C’mon. We have gone through this every summer. You can’t just play the ‘well who should have Adams got, there wasn’t anyone available’
It’s Adams job to add players to his team. He himself stated he wanted a top six forward. And that was before he bought out Skinner.
His solution was to add a guy who scored 14 goals last year, was traded for a 6th round pick, and is extremely injury prone, and had to pay double his market rate to do it.
That’s a bad job as a GM, anyway you slice it. To state you want a top six forward and add, at best, an oft injured 32 year old with one good season in the last 5, is a failed job. It doesn’t matter what other teams did. He stated that ‘everything was on the table’ and came away empty handed.
He looked sg it but wasnt paying the price. As mentioned no yop 6 F were traded.
Other UFA wingers were overpaid
One thing Adam's didnt want to do was sign a bad contract
You see what happened to Edmonton. Thst cou ln d happen to buffalo in the next 3 summers if they signed whi you wanted.
I mean, the low hanging fruit was Maginpane for a 2nd, which we gave up for a 4th liner.
My "Could have" is Teuvo Teravainen, who signed a 3 year, 16M deal. If he offers him a 5 year, 30M deal, does he say no?
And it should be noted that part of the reason its so hard to recruit to Buffalo is Adams poor management of the team.
He's not a recruiting plus.
Mangio had some control and could have blocked as buffalo trade
Who cares about Ehlers and Necas. People seem to be fixated on two players. There is more than two players in the NHL.
It's mind boggling that this team missed the playoffs for 14 straight years and people still make excuses for management
Let's be fair to Adam's and not blame all years on him.
His plan was I'm going to move name players and take these 3 years to rebuild.
I don't see any rational way Mcleod does the same. What are we honestly projecting him for? 10-20? 15-25? (I think thats the highest end I'd go with any reasonable projection point wise)
See what happens with him. Maybe it was a system fit issue.
The only thing at all that makes sense in this one is the Sabres knew his shoulder was shot. You Can say other GM's soured on him which is fine, then keep him and send out Rosen or kulich for a better return than mcleod and hope you were wrong about Savoie.
I think there was issues with him being an injury risk playing in the nhl. I also think something else was going on behind the scenes that is an issue.
The only other time a trade has been so odd to me in recent memory was the 1st for Lehner when Ottawa had 3 goalies already under contract and I may be misremembering but no ahl options left and we just outbid ourselves for no apparent reason.
I think Mcleod will be a solid addition and I'm not shitting on the kid personally at all the deal just leaves me perplexed.
Lehner was 23 at time of the trade with 5 yrs of team control. He was drafted in the 2nd. His price wasnt outrageous.
It'd be one thing if you had an otherwise proven GM who couldn't get a deal done during the summer. I think its OK to give the benefit of the doubt to a GM/Coach when they've proven they have a high level of competence.
I didn't understand the Diggs trade (especially with the dead cap) but I trust that Beane and Co are doing to the right thing given that they are consistently a division winner and contender.
He was going to get hit with dead csp either way in trade or buyout. He got back MIN 2nd in next yrs draft which could be in the 30s
But....when a GM hasn't proven he can build a winning team, especially after 5 offseasons of medicority and 4 full seasons of missing the playoffs under his belt....it's pretty wild to give them any benefit of the doubt. The current iteration of the front office has earned zero trust with the on ice product.
Yr 1 he us hired after botts is fired. They had no chance to hire/ interview for a gm. Adams in yr 2 might have bern operating in a temp tole thus l IU strning to what the coach wanted and not fo any crazy contracts.
In that time after he knows he has the permanent gig and when team finishes sd hes last, th ef y sre going to rebuilt with trading out Eichel, reinhart, and risto
The past 3 season were focused on rebuilding the club
Talking of the playoff drought is blaming Adams for all if it.
1 season of a team almost making the playoffs in a league where half the teams make the playoffs isn't accomplishment, it's failure.
Moving out an early 2nd round pick and a former top 10 pick for a 4th line winger and a
defensive center can only be vindicated by success on the ice.
I have no issue with the moves given thr depth they have in prospects.
If they fill those roles but it doesn't move the needle, standings. wise, then these trades will be just more in a long line of Adams sending out talent without getting enough in return.
The last 2 seasons injuries played a significant factor
You dont plan for 10 game stretches where you lose 4 of your 5 top D or 4 of your 5 top F
It’s a pet peeve of mine to see people keep posting the same factually incorrect things over and over. But I seem to have lost the battle. No one cares what actually happened. They’d rather believe Botts was still the GM when Ullmark and Reinhart filed for arbitration and then signed them to their 2nd bridge deals. (Adams had actually been the GM for four months by the time they filed for arbitration)
Adams when he took over was during Covid and botts bring fired was unexpected.
I think Adams might have bern a pure temp in yr 1 so he was going to just hold the ship. No big signings, and asked the coach for what players he wanted. Only later did he become something more than interim/temp
Ullmark was very injury prone so that was a big issue in investing starting money on a player who wouldnt be starting was risky. Adams did offer the same as Boston.
