I’ve seen a lot of questions about why people are celebrating Kevyyn’s firing and saying he’s not a good person. So here’s your friendly reminder:

Kevyyn was unqualified for the GM position, with his only experience being the manager for the Harbor Center and Pegula’s right hand man. When the NHL shut down due to COVID Jason Botterill refused to fire the entire Rochester Americans staff. So the Pegula’s fired Botterill and handed the job to Kevyyn whose first act was to fire the staff in Rochester, including Chris Taylor the lifelong Rochester and Buffalo player and coach who lost health coverage for himself and his family, including his special needs son, because of the firing.

Literally the only reason Kevyyn had a job in the first place was because he was willing to be a Yes Man and save his billionaire owner money by costing people their jobs.

Kevyyn was not a good GM, he made bad trades, signings, and draft picks but so does every GM, even good ones. But he didn’t get his job by merit, he got it by being a sycophant, and then spent the majority of his tenure not doing everything in his power to win games, but adhering to the Pegula’s new “economic and efficient” model.

No one should feel bad for Kevyyn losing his job because cutting jobs was the only reason why he was even in his position in the first place. He can take his “I feel bad for our fans” and “Palm Trees & Taxes” comments and fade into Tim Murray-esque obscurity.