Congrats to Lindy
and what makes it better he beat out Laviolette from the Canes lol
congrats lindy 
he did a great job this year!
cool :tup:
hell yeah! he deserved it.
Buffalo Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff has captured the 2005-2006 Jack Adams Award as “the NHL coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team’s success,” as selected by the NHL Broadcasters’ Association.
Ruff edged Carolina Hurricanes head coach Peter Laviolette, 155-154, in the closet Adams vote since the trophy was first awarded in 1973-74 and the closest vote among all trophies in 2005-06. The razor-thin margin was reflective of the clubs’ competition this season; Carolina earned the Eastern Conference’s second seed with 112 points, two more than the fourth-seeded Sabres, and the clubs staged a seven-game Eastern Conference Final, with the Hurricanes overcoming a third-period deficit in the deciding game to claim the series en route to the Stanley Cup.
The League’s tenured head coach, Ruff guided the Sabres to a 52-24-6 record for 110 points, a 25-point improvement over 2003-04, and set franchise records for victories and points. The Sabres tallied their highest goal total, 281, since 1993-94, doing so without a player placing among the League’s top 60 scorers.
:tup: Congrats to Lindy, he deserved it.
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I would have been very disappointed if Laviolette had won this. Even though they won the cup, Pete showed no faith in his goalies, and he had to deal with very few hardships throughout the year.
Lindy on the otherhand… injuries throughout the season, and even a problem with his family, and the Sabres still showed up everynight and finished strong.
Its no Lord Stanley…and he did deserve both…but…he did a phenomenal job with a lot of no namers that now everyone on the street knew by name and #…kinda like Major League.
Thats a good sign for things to come I hope. Congrats to lindy.
niceeeeeee
congrats to lindy!!!
AWESOME!!! :tup: :tup:
And to think the sports media was saying he should have moved on a few years ago.
Well deserved.
:tup: thats awesome, he earned it.
Thats sweet. He definately deserved it over le violet :gay:
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they vote on all the awards before the playoffs start so they are not swayed by that however. at least that always used to be the way, i dont think they changed it.
Awesome!
So is the NHL Broadcasters’ Association saying Buffalo would have/should have won the cup if they were healthy?:D:tup:
hahaha
Did you guys see the award ceremony? Nolan was one of the presenters for Coach of the Year.