Are Kevyn Adams‘ days because the Buffalo Sabres GM numbered?
Matthew Fairburn and Tim Graham of The Athletic: Three sources have said that there have been internal conversations in regards to the Buffalo Sabres firing GM Kevyn Adams. The Sabres are in Seattle and can return to Buffalo on Monday.
Two sources said that the ultimate decision won’t be made until they’re home from the road trip. A team spokesperson wouldn’t comment, and Adams didn’t reply to a text message.
Adams has been the Sabres GM for the past five and a half seasons and has a yr left on his contract. The Sabres haven’t been to the playoffs prior to now 14 seasons and are sitting last within the Eastern Conference.
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Jarmo Kekalainen joined the Sabres last May as a senior advisor and is the logical person to take over full-time or as an interim GM. Kekalainen is currently back in Finland coping with a private matter.
Whoever steps in could have to make a choice before the trade deadline on pending UFA Alex Tuch. Pending RFA to take care of within the offseason are Josh Doan, Zach Benson and Michael Kesselring.
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on the speculation of Kevyn Adams future in Buffalo.
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Ron McLean: “Buffalo is anything going to occur?”
Friedman: “Yeah. So there was a report last night by Tim Graham and Matthew Fairburn that Buffalo is considering, or has been discussing, Kevyn Adams’ future.
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I don’t have anything solid here, but I wanted to handle it within the sense that there’s a variety of noise. They finish their road trip on Sunday night, tomorrow night in Seattle, and we’ll see what happens when Buffalo gets back. Well, there’s a variety of noise there, but we’ll see if there’s anything concrete.”
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