Interim head coach Don Granato a primary candidate to retain Buffalo Sabres head coach job tsn.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tsn.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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The 2021 New Jersey Devils were a Bad Team. They have finished in a worse position this season (29th) than they did last season (26th). They ran through a compressed regular season schedule in an incredibly tough division, suffered a Coronavirus outbreak that surely impacted player performance and compressed the schedule further, performed terribly on special teams, dropped all shootouts, turned the Rock into Fort Rarelywin, hung their goaltenders out to dry more often than not, and were effectively out of the playoff race in the third month of the season. Achieving mediocrity would have required a massive upgrades in most aspects in the game.
Tournament begins May 21 in Lavia by Jourdon LaBarber @jourdonlabarber / Sabres.com
Tage Thompson has been selected to play for Team USA at the IIHF World Championship in Latvia later this month.
Find the full USA roster in the tweet below:
Thompson previously represented the United States at the World Championship in 2018, tallying three points (1+2) in 10 contests and earning a bronze medal. He won gold medals at the U-18 World Championship in 2015 and at the World Junior Championship in 2017.
Thompson set career highs with eight goals and 14 points in 38 games this season as one of the young players who saw increased ice time under interim coach Don Granato during the final two months.
Buffalo Sabres GM Kevyn Adams said star Jack Eichel has not yet requested a trade after Eichel s contentious news conference Monday in which he openly questioned whether he d play in Buffalo next season.
Buffalo Sabres general manager Kevyn Adams: Jack Eichel has not requested a trade tsn.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tsn.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.