Kevyn Adams - New GM

[Buffaloed]

There needs to be a separate thread for this. You're giving him bad Karma putting him in the Botterill thread.

Five things about new Sabres GM Kevyn Adams
Sabres ties. Adams originally joined the Sabres in 2009 as player development coach and served as assistant coach from 2011-2013. He was named vice president and director of the Academy of Hockey at LECOM Harborcenter in October 2013, a year before the facility opened. He was named general manager of HarborCenter in January 2019 and Sabres' senior vice president of business administration last September.

I think he has a shot at being a good GM. He has a lot more experience than Garth Snow had on the management side. He was also a player agent. Being liked by the Pegulas is a plus. Marv Levy and Ralph Wilson got along famously. Let's face it, we have owners who need their hands held and everything explained to them. It's an added job requirement and it's a big one. Adams has developed a lot of contacts over the years and shouldn't have any problem adding good people. He's had a view from above and understands what the organization needs. He has a normal size head and isn't named Jason, but I still can't get accept spelling Kevin with a Y.

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[Fjordy]

Good luck to him, I hope he will take the right steps.

 

[TehDoak]

There needs to be a separate thread for this. You're giving him bad Karma putting him in the Botterill thread.

Five things about new Sabres GM Kevyn Adams
Sabres ties. Adams originally joined the Sabres in 2009 as player development coach and served as assistant coach from 2011-2013. He was named vice president and director of the Academy of Hockey at LECOM Harborcenter in October 2013, a year before the facility opened. He was named general manager of HarborCenter in January 2019 and Sabres' senior vice president of business administration last September.

I think he has a shot at being a good GM. He has a lot more experience than Garth Snow had on the management side. He was also a player agent. Being liked by the Pegulas is a plus. Marv Levy and Ralph Wilson got along famously. Let's face it, we have owners who need their hands held and everything explained to them. It's an added job requirement and it's a big one. Adams has developed a lot of contacts over the years and shouldn't have any problem adding good people. He's had a view from above and understands what the organization needs. He has a normal size head and isn't named Jason, but I still can't get accept spelling Kevin with a Y.

Let's be 100% here. Kevyn Adams does not have the credentials to be a NHL GM. Now, does that he mean he won't make a good one? No. It's going to be about who he surrounds himself with. If this is the only major front office move for the Sabres this summer, it's going to be setup to fail. Adams biggest asset is his relationship with the Pegula's. If he can keep them at an arm's length of hockey operations and gather good minds underneath him to build a strong org, we'll be better moving forward.

 

[jputt99]

Kevyn Adams ? Another 1st time GM , hope he's not Botts 2.0 .

 

[explore]

It's ominous that his best qualification is that he has marginally more experience than Garth Snow, and his only selling point is that the Pegula's like him.

This guy isn't Stevie Y or Joe Sakic, guys who had tremendous success as players in the NHL and parlayed that into managerial roles. Adams is, at best, socially intelligent, with no other justifiable quality supporting his elevation to NHL GM.

Clown show.

 

[TehDoak]

I find the new GM choice.....Inconceivable.

 

[jc17]

It's ominous that his best qualification is that he has marginally more experience than Garth Snow, and his only selling point is that the Pegula's like him.

This guy isn't Stevie Y or Joe Sakic, guys who had tremendous success as players in the NHL and parlayed that into managerial roles. Adams is, at best, socially intelligent, with no other justifiable quality supporting his elevation to NHL GM.

Clown show.

Tremendous nhl success also doesn't qualify a person as an nhl gm

 

[Gabrielor]

There needs to be a separate thread for this. You're giving him bad Karma putting him in the Botterill thread.

Tried that an hour ago...someone got real trigger happy and merged.

 

[explore]

Tremendous nhl success also doesn't qualify a person as an nhl gm

It's better than absolutely no qualifications at all.

 

[Samsonite23]

I posted this in the Botts fired thread. This is probably a better spot for it...


Pretty funny that we fired him as an assistant coach a whole 7 years ago. Guess the Pegulas changed their minds pretty swiftly. What did he do until he was hired as the VP? I don't remember.

 

[Buffaloed]

He could get off on the right foot with a lot of fans by establishing a serious analytics dept.

 

[Montag DP]

And back to square 1...again. At least it's better than square 0, in theory.

 

[May Day 10]

this is a joke.

100% so Kim Pegula feels comfortable bringing her 'ideas' to the table. Surround yourself with management you are comfortable with (yes men).

This is the Buffalo Bills/Ralph Wilson circa-00s to a T.


See everyone in 3 years. The next time we can come around with enough proof that the GM needs to leave and we can hope for a real search.

 

[jc17]

I know many people will disagree with this, but people can learn a lot from failure or lack of success. It just really depends on how open-minded and how good of a problem solver they are.

Look at botterill. The guy won a cup in Pittsburgh in a management role. Sometimes when you have success like that you think you know everything. They had success with college kids, so he favored them. Maybe analytics wasn't a part of their success, so he assumed he could win without. Someone without that success might not have the ego to think they have all the answers and will do more to figure things out.

We can only hope Adams is the type of person to really try to learn how to be successful than assuming he knows everything

 

[TehDoak]

Important question:

- Home Alone Kevin GIFs?

- Kevin from the Office Gifs

I think we might get a better variety from the like the 8 seasons of the office, but....a kid left alone while the house gets robbed might be a bit more fitting?

 

[Montag DP]

See everyone in 3 years. The next time we can come around with enough proof that the GM needs to leave and we can hope for a real search.

And then end up with another stooge that Pegula knew from Pittsburgh.

 

[OkimLom]

Don't have much to go on to show if he's capable or not of handling this type of position. Much like the Botterill hire, I don't think this is the right direction in terms of experience with what is required in today's NHL. We have no choice to see what he can do at this point it appears (unless plans change, which under this ownership, wouldn't be shocked).

Will be interesting to see who he will hire as his assistants. Will some hold coaches/teammates be pegged for some spots? Could they restructure the team?

Curious what he envisions for players on the team. What type of players do they want target in scouting (amateur/professional)? How adverse is he with the CBA? If not, who will he hire?

 

[Gabrielor]

Eagerly awaiting the presser. Terry is atrocious at public speaking, but maybe some evidence of intellect shines through somewhere.

That's the hope, anyways.

 

[CrazyPsycho]

Important question:

- Home Alone Kevin GIFs?

- Kevin from the Office Gifs

I think we might get a better variety from the like the 8 seasons of the office, but....a kid left alone while the house gets robbed might be a bit more fitting?

Could go right for kevin drops the chili after this press conference

 

[TalkingProuder]

Instigators trying to sell fans on Kevyn Adams without proper talking points.

Give it a listen if you enjoy pain.

 

[May Day 10]

Instigators trying to sell fans on Kevyn Adams without proper talking points.

Give it a listen if you enjoy pain.

Heard a little bit.

My favorite one is how he is from the area so he REALLY WILL want to make the Sabres good.

 

[TalkingProuder]

Heard a little bit.

My favorite one is how he is from the area so he REALLY WILL want to make the Sabres good.

He grew up in Buffalo and worked with the Pegulas. No need to do a job search.

I don't think Kim or Terry enjoy job searches which is why they often just grab someone out of left field.

 

[Dirty Dog]

Look we don’t know anything about him. Maybe he is an idiot. Maybe he is amazing at surrounding himself with great minds who will the franchise around.

 

[Sabre Dance]

Adams is fine. Who knows. Murray and Botterill were always top candidates in the NHL. We'll see what happens. It was certainly a cheaper option. Would rather experience but they don't listen to fans.

 

[kirby11]

T.Pegs mentioning Kevyn is "loyal." Yikes