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sabresnyper said:
Adams made good moves in the offseason. This is on RK and the players. IMO
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He made good moves in a vacuum but put together a terrible team.
It's not going to happen but I'd be fine with Adams following Krueger on his journey to the surface of the sun.
 
ChernobylSabres said:
I think he’s still shocked that he wormtongued his way into the GM position. Besides, he’s got a cannon full of excuses to work through before he has to do anything.
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I still don't think KA lobbied for, or even sought out the GM position. My belief is that TM and JB pushed back on Terry when he wanted to play fantasy draft, and we know that they were embarrassed when they supported JB in public only to can him 3 weeks later because he refused to fire almost the entire hockey department.

They picked KA because he was in the org already, and they knew he would do what they told him. KA will have a job as long as he continues to be the good solider, or the Pegulas need another fall guy for their meddling and incompetence. ( Or he gets sick of having to stand in front of the media and fan base and take all the spears while he Pegulas finish the yacht. )

I also believe that after TM and JB, then KA, no respectable GM with experience is going to come anywhere near this job. Someone with aspirations to get the title might, but nobody worth it is going to willingly accept a position that they will be undercut and undermined from day 1 . The book on the Pegulas hockey ownership is now 10 years thick. Anyone who doesn't do what they want is run out of here.

Until the day that the Pegulas hire an experienced team president, and stop meddling in how the team is run, nothing will change.
 
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- Hall and Staal could work well with a competent coach.

- Eakin was a mistake, I certainly hoped that he could produce, but I was wrong. There were guys like Wennberg, Chicago signed two better centers than Eakin at Wallmark and Soderberg.

- Adams did not find a goalie, which was very important and did not trade an extra RDs for LDs.

- Sheehan and Rieder are good deep signing.

- Mitts looks pretty good and could probably easily replace Kahun's loss if idiot Krueger gave him more play.
 
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sabresnyper said:
Adams made good moves in the offseason. This is on RK and the players. IMO
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Unqualified good moves: Staal trade, Rieder signing

After that....it's a lot of square pegs in round holes.

Buffalo had limited cap space this year to improve their team. The Hall signing was, essentially, spending 8M to patch a hole that wasn't there. We spent 4.4M between Eakin and Girgensons. We gave Tage Thompson 500k over market because he lifted weights in the summer. Send Hutton to the taxi squad, that's another 1M off your cap. I just freed up 14M to sign a middle 6 RW, and 3rd line C, and a 1B goalie to pair with Ullmark. Give Toffoli 5M and pick up Raanta for cheap, still have 5M to find a 3rd line C. If we would have signed Larsson for 1M, Larsson/Lazar isn't ideal 3/4C combo, buts miles ahead of Eakin/Lazar.
 
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Adyms is a joke. He was a harbor center guy who ended up on the business-side of the Sabres (which wasnt managed particularly well). His "best" quality is that he is willing to be general manager and is comfortable with the Pegulas and Kruger telling him what to do. That is the only reason he has the job. Any qualified GM would not agree to work under those parameters doomed to fail.
 
Adams is a GM in name only, not sure if he even has the ability to make roster/coaching decisions on his own

We'll know if Adams is actually a real GM or a GM in name only when we find out if the Sabres made the obvious decision to pick up Alex Stalock off waivers from Minnesota or not

It's the most obvious, glaring need for the team that can be temporarily remedied at very low cost and risk. It's as obvious a no-brainer decision as you can have this season. If the Sabres don't make that move, they are beyond clueless

sabresnyper said:
Adams made good moves in the offseason. This is on RK and the players. IMO
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I think it's more accurate to say that the moves Adams did make were good in a vacuum, but he didn't address team's most pressing issues, one: having two backup goalies acting as 1A/1B starters, and two: not addressing the defense

It's unforgivable that the team didn't think it was necessary to upgrade on the Ulmark/Hutton tandem knowing they were put into a division where there are five true playoff teams and the Sabres aren't one of them primarily due to the atrocious goaltending

Carter Hutton is not an NHL goalie. He wasn't last year and he isn't this year. Linus Ulmark is a high-end backup goalie. He has never played more than 37 games in a single NHL season, and the most games he's played in the AHL is 55 games.

If the rumors are true that MAF was not only available last year, but Vegas was offering a 2nd rounder on top of retaining 50% of his salary to get him off the books and the Sabres didn't seriously consider it, then this team's ownership and management lacks common sense and they need to hire a competent hockey executive and stop meddling with team decisions



Kevyn Adams is officially a stooge without any actual authority
 
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explore said:
Adams is a GM in name only, not sure if he even has the ability to make roster/coaching decisions on his own

We'll know if Adams is actually a real GM or a GM in name only when we find out if the Sabres made the obvious decision to pick up Alex Stalock off waivers from Minnesota or not

It's the most obvious, glaring need for the team that can be temporarily remedied at very low cost and risk. It's as obvious a no-brainer decision as you can have this season. If the Sabres don't make that move, they are beyond clueless



I think it's more accurate to say that the moves Adams did make were good in a vacuum, but he didn't address team's most pressing issues, one: having two backup goalies acting as 1A/1B starters, and two: not addressing the defense

It's unforgivable that the team didn't think it was necessary to upgrade on the Ulmark/Hutton tandem knowing they were put into a division where there are five true playoff teams and the Sabres aren't one of them primarily due to the atrocious goaltending

Carter Hutton is not an NHL goalie. He wasn't last year and he isn't this year. Linus Ulmark is a high-end backup goalie. He has never played more than 37 games in a single NHL season, and the most games he's played in the AHL is 55 games.

If the rumors are true that MAF was not only available last year, but Vegas was offering a 2nd rounder on top of retaining 50% of his salary to get him off the books and the Sabres didn't seriously consider it, then this team's ownership and management lacks common sense and they need to hire a competent hockey executive and stop meddling with team decisions



Kevyn Adams is officially a stooge without any actual authority
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I'd have taken that deal in a heartbeat!
 
explore said:
If the rumors are true that MAF was not only available last year, but Vegas was offering a 2nd rounder on top of retaining 50% of his salary to get him off the books and the Sabres didn't seriously consider it, then this team's ownership and management lacks common sense and they need to hire a competent hockey executive and stop meddling with team decisions
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MAF did not look good last year and the Sabres did not have a lot of budget/cap space.

Right now, half the league looks dumb for not trading for MAF if that rumor was true. But, during the offseason, I get why teams were wary of MAF.

His Save% is .036 better this year than last year and is well above his career average. This hot streak was not something that anyone could have predicted. Even Vegas as they wouldn't have had him on the trade block if they knew he would bounce back like this.
 
Stalock claimed by Edmonton.

Did we have a chance if we swung earlier at making a claim?
 
OkimLom said:
As an NHL GM, you don't deal with the public often, but at times your presence is necessary.

As an investor (money spending fan) of the organization, I would like to hear the status from our GM and Ownership publicly of what they are doing to correct the situation, as well as need to see results soon, otherwise I will take my money to one of their competitors to help them invest in their team to get a better quality product...
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What's your ROI looking like at this point? LoL!
 
Jim Bob said:
MAF did not look good last year and the Sabres did not have a lot of budget/cap space.

Right now, half the league looks dumb for not trading for MAF if that rumor was true. But, during the offseason, I get why teams were wary of MAF.

His Save% is .036 better this year than last year and is well above his career average. This hot streak was not something that anyone could have predicted. Even Vegas as they wouldn't have had him on the trade block if they knew he would bounce back like this.
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Even last year, he was far and away a more competent goalie than Hutton and Ulmark combined. He's a goalie who can realistically start 60 games in a year, and he's three years removed from averaging a .927 save percentage in the playoffs on his way to leading Vegas to the cup finals

No one expects Fleury to maintain a .941 save percentage, but he was unquestionably a starting goalie when he was on the market last year and the Sabres should've made the cap work even if it meant not signing Hall
 
explore said:
Even last year, he was far and away a more competent goalie than Hutton and Ulmark combined. He's a goalie who can realistically start 60 games in a year, and he's three years removed from averaging a .927 save percentage in the playoffs on his way to leading Vegas to the cup finals

No one expects Fleury to maintain a .941 save percentage, but he was unquestionably a starting goalie when he was on the market last year and the Sabres should've made the cap work even if it meant not signing Hall
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No team came close to offering up what Vegas wanted for him. So, the list of GMs that missed is long and distinguished.
 
Jim Bob said:
No team came close to offering up what Vegas wanted for him. So, the list of GMs that missed is long and distinguished.
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Their need wasn't as dire as ours though.

Confidence starts from the crease out.

The coach plays a low-event system that protects the goalies and stifles our offense. The players are scared to take chances on offense because they know the goaltending won't bail them out.

Ullmark was starting to get hot and the team looked like they were playing better and scoring more.

Then he got hurt...no goals for since Ullmark went down...coincidence?

Think about how teammates of Hasek said they could play with confidence in tight games knowing he was back there.

Think of Ryan Miller anchoring things with the 05-07 teams playing run and gun, high event hockey. Miller was money on breakaways, odd man rushes, and the shootout.

That gives the players the rope they need to push the attack, take chances, fore-check deep into the zone, go hard to the net (and stay there!), etc.

If Ullmark didn't get hurt we probably play A LOT better in the Philly games.

But it's the GM's and coaches fault that Hutton is still here and we were 1 injury away from a total mental collapse and a fragile team with no confidence.

Don't forget who stated the season for us in game #1...Carter Hutton with 5 goals on 27 shots.
0.815 save %.
 
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Sabres1523 said:
Their need wasn't as dire as ours though.

Confidence starts from the crease out.

The coach plays a low-event system that protects the goalies and stifles our offense. The players are scared to take chances on offense because they know the goaltending won't bail them out.

Ullmark was starting to get hot and the team looked like they were playing better and scoring more.

Then he got hurt...no goals for since Ullmark went down...coincidence?

Think about how teammates of Hasek said they could play with confidence in tight games knowing he was back there.

Think of Ryan Miller anchoring things with the 05-07 teams playing run and gun, high event hockey. Miller was money on breakaways, odd man rushes, and the shootout.

That gives the players the rope they need to push the attack, take chances, fore-check deep into the zone, go hard to the net (and stay there!), etc.

If Ullmark didn't get hurt we probably play A LOT better in the Philly games.

But it's the GM's and coaches fault that Hutton is still here and we were 1 injury away from a total mental collapse and a fragile team with no confidence.

Don't forget who stated the season for us in game #1...Carter Hutton with 5 goals on 27 shots.
0.815 save %.
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I get what you’re saying. But even if we acquired MAF there is no chance Krueger opens things up and plays this way
 
explore said:
If the rumors are true that MAF was not only available last year, but Vegas was offering a 2nd rounder on top of retaining 50% of his salary to get him off the books and the Sabres didn't seriously consider it, then this team's ownership and management lacks common sense and they need to hire a competent hockey executive and stop meddling with team decisions
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MAF had a full NMC. So, it could very well be that he was available, but didn't want to come to Buffalo.
 
What do people expect Adams to say if he talked:

“I’m not authorized to remove the coach. I’m not authorized to say why I don’t have authority to remove a coach. What is our next move? I don’t know, I haven’t been told yet.”
 
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joshjull said:
I get what you’re saying. But even if we acquired MAF there is no chance Krueger opens things up and plays this way
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Sure, but we'd at least be in tight games every night (maybe force more games to OT or shootout where we have more of a chance).

Or maybe the players force the issue and take more calculated risks despite what coach preaches.

Or maybe they don't feel the weight of an entire team on their back and actually go out there and at least play confident.

Right now, the team is playing like they know they can't win because they know the goalie will let them down...so why bother trying. Collectively, the team all look like they're saying...eh, f*** it.

That comes from repeatedly being deflated by soft goals and being so dog tired trying to protect the goalies there's nothing left in the tank to attack.

But don't get me wrong...the problems run much deeper than goaltending...but if we had solid goaltending the last couple years, maybe we put together a couple good runs and start building something.

Instead, we all hold on for dear life playing defense, scrapping by on offense, and then the goaltending implodes (usually starting with Ullmark getting injured)...and they completely fall apart from there.

If there's any possible way out of this...or to at least have an idea if this can be salvaged without a full reboot...I immediately fire Kruger, do anything possible to hire one of Gallant, Boudreau, or Julien - offer them an absurd amount of money for a 1-2 year deal (or more years if they want it).

And then I go out and find a deal to get a top tier goalie in here - overpay if needed but it's basically the most important position in hockey still - the goalie plays 60 minutes+. Now, goalies are not as dominant as they once were for sure and the difference between average and above average goalies are not as large as they once were...BUT...bad goaltending can singlehanded sabotage a good team...
 
This is Kevyn Adam's full body of work as GM for the Sabres. Everyone else, he inherited. Discuss

Riley Sheahan, LW
Signed a 1 year $700,000 contract with Buffalo (BUF)
DEC 23 2020
Casey Mittelstadt, C

Signed a 1 year $874,125 contract with Buffalo (BUF)
NOV 16 2020
Jack Quinn, RW

Signed a 3 year $5.325 million contract with Buffalo (BUF)
NOV 4 2020
Dustin Tokarski, G

Signed a 2 year $1.45 million contract with Buffalo (BUF)
OCT 29 2020
Victor Olofsson, RW

Signed a 2 year $6.1 million contract with Buffalo (BUF)
OCT 25 2020
Linus Ullmark, G

Signed a 1 year $2.6 million contract with Buffalo (BUF)
OCT 25 2020
Sam Reinhart, C

Signed a 1 year $5.2 million contract with Buffalo (BUF), avoiding arbitration
OCT 22 2020
Casey Nelson, D

Signed a 1 year $700,000 contract with Buffalo (BUF)
OCT 19 2020
Steven Fogarty, C

Signed a 1 year $700,000 contract with Buffalo (BUF)
OCT 12 2020
Dalton Smith, LW

Signed a minor league contract with Buffalo (BUF)
OCT 11 2020
Taylor Hall, LW

Signed a 1 year $8 million contract with Buffalo (BUF)
OCT 10 2020
Brandon Montour, D

Signed a 1 year $3.85 million contract with Buffalo (BUF)
OCT 10 2020
Cody Eakin, C

Signed a 2 year $4.5 million contract with Buffalo (BUF)
OCT 9 2020
Matt Irwin, D

Signed a 1 year $700,000 contract with Buffalo (BUF)
OCT 9 2020
Tobias Rieder, RW

Signed a 1 year $700,000 contract with Buffalo (BUF)
OCT 9 2020
Brandon Davidson, D

Signed a 1 year $700,000 contract with Buffalo (BUF)
OCT 8 2020
Zemgus Girgensons, C

Signed a 3 year $6.6 million contract extension with Buffalo (BUF)
OCT 7 2020
Jonas Johansson, G

Signed a 1 year $700,000 contract extension with Buffalo (BUF)
OCT 7 2020
Jakub Konecny, C

Drafted by Buffalo (BUF): Round 7 (#216overall)
OCT 7 2020
Albert Lyckåsen, D

Drafted by Buffalo (BUF): Round 7 (#193overall)
OCT 7 2020
Matteo Costantini, C

Drafted by Buffalo (BUF): Round 5 (#131overall)
OCT 6 2020
John-Jason Peterka, C

Drafted by Buffalo (BUF): Round 2 (#34overall)
OCT 7 2020
Jack Quinn, RW

Drafted by Buffalo (BUF): Round 1 (#8overall)
 
explore said:
Adams is a GM in name only, not sure if he even has the ability to make roster/coaching decisions on his own

We'll know if Adams is actually a real GM or a GM in name only when we find out if the Sabres made the obvious decision to pick up Alex Stalock off waivers from Minnesota or not

It's the most obvious, glaring need for the team that can be temporarily remedied at very low cost and risk. It's as obvious a no-brainer decision as you can have this season. If the Sabres don't make that move, they are beyond clueless



I think it's more accurate to say that the moves Adams did make were good in a vacuum, but he didn't address team's most pressing issues, one: having two backup goalies acting as 1A/1B starters, and two: not addressing the defense

It's unforgivable that the team didn't think it was necessary to upgrade on the Ulmark/Hutton tandem knowing they were put into a division where there are five true playoff teams and the Sabres aren't one of them primarily due to the atrocious goaltending

Carter Hutton is not an NHL goalie. He wasn't last year and he isn't this year. Linus Ulmark is a high-end backup goalie. He has never played more than 37 games in a single NHL season, and the most games he's played in the AHL is 55 games.

If the rumors are true that MAF was not only available last year, but Vegas was offering a 2nd rounder on top of retaining 50% of his salary to get him off the books and the Sabres didn't seriously consider it, then this team's ownership and management lacks common sense and they need to hire a competent hockey executive and stop meddling with team decisions



Kevyn Adams is officially a stooge without any actual authority
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I don't know how any team would have wanted to start the season with this tandem.
 
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