger amid their 12-game losing streak, the team announced Wednesday.

Don Granato has been named the club's interim head coach, according to Mike Harrington of The Buffalo News. General manager Kevyn Adams will meet with the media at 11:30 a.m. ET.

Krueger was hired before the 2019-20 campaign. He had logged one prior season of NHL head coaching experience with the Edmonton Oilers in 2012-13, and the 51-year-old worked as director and chairman of the EPL's Southampton during his gap between hockey roles.

There's one more season left on his contract, and the Sabres owe him $3.75 million.

 

[creasecollector]

I mean, something had to be done..

 

[OilersRule]

Inevitable
I wonder if he was fired online on the zoom app, like MacT did to him at his last gig : )

 

[deepbluejacket]

I mean, something had to be done..

Agreed. Although if you're going to be terrible, maybe you try to go for an all-time record or two. The 18 game loss record is in view, and Krueger was the man to get it done.

 

[JohnnyDrama]

Thank Jebas. Now Hire Boudreau, for the love of all that is holy.

 

[geschrocks33]

It's about damn time.

 

[Hama]

You can't fire the players, especially those signed to big long term untradeable deals...