There was some major NHL news on Tuesday morning when the perpetual tire fire that is the Buffalo Sabres announced the firing of general manager Jason Botterill, replacing him with Kevyn Adams. It is a stunner of a move, not because the change wasn’t warranted (have you seen the state of the Sabres lately?) but because the organization had just given him the dreaded vote of confidence no more than a couple of weeks ago.
Now, here we are.
Why is this piece of news relevant to the Penguins? Simply because Botterill is a very familiar name around these parts given his extensive resume with the Penguins’ organization as an assistant general manager through two Stanley Cup runs.