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Sabres’ players ‘shocked’ as LaFontaine resigns as president of hockey operations

BUFFALO SABRES

Buffalo Sabres owner Terry Pegula, right, listens as Pat LaFontaine, new President of Hockey Operations for the Buffalo Sabres, speaks during a press conference at First Niagara Center in Buffalo, N.Y., Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013. The Sabres fired coach Ron Rolston and hired former coach Ted Nolan to replace him. Sabres owner Terry Pegula also announced that he fired general manager Darcy Regier and hired LaFontaine as president of hockey operations. (AP Photo/The Buffalo News, Charles Lewis) TV OUT; MAGS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT; BATAVIA DAILY NEWS OUT; DUNKIRK OBSERVER OUT; JAMESTOWN POST-JOURNAL OUT; LOCKPORT UNION-SUN JOURNAL OUT; NIAGARA GAZETTE OUT; OLEAN TIMES-HERALD OUT; SALAMANCA PRESS OUT; TONAWANDA NEWS OUT

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Christian Ehrhoff offered his thoughts on Saturday’s announcement that Pat LaFontaine has resigned his position as president of hockey operations with the Buffalo Sabres.

“I was shocked and very surprised. I thought Patty did a very good job,” Ehrhoff told Mike Harrington of the Buffalo News.

“It’s a shocker. When he got hired, you thought he would be here for a long time,” added Henrik Tallinder, as per the Buffalo News.

The Sabres made the announcement via Twitter, on what has already been an eventful day across the National Hockey League. Now begins the process of finding out exactly why this has happened.

There have been reports that there had been problems in the Sabres front office. As Joe Yerdon of ProHockeyTalk reported, Lafontaine was also not in attendance at the Sabres game on Friday - the same day the club dealt goalie Ryan Miller and forward Steve Ott to the St. Louis Blues.

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