Sabres promoted two in Kevyn Adams’ first moves to put together his front office.
By Chad DeDominicis / Diebytheblade.com
The Buffalo Sabres announced two front office moves this morning for Keyvn Adams’ staff. Jeremiah Crowe was promoted to director of scouting and Jason Nightingale added assistant director of scouting to his job title of director of analytics.
Crowe has been a pro scout with the Sabres for the last three years. He spent time with USA Hockey as their director of player personnel for one year and assistant director of player personnel the year prior. Before joining USA Hockey, he worked with Kevyn Adams at the Academy of Hockey as a coach in 2014.
Sabres land 8th NHL Draft Pick
The Buffalo Sabres were awarded the 8th overall pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. This marks the 8th consecutive year that the club has landed a top 10 pick at the draft lottery, bringing some familiarity to an otherwise unusual and extended offseason for Sabres fans.
The lottery winners were announced, with an undetermined team to be handed the first overall pick, likely to be consensus number one prospect Alexis Lafreniere. Rounding out the top three are tonight’s other winners Los Angeles Kings (second overall) and Ottawa Senators (third, with the pick acquired from the San Jose Sharks). They will be followed by the Detroit Red Wings, Ottawa Senators again, Anaheim Ducks, and New Jersey Devils. As a result, the Sabres were dealt the likeliest of outcomes, as they had a 39.5% chance of falling back one spot in the order. They had the lowest odds of all the non-resuming teams of winning one of the top three spots, and therefore had a 53.6% chance of being leapfrogged by one or more of the play-in teams.