Kevyn Adams doesn’t need to hear the booing fans, read placards calling for his firing or field another question about his job security to appreciate what is on the line entering his sixth season as Sabres general manager.

Though Buffalo’s NHL-record 14-season playoff drought long predates his hiring, Adams knows there is only one way to change the negative narrative.

“We’ve got to win hockey games,” said Adams, who is in the final year of his contract.

“Honestly, I could stand up here all day and I can explain exactly why we’ve made the moves or what I’m excited about with our roster, and it really doesn’t matter,” he added. “We need to win. And I’m fully aware of that.”

In a league in which coaches have been replaced nearly twice as often as general managers over the past 20 years,

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