Just talked to yet another source who confirms that Dan Bylsma and the Sabres are a strong possibility. The Sharks are also very much on the radar when it to Dan Bylsma, but coaching Jack Eichel would have to be a very alluring possibility for the former team USA coach.
I also expect this to go down pretty quickly as the Sabres very much want to get a far away from the Babcock situation as possible with allegations and speculation that Mike Babcock may have backed out of Buffalo at the last second...which those I talk to say is at least partially true, but not all that uncommon in the dreaded "process" as you'd expect.
more coming.
We discussed all this, Mike Babcock and Game 3 of the TB-NYR series with Russ Cohen and Mike Augello on assignment from Toronto: