Kevyn Adams GM thread

[1point21Gigawatts]

On top of all of the other issues, GMKA has made it impossible to move players without losing the trade. Somehow he managed to take the little value our guys have and make it lower.

 

[Jimmybarndoor2]

I think Kevyn's more likely move is to be patient with "his core." Fans do not want to hear it because of the drought, but Adams has been more patient than the fans to this point. It won't shock me if he's getting calls on guys like Cozens and Quinn and he doesn't want to move them out of fear that they pop elsewhere like other talented guys he's moved out of town.

Not much can change mid season that will help team unfortunately

 

[joshjull]

It's not some sort of conspiracy.

It is just more evidence that Pegula is not interested in doing everything possible to bring a Stanley Cup to Buffalo like he proclaimed when he bought the team.

Conspiracy describes the many things posters believe. Not the actual spending.

The point I was trying to make is the last several seasons is nothing new with Pegula. His cash payments for the roster have usually been where they are now relative to the rest of the league. But many don’t know that. So posters want to believe any theory thrown out there. There was no fundamental shift on Pegula’s part in the 2020 offseason after the “economic and efficient” comments. Outside of one year with a skeleton crew front office.

 

[Tijuana Donkey Show]

Pegula has repeatedly dismissed the idea of a POHO and has implemented more flat reporting structures with the Bills and Sabres. I don't think he wants to run his team that way.

My guess is that when the day comes that Adams is no longer the GM, he probably slides to a job either with the Jr Sabres or HarborCenter or on the business side of the Sabres.

Sorry if this is being pedantic, but Terry has always had a flat management structure. I will never forget pretty early on in his tenure with the Sabres and somebody asked about all the "Secret meetings" with Darcy without including then President Ted Black and Terry's response was something like "Nobody in the org has a monopoly on hockey knowledge".

I knew from that day forward we were sunk.

 

[Jim Bob]

Sorry if this is being pedantic, but Terry has always had a flat management structure. I will never forget pretty early on in his tenure with the Sabres and somebody asked about all the "Secret meetings" with Darcy without including then President Ted Black and Terry's response was something like "Nobody in the org has a monopoly on hockey knowledge".

I knew from that day forward we were sunk.

The funny thing is that Tom Dundon in Carolina is even worse from what Craig Custance said yesterday in an interview about his new book.