Kevyn Adams GM thread

[Chainshot]

Ou have to remember that half the board thinks Power spends his shifts shitting his pants at center ice until he skates back to the bench.

They wouldn’t know what he’s doing good or bad. They see his number after a goal and know it was him. Doesn’t matter what happened. It had to be him.

This strawman is so tired.

 

[Mattilaus]

Don't get me wrong - KA should be fired and deserves it he repeatedly failed to address major gaps - Goaltender two years ago, top 4 D for several years, top 6 forward last year. But, I do thing our young players will get better with growth, Dahlin's injury did hurt us, TNT's injury last year did hurt us. And as horrible of a place I feel we are in, a big part of me also feels that our fortunes could turn suddenly just through development and better injury luck.

I am so ambivalent. One minute I think most of the major pieces are in place and at some point, the development will click and we will be great. The next, I think this team is mentally and physically soft and we need to identify who are the major examplars of this and move them ASAP.

All teams suffer injuries. Good teams make the playoffs anyways. Hell, good teams like Vegas and Tampa use injuries to spend over the cap for playoffs.

If Dahlin being out for a couple weeks not only means we don't make it, but end up at the bottom of the conference, then we are a bad team.

 

[jc17]

The talk of having 2/3 of the top line being guys that are under 22yo for the vast majority of the season next year is so frustrating.

Again, it would be nice to add to the roster.

If we don't I think those are the players that would play well together

 

[THUNDERBURST]

f***ing idiot, fire!

 

[sabremike]

If the Sabres introduced a new STH perk that you get to spend 3 minutes in a room with Kevyn to berate and scream obscenities at him they'd need to bring back the wait list.

 

[sabremike]

 

[Chainshot]

Pssst. He's not Canadian. He's DC born and Clarence, NY raised.

 

[sabremike]

Pssst. He's not Canadian. He's DC born and Clarence, NY raised.

I knew that but it made me laugh so hard that I was willing to overlook that fact.

 

[toddkaz]

Do we have polymarket odds on Adams getting fired?

90% he stays
10% fired

Sadly it feels like he isn't getting fired.

 

[truthbluth]

Do we have polymarket odds on Adams getting fired?

90% he stays
10% fired

Sadly it feels like he isn't getting fired.

I’m going to miss these boards.

 

[toddkaz]

I’m going to miss these boards.

I could be wrong but I am just going off listening to him speak. He does not sound like a man getting fired or a sense of urgency to fix things.

He claims he is held responsible for failure but I don't see that.

 

[Doug Prishpreed]

Did he? They're clocking in at 25% xG and +0.

JBD’s success or failure will not be measured by expected goals for.

 

[TehDoak]

Apologies to all. Wasn’t trying to start anything. I don’t agree with what is happening just thought it was a humorous premise to get rid of Adams.

 

[Jim Bob]

Again, it would be nice to add to the roster.

If we don't I think those are the players that would play well together

I do not believe that adding quality vets to push Benson and Kulich down the roster is a "nice to have" this offseason.

It is a "got to have."

It is having guys like the Co-Caps to allow Vanek and Roy to play down the lineup when they were that age and not forcing them into a top line role before they had matured into players that could handle that responsibility for 82 games.

Bakes & Fairburn talked about it on their last podcast. Injuries will happen and they will get short runs higher up the lineup. And this short run makes it hopeful that they can handle it in small doses.

But, planning on them playing on the top line entering next season is just repeating the mistakes of the past few seasons where they trusted the kids before they were really for that role.

 

[Archie Lee]

I do not believe that adding quality vets to push Benson and Kulich down the roster is a "nice to have" this offseason.

It is a "got to have."

It is having guys like the Co-Caps to allow Vanek and Roy to play down the lineup when they were that age and not forcing them into a top line role before they had matured into players that could handle that responsibility for 82 games.

Bakes & Fairburn talked about it on their last podcast. Injuries will happen and they will get short runs higher up the lineup. And this short run makes it hopeful that they can handle it in small doses.

But, planning on them playing on the top line entering next season is just repeating the mistakes of the past few seasons where they trusted the kids before they were really for that role.

I agree on the importance of adding a couple of vets who are win-now players. But, how far down the line-up are we playing Kulich and Benson? Thompson, Norris, McLeod, Tuch, Peterka, Zucker, Greenway, Quinn, plus 2-3, quality vets, plus Krebs, Malenstyn, Kozak, Lafferty. That’s 14-15 players before you get to Kulich and Benson (and Rosen maybe). Obviously, some need to go to bring in quality vets, but there starts to be a math problem. Unless we are moving out multiple smvets (not just Lafferty), we really don’t have room to add. So who are we moving out?

 

[Jim Bob]

I agree on the importance of adding a couple of vets who are win-now players. But, how far down the line-up are we playing Kulich and Benson? Thompson, Norris, McLeod, Tuch, Peterka, Zucker, Greenway, Quinn, plus 2-3, quality vets, plus Krebs, Malenstyn, Kozak, Lafferty. That’s 14-15 players before you get to Kulich and Benson (and Rosen maybe). Obviously, some need to go to bring in quality vets, but there starts to be a math problem. Unless we are moving out multiple smvets (not just Lafferty), we really don’t have room to add. So who are we moving out?

The challenge is that if they want to keep Kulich at center, you ideally have Norris at 2C, McLeod at 3C, and Kozak or Krebs at 4C. And I don't believe you can bank on Kulich being a solid 1C for 82 games next year.

Maybe they try and insulate Kulich by seeing if Zucker-Kulich-Thompson works as a line.

Then they see if Peterka-Norris-Tuch clicks.

And then play Benson with McLeod and Greenway on the 3rd line.

Quinn finding a spot at LW with Zucker, Peterka, and Benson on the roster will be tough as Malenstyn is likely 4LW heading into the season.

Quinn, Krebs, and Lafferty are the likely guys that might get moved if they try and shake things up a little more. Unless they get a hockey trade done involving Peterka and that opens up a spot for Quinn.

 

[Jim Bob]

 

[5 Minute Major]

I agree on the importance of adding a couple of vets who are win-now players. But, how far down the line-up are we playing Kulich and Benson? Thompson, Norris, McLeod, Tuch, Peterka, Zucker, Greenway, Quinn, plus 2-3, quality vets, plus Krebs, Malenstyn, Kozak, Lafferty. That’s 14-15 players before you get to Kulich and Benson (and Rosen maybe). Obviously, some need to go to bring in quality vets, but there starts to be a math problem. Unless we are moving out multiple smvets (not just Lafferty), we really don’t have room to add. So who are we moving out?

I wouldn’t be surprised (or maybe I would be since Adams is the GM) if 2 or 3 of Rozen, JJ, Kulich, Quinn or Benson are traded this off-season. Not only do the Sabres have an issue of not having enough quality veterans in the system but it is starting to become and issue of having too many young guys looking to crack the lineup or trying to crack the lineup.

There really is a log jam with the way the organization is structured and it has to be corrected.

 

[Zman5778]

I wouldn’t be surprised (or maybe I would be since Adams is the GM) if 2 or 3 of Rozen, JJ, Kulich, Quinn or Benson are traded this off-season. Not only do the Sabres have an issue of not having enough quality veterans in the system but it is starting to become and issue of having too many young guys looking to crack the lineup or trying to crack the lineup.

There really is a log jam with the way the organization is structured and it has to be corrected.

SHOULD 2 or 3 of them be traded? Of course there's a case for it.

I EXPECT a grand total of zero of them to be moved.