As much as i wanted him gone, they hired a yes man.
- ImThatGuy

(frank) the optics. GM ding dong had 3 years to get to 24th and couldn't do it.

Oh, glorious day

Kim - Hey Jason What do you think we need to do to win teh cup.

"We need to spend money on good players"

Kim - Yea, were going to have to let you go
- ImThatGuy

100%

Adams will be the puppet here

All the people celebrating have no idea how bad this is going to get

Botts fired!!! About time

Botts fired!!! About time
- Fattony1187

Agreed!!! what a waste of time that guy was....

LOL to all the super fans that spent months telling us that we're crazy to think Botterill won't be back this year. You nailed it!

(frank) the optics. GM ding dong had 3 years to get to 24th and couldn't do it.

Oh, glorious day
- jcragcrumple

They keep hiring worse ones...

(frank) the optics. GM ding dong had 3 years to get to 24th and couldn't do it.

Oh, glorious day
- jcragcrumple

Did you skip the part with who they replaced him with?

They keep hiring worse ones...
- buffalofan19

100%

He is face when Kim pulls the strings

They keep hiring worse ones...
- buffalofan19

They could have hired a dolphin in a top hat to be GM and I'd still be excited Botterill is gone

"This morning, we informed Jason Botterill he will no longer be the General Manager of the Sabres. This decision was made after many candid discussions with Jason during a full review of our hockey operation. We recognized we have philosophical differences regarding how best to put ourselves in a position to compete for a Stanley Cup. So, we decided to make this change," team owners Terry and Kim Pegula said in statement

Do I really want to know what the philosophical differences really are?

Being one of 7 teams out of 31 that couldn't even make an expanded playoff format, and then promoting from within is how you stay in that position.

LOL to all the super fans that spent months telling us that we're crazy to think Botterill won't be back this year. You nailed it!
- Hatboro_Swords

I knew it after the first full year..... But it's time to start being wrong about one of these guys. Im just glad Botts is GONE he was 100% useless... PLEASE let's let the Pittsburgh connection die from now on.

100%

He is face when Kim pulls the strings
- Stripes77

Remember when Russ Brandon made the GM calls whatever year it was? This is what this feels like.

Do I really want to know what the philosophical differences really are?
- buffalofan19

Jason wants to spend money smartly and though the draft

Terry doesn't have money for Kim to spend...

Remember when Russ Brandon made the GM calls whatever year it was? This is what this feels like.
- buffalofan19

Also there is no "interim" tag

He is the GM

They should have just made Ralph the GM

Fire Botterill? Great!!

Hire Adams who has been an assistant coach and vice president of business ops but never touched a trade, free agent signing or draft pick and was thrown to the wolves by the Pegula's mid-season when they wouldn't answer questions themselves?!... Terrible...

This is a clear yes man move to further their control of the team... I didn't think it could be more comical over there... Guess I was wrong.

I'll take a wait and see approach to Kevyn Adams being the GM. Im won't be bridge jumping like some of you. Not yet anyway

I agree Adams is a puppet. We will need a VP of hockey now so there is a buffer between him and Kim

They keep hiring worse ones...
- buffalofan19

We don't really kn9w how Adams will be, give him a chance. Can't really be worse than Jbotts, right. Plus Adams is close to Ralph so they're probably trying to duplicate the Bills dynamic

I'll take a wait and see approach to Kevyn Adams being the GM. Im won't be bridge jumping like some of you. Not yet anyway
- gordong

Same statement people said after the ROR trade or the fact that Bots did nothing at the deadline etc... Sometimes, on the surface something is bad and in reality actually bad....

We don't really kn9w how Adams will be, give him a chance. Can't really be worse than Jbotts, right. Plus Adams is close to Kim so they're probably trying to duplicate the Bills dynamic
- turbo044

Fixed that for you

I agree Adams is a puppet. We will need a VP of hockey now so there is a buffer between him and Kim
- lulags

No chance Pegula's will give up power...

I agree Adams is a puppet. We will need a VP of hockey now so there is a buffer between him and Kim
- lulags

There's no way they hire one, they should but they won't

congrats/condolences

I'll take a wait and see approach to Kevyn Adams being the GM. Im won't be bridge jumping like some of you. Not yet anyway
- gordong

They absolutely had to make a change. Botterill's tenure was embarrassingly bad. Ill give Adams a chance. It would be almost impossible to be as bad as Botterill

Pierre LeBrun
@PierreVLeBrun
Veteran assistant GM Randy Sexton was also let go by the Sabres. Both Sexton and Botterill had two more years left on their deals after this season.