F – Harrington but it’s the offseason but Adams showing some class and tact here so worth the link:
> When I asked Adams the requisite question about this year’s Stanley Cup champion, it naturally included an aside about seeing Jack Eichel hoist the Cup in his first try at the playoffs with the Vegas Golden Knights. Adams could have offered a boilerplate response with a few platitudes to his former captain, but instead offered a quick glimpse of his moving-ahead thinking.
> “The first person I texted when I woke up at 6 a.m. the next day was Alex Tuch,” Adams slyly said of the Sabres’ winger and the prime acquisition in the Eichel trade with the Golden Knights in November 2021. “I think he’s pretty excited to have the opportunity to do that here.”
> Adams went on to give Vegas its due for its four-round grind through the playoffs, something Adams lived with Carolina in 2006. Then he turned the conversation back to his own team, still on the longest playoff drought in NHL history but believed to finally be turning a corner toward being a contender sooner rather than later.
> “I’m really excited about how it’s played out for us in the decisions that we’ve made over the past few years,” Adams said. “The people that are in our organization that have come back I’m really excited about, so that gives me a lot of confidence in where we are moving forward.
> “Players that go other places, whether it was timing or it just didn’t work out, you’re always happy for them if they go on and have success. We’re so focused on our own team and what we do here and the people we have in the room. That really is what I think most about.”
Minuarvea1
Is it just me or is this the longest period of time we’ve liked a GM?
Roguemutantbrain
I’m so impressed by his answers. Hockey people are always like “we just have to think about tomorrow and the days after that and do what we can to make our team better”, while Adams is all, “ya know, it’s funny you ask that. I was having a really interesting conversation with “insert knowledgeable person” about that the other day.” And proceeds to offer really accessible and insightful information
TroubleCrazy6190
I don’t know. KA has done a decent job. But this draft class is below mediocre after the first ten picks. What does this Harrington in this article even mean?
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F – Harrington but it’s the offseason but Adams showing some class and tact here so worth the link:
> When I asked Adams the requisite question about this year’s Stanley Cup champion, it naturally included an aside about seeing Jack Eichel hoist the Cup in his first try at the playoffs with the Vegas Golden Knights. Adams could have offered a boilerplate response with a few platitudes to his former captain, but instead offered a quick glimpse of his moving-ahead thinking.
> “The first person I texted when I woke up at 6 a.m. the next day was Alex Tuch,” Adams slyly said of the Sabres’ winger and the prime acquisition in the Eichel trade with the Golden Knights in November 2021. “I think he’s pretty excited to have the opportunity to do that here.”
> Adams went on to give Vegas its due for its four-round grind through the playoffs, something Adams lived with Carolina in 2006. Then he turned the conversation back to his own team, still on the longest playoff drought in NHL history but believed to finally be turning a corner toward being a contender sooner rather than later.
> “I’m really excited about how it’s played out for us in the decisions that we’ve made over the past few years,” Adams said. “The people that are in our organization that have come back I’m really excited about, so that gives me a lot of confidence in where we are moving forward.
> “Players that go other places, whether it was timing or it just didn’t work out, you’re always happy for them if they go on and have success. We’re so focused on our own team and what we do here and the people we have in the room. That really is what I think most about.”
Is it just me or is this the longest period of time we’ve liked a GM?
I’m so impressed by his answers. Hockey people are always like “we just have to think about tomorrow and the days after that and do what we can to make our team better”, while Adams is all, “ya know, it’s funny you ask that. I was having a really interesting conversation with “insert knowledgeable person” about that the other day.” And proceeds to offer really accessible and insightful information
I don’t know. KA has done a decent job. But this draft class is below mediocre after the first ten picks. What does this Harrington in this article even mean?