“A Different Look” | Behind The Scenes of The 2024 NHL Trade Deadline | Buffalo Sabres Embedded

“A Different Look” | Behind The Scenes of The 2024 NHL Trade Deadline | Buffalo Sabres Embedded

Hello how we doing today you know I have to be willing to listen and think of talk about every possible scenario that I think makes sense for our team now and into the future probably no secret that I’ve been working for a couple years to uh find a defenseman and it’s really

Really tough in this league to find a top pair kind of talent um that Bo Byam is yeah it was I was just couldn’t believe it um you know we’ve talked so much about playing on the same team and he’s just such a great player with so

Much potential I I love his ability to get up in the play Move the puck I believe he’s got even more offensive upside than than maybe he’s been able to completely show this young in his career I can’t wait for the for the guys on the

Team to meet him they’re all going to love him first at the right place at the right time he’s a definition of a beauty I’d say so um obviously he’s a Cup champion and um we need that in our own in the locker room and you know he’s not even

Close to his ceiling yet kids a player Thompson STS into a shot rebound scores byon with a second of the game he’s made a huge impact for this team here since he’s came from the Colorado out to become fav here very quickly we felt like to get this caliber player

Talent that we can have you know with us for a long time hopefully um was the right move and the Buffalo Sabers have just told the NHL we’re not done yet as far as trading Kyle it’s obviously something I guess he wanted like how difficult was it and what was

The process did he like did he give you some teams that he would go to like how did you go about it I guess yeah um sorry take a sec here and is here here’s the process that I’m in with with Oki and I I don’t know

If I’ve totally explained this to you like obviously this is pretty important player in our franchise and I’ve I’ve given him and paperson my word that when I have all the information I’m going to come to him and present it and I know that he’s pretty serious about you guys

For a lot of reasons and he should be so it’s probably going to be in his hands now is the way I’m going to leave it then I think that’s fair you know I owe him that so it would be a seventh this year this year seventh let’s just do it

If you won the cup it goes to a fifth 20 24 fifth yep okay all right well we have a we have an offer no retention which team who Florida okay same thing so seventh to a fifth no Lang win the cup no language of how many games played none of that stuff

Just win the cup it turns to a fifth this year’s draft hey hey hey Pat how you doing um uh good so a little little bit of traction here on ooso um Florida is going to get back to me shortly so to me that’s just win-win

For him we we do the right thing for him now I I have to do my job on this and then we can talk about it yeah okay thanks Pat bye um just let’s just take a second just to yep go away you could go away so we just

Got to move I agree Okie you got two seconds somewhere private um uh so I’m I’m getting close on a potential deal to Florida working out a couple things I have a lot of respect for you Oki and what you’ve done in our relationship but what you’ve done

For the team and what you’ve done for the city quite frankly so I just want to handle this and get it all out there so I have a firm offer from Florida yeah I I know you’re probably some mixed emotions and it is for me too

But you know what this has been trust your instincts trust your gut on this um just be who you are regardless you win the cup or not in this summer let’s have a really nice bottle of wine together KAC poo um um just a he’s just a he’s just as you guys know

An unbelievable uh person uh what I what I I I have a lot of respect for people that are selfless in this game and what he’s given to this organization um his heart and soul and you know I want to I want to thank him I believe you owe people the respect to

Have an honest conversation and understand exactly how they feel and they need to understand exactly the job that I have and and where I’m at and I know he’ll be missed but um you know I think he’s got an amazing opportunity in front of him Pat was Pat’s like he goes Kevin I

Just I want you to know how much I appreciate the way you guys are doing things there just the way you guys are handling this is really appreciated so all right we got to turn our attention to EJ now let’s figure this out out hey Danny you there good hey uh just

Just you know with the other team involved you we willing to go right to a fourth without uh any sort of whatever it’s called a condition cuz I’ll do it you know I’ll take that to him right now and it’s your deal okay call me right back okay

Bye I said you go right to a fourth and it’ll be your deal deal I said I need to know though maybe we just blew it I don’t know know he say he said give me 30 seconds oh here we go hey Danny all right perfect so that’s a 244th that’s awesome

Good hey good morning Ras how you doing I don’t know how much oki’s told you um but we were able to get him to Florida um which was his number one choice and you know it’s tough he’s such a good person and then you know mentor to you I

Know that but I think it’s it’s the right thing for him and it’s the right thing for the next step for for you too let’s let’s push hard here down the stretch and Win Hockey games you look at the age and experience of those players

When KY like poo got the sea on his chest to where they are now there is a big difference I mean Ras mallene his elevated in every single way on the ice off the ice physically um just his voice his confidence it’s their time dolls on the bench must why is he

Going to be good really yeah wow he goes he makes theame easy for me said we get on the same page it’s to be nice how are they communicating pretty good yeah did they talk about about right left like did dolls wanted like Sam said play right dolls wanted to play

Right he told I mean there definitely you definitely get in situations where it’s you know your low handcuff has already in the left side or vice versa but the biggest part is just you’re going to get in that situation anyway the opposite side of the bring anyway

Even if you have a left right yeah and then the so and honestly the upside doesn’t ever get talked about of the play dolls made to Byam on the goal last night if he’s a righty is not as easy Here Comes KBS now skates through a little bit of a

Reach around there by keeper shood Savers with a chance for Byron holds it fire scores welcome to Buffalo number four he shoots and scores in his first game as a buffalo Savers to tie it up in smashville nice pass by do across BM just stepping in nice quick wrist shot

Right there not a big slapper no wind up he just takes that ground and there’s a Qui shot and he’s going to beat short side we need to be better and the bo Byam decision um making a big trade like that was was to upgrade our team and to

Make our team better now and into the [Applause] future heads up job boys job Cy McDavid takes it away then gives it away leaving it at the Blue Line here’s a back and scores Jacob [Applause] Bryson how about that for a little backand it his first of the year ties

This game at two all right Alex tuck trying to get another one here for Buffalo and the shootout SC [Applause] Lucan in the Crouch newon Hopkins Lucan with the save but the Sabers win it again this time for good you know I thought uh Byrum was was uh key again

Today and and just uh you know we’re going to have a different look with you know you you have a different lineup now and I thought he was really effective obviously with dolls and uh they want to rise knowing that uh we need to it you never know going into the the deadline

Especially in the situation we were in are you going to be able to make a hockey trade to that when you identify a way to help your team and then you really believe can help your team into the future in my opinion that was a really important trade for us we’re

Young but we’re not inexperienced so that’s the that’s the thing now we have to take the young talent and use the learning lessons that we have and turn it into winning hockey games I got to give my gu thanks for welcoming your team boys um great effort Tonight

Go behind-the-scenes with Buffalo Sabres general manager Kevyn Adams during the 2024 NHL Trade Deadline as he deals captain Kyle Okposo to the Florida Panthers and discusses the immediate impact of newly acquired defenseman Bowen Byram.

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