Kevyn Adams post trade deadline press conference

[GASabresIUFAN]

22 hours ago, Taro T said:

Mentioned they need to find a partner for Power.  

...and he didn't know that last off-season, the prior deadline or the off-season before that?  Is he just recognizing the need now?  

I always thought Mike Milbury or Craig Button were the worst GM'sin hockey history, but Adams is taking the cake.  

[GASabresIUFAN]

I just watched the entire video.  The media members failed to ask the right questions.  Adams admitted that Power needs a partner and the defense stinks.  If he "knows" these things, why didn't the media members ask the follow up questions of that these issues are nothing new and why haven't they been addressed previously and what are you going to do about fixing them now?  

I thought I disliked Adams before watching this video, but I loath him now.  He is so smug.  The losing is on me he says and he needs to be better, yet he consistently does nothing but tinker with the bottom of the roster or trade one flawed player for another.  None of his moves have actually made the team better. 

How does this clown still have a job.

[SJSabres Fan]

Wouldn’t it be interesting if we could have GM Timmy bring in the high end talent (ie Reinhart, Eichel, O’Reilly) and let KA bring in the third and fourth line. That team might look pretty good. 

[PerreaultForever]

So basically at the deadline he went to Florida to see if he could get some palm trees but in the end just decided to give Jokiharju away and sign the guys he already had. Then he figured he'd get Brady Tkachuk's best friend hoping that in time it would convince Brady to come here too. I think that's it. 

[LGR4GM]

55 minutes ago, SJSabres Fan said:

Wouldn’t it be interesting if we could have GM Timmy bring in the high end talent (ie Reinhart, Eichel, O’Reilly) and let KA bring in the third and fourth line. That team might look pretty good. 

Hard pass

[7+6=13]

2 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

I just watched the entire video.  The media members failed to ask the right questions.  Adams admitted that Power needs a partner and the defense stinks.  If he "knows" these things, why didn't the media members ask the follow up questions of that these issues are nothing new and why haven't they been addressed previously and what are you going to do about fixing them now?  

I thought I disliked Adams before watching this video, but I loath him now.  He is so smug.  The losing is on me he says and he needs to be better, yet he consistently does nothing but tinker with the bottom of the roster or trade one flawed player for another.  None of his moves have actually made the team better. 

How does this clown still have a job.

I found the presser extremely disturbing but mostly because I now know why we're soft.  Where we differ is , I don't believe there's more that can be done than tinkering.  It's either over pay in a trade or draft very well and wait.  I don't see how that's not clear by now.  It's not something new and has nothing to do with KA.

[SABRES 0311]

On 3/8/2025 at 8:51 AM, 7+6=13 said:

I disagree with his approach as a GM.  He mentioned it being emotional with Cozens.  While I appreciate that on a human level, I find it almost inappropriate.  He said it's hard, you've got brothers that you go to war with everyday.

No, you're their boss not their brother.  I fully understand sports has shifted and it's not the iron fist anymore and it shouldn't be, but this is nuts IMO.  

This team needs an iron fist. Produce or you get sent to the worst team we can trade you to while still getting a positive return.

Want to get paid? Have at least two consecutive seasons of consistent production and all around play.

 

[Cityo'Rasmii]

he's a fool, ok a marionette

Edited 9 hours ago by Cityo'Rasmii

[Thorner]

On 3/8/2025 at 10:34 AM, JoeSchmoe said:

All in all I thought it was a pretty good press conference.

His comments about Cozens being really emotional about leaving and Zucker falling in love with the being a Buffalo Sabre tells me it's not all doom and gloom as most of us like to believe.

Probably because his comments are literal propaganda *TO* convince fans it’s not all doom and gloom as most like to believe 

lol like that’s the subtext of his script. That’s the messaging below the surface you are purchasing 

Edited 9 hours ago by Thorner

[Thorner]

On 3/8/2025 at 11:09 AM, 7+6=13 said:

This interview aggravated me more than I thought it would and maybe he's just a showman.  I do sympathize with the challenges of being the GM of the Sabres.  

I think he's misinterpreting what his job is and what the City (fans) want.  He said no one can say I don't love Buffalo.  Well no one is saying that because no one cares.  I don't care if my GM thinks it's a terrible place to live.  It's odd how much he brings that up and alarming that it's his barometer for most decisions.

I don't mind him having a personal relationship with the players but I do mind that he can't say, I like Dylan Cozens but it wasn't good enough.  There's a lot of players that I like but if they don't play good enough, I'll trade them too.  

His ultimate job is to remove emotion and he inserts it. That's not a leader. 

 

 

[JoeSchmoe]

2 minutes ago, Thorner said:

Probably because his comments are literal propaganda *TO* convince fans it’s not all doom and gloom as most like to believe 

lol like that’s the subtext of his script. That’s the messaging below the surface you are purchasing 

That may or may not be true, but Zucker and his 44pts in 54 games elected to take a pay cut to stay on this high tax no palm tree team instead of testing the market. I'll take Adams at his word.