‘“He’s been around a long time, and he’s had a lot of different roles in the hockey world,” Sabres General Manager Kevyn Adams told The News. “We just felt that he’s done a really nice job leading [our amateur scouting staff] and, honestly, the way our scouting staff, amateur and pro, function day to day won’t change at all. It’s really just promoting him to getting involved in more conversations, from roster discussions and stuff like that. The timing of it, felt like, OK, focus on the draft, then rolling into the next phase of the offseason. Even going into the 2025 draft, he’ll still be overseeing our amateur scouting staff.”’