Kevyn Adams GM thread

[May Day 10]

I don't want them to win another game all season. It'll be entertaining to see how long pegula can stick to his guns (of communication and collaboration)

 

[Fjordy]

I'm dealing with reality, you are off in fantasy land

Sometimes fantasies come true.

 

[ValJamesDuex]

Sometimes fantasies come true.

The deep end is a place, make sure you don't fall in

 

[Fjordy]

The deep end is a place, make sure you don't fall in

I've been there for a long time.

 

[truthbluth]

As much as Kevyn Adams is just totally inept at this job, it’s also notable to me that there are multiple NHL teams in free fall and no serious moves are happening. NHL GMs are just cowards.

 

[Jim Bob]

As much as Kevyn Adams is just totally inept at this job, it’s also notable to me that there are multiple NHL teams in free fall and no serious moves are happening. NHL GMs are just cowards.

And you have Drury forcing his team's captain out of town and that hasn't done much to inspire the room. They are 2-5-0 since the Trouba trade.

 

[May Day 10]

 

[ForsbergMoDo21]

Harrington or Pegula?

Pegula makes Harrington seem humble and likable.

 

[ForsbergMoDo21]

Chad is having a meltdown

This needs more steam. This should’ve been the main story in every bit of Sabres reporting over the last however many years. It needs to become common knowledge in ALL hockey circles that the team won’t pay for coaches, won’t hire a full scouting staff, and how virtually nobody in their front office sans Karmanos has even had a job in professional hockey outside of Buffalo.

Well never get it from the team due to the despicable censorship.

 

[Bobby Bottle Service]

Scathing report.

 

[SabresFan26]

Even the NHL reporters/announcers on major broadcasts are embarrassed by the Sabres and feel our pain. They throw shade at the organization constantly and rightfully so.

 

[joshjull]

This needs more steam. This should’ve been the main story in every bit of Sabres reporting over the last however many years. It needs to become common knowledge in ALL hockey circles that the team won’t pay for coaches, won’t hire a full scouting staff, and how virtually nobody in their front office sans Karmanos has even had a job in professional hockey outside of Buffalo.

Well never get it from the team due to the despicable censorship.

I’m pretty sure the hockey world (Owners/team executives/agents/etc) are well aware of this. If you mean fans, then I agree. But I don’t see how getting the word to them will change things.

 

[Jim Bob]

Scathing report.

It shouldn't be a news flash.

Everyone knows about how Adams had to slash staff on day one as GM. And the media has reported consistently on how thin certain areas of the hockey department have been since then, including the Sabres having one of the smallest pro scouting staffs in the entire NHL.

Chad D said it on a podcast in the last couple of weeks and it sums it up well for me:

The Sabres are an Unserious Organization.

Pegula actually hiring someone like Ken Holland and giving him the control and the ability to fully staff the hockey operations of the franchise is a pipedream. There are no indications that Pegula has any interest in turning the Sabres into a Serious Organization anytime soon.

 

[May Day 10]

Pegula actually hiring someone like Ken Holland and giving him the control and the ability to fully staff the hockey operations of the franchise is a pipedream. There are no indications that Pegula has any interest in turning the Sabres into a Serious Organization anytime soon.

I agree 100%. Pegula seems incapable of admitting fault and seems to think he is the smartest guy in the room because of money.

This team cannot be saved. The only thing that could change the course is a press conference, an apology, a promise to get better, and an introduction to the new team president who doesn't have restrictions and preconditions.

Id be less surprised if they were sold

 

[My Cozen Dylan]

It is 9:20 AM and this man is still employed.

Will report back at 10:00 AM when nothing has changed.

 

[Havok89]

Seems so obvious to hire somebody capable with experience, with complete power to build the organization properly. A president of hockey ops (not named Kevyn Adam’s)

Then Terry can f*** off back to Florida

 

[slip]

Kevyn Adams, being a discount GM, has staffed the organization with discount AGMs and discount scouting directors. Elevating the ridiculously inexperienced Crowe to head of both pro and amateur scouting, while wasting resources (in an attempt to save resources) into the sham enterprise of hockey anal-lytics (Karmanos, Ventura) has produced exactly zero interesting prospects outside the first two rounds of the draft and exactly zero diamonds in the rough in terms of minor UFA signings.

And WTF is up with this coaching staff? Every interesting prospect seems to deteriorate over time the longer they're exposed to these coaches. Every young defensemen has gotten worse, like Power and Samuelsson, and forwards such as Cozens, Quinn, and Peterka seem to get dumber and weaker with each passing shift. Miraculously Benson has seemed to escape this trend, but don't think for one instant this staff ain't doing the damndest to tank his game too.

You can't just launch Adams into the sun without strapping 3/4 of the guys underneath him to his back. The dysfunction runs deep.

 

[CaliSabresfan24]

If this still happens I hope there is a stream. Hope to god upper manangement gets grilled the entire time.

 

[Krieger Bot]

Not that I expected it to happen or anything, but I just want to underscore how wild it is that we didn't all wake up to news of Adams being fired this morning. Truly crazy stuff.