@Stadel
@Lenny54
Kevyn Adams has a nice smile!
The return on the trades and the quality of free agent signings jumped off the chart when Jason Karmanos was hired as "Associate" Manager.
Jeramiah Crowe now sits at the draft table.
Venture is the lead analytics guy.
If you want to say Adams may be an idiot but hired smart people, sure I can agree.
When he was on his own think how bad it was:
Ullmark walked for a mere $5,000,000 contract.
McCabe who many think could return a first was allowed to walk for only $4,000,000
Signing Hall to $8,000,000.
Buffalo only got a second for Hall and a third for Montour, sign them or get more for them but do not give them away.
Eakin was signed while letting Larsson who wanted to play here was allowed to walk.
Trading Johanson for washed up Eric Staal.
The league GM's knew Kevyn was over his head and took advantage of him.
Look at the improvement after Karmanos joined the team:
Who would have thought Ristolainen would give us a first much less a second as well.
Reinhart gave us brick wall Levi.
Eichel returned Tuch and some other stuff.
Hard for me to believe Adams would hire an
Associate GM, or was he told, Kevyn this is your partner, listen to him well.
I guess you figured out, I am not a fan of Mr. Smiles.