FILE - Buffalo Sabres coach Don Granato gestures during the third period of the team's NHL hockey game against the Florida Panthers, Saturday, April 13, 2024, in Sunrise, Fla. The Buffalo Sabres fired head coach Don Granato on Tuesday, April 16, making him the seventh coach to be ousted during what?s grown into an NHL-record 13-season playoff drought.(AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)