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List of Buffalo Sabres general managers

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The Buffalo Sabres are a professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York, United States. The Sabres are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL). Founded as an expansion franchise in 1970, the Sabres have had ten general managers since the team's inception.

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Term	Definition	No.	Ref(s)	–
Number of general managers
References
Does not apply
Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in the Builder category

General managers

No.	Name	Accomplishments during this term	Ref(s)	1	2	3	4	5
Punch Imlach	January 16, 1970 – December 4, 1978
John Anderson	December 4, 1978 – June 11, 1979
Scotty Bowman	June 11, 1979 – December 1, 1986
Gerry Meehan	December 1, 1986 – July 30, 1993	title=Christie Wins, Lewis Is Third	url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-07-31-sp-18788-story.html	newspaper=Los Angeles Times	date=July 31, 1993	access-date = July 14, 2015 }}
John Muckler	July 30, 1993 – May 14, 1997	title=Sabres Dismiss Muckler	url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/15/sports/sabres-dismiss-muckler.html	newspaper=The New York Times	date=May 15, 1997	access-date = July 14, 2015 }}
Darcy Regier	June 11, 1997 – November 13, 2013
Tim Murray	January 9, 2014 – April 20, 2017	url=http://sabres.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=699802	title=MURRAY BRINGS A NO-NONSENSE APPROACH TO SABRES GM POSITION	publisher=Buffalo Sabres	first=Kevin	last=Snow	date=January 9, 2014	access-date=July 14, 2015}}
Jason Botterill	May 11, 2017 – June 16, 2020	url=https://sabresdigitalpressbox.com/2017/05/11/sabres-hire-botterill-as-general-manager/	title = Sabres Hire Botterill as General Manager	date = 11 May 2017}}
Kevyn Adams	June 16, 2020 – December 15, 2025
Jarmo Kekalainen	December 15, 2025 – present

Notes

A running total of the number of general managers of the franchise. Thus any general manager who has two or more separate terms as general manager is only counted once.
During the 2013–14 interim in which there was no general manager, Pat LaFontaine fulfilled the duties of the position under the title of "President of Hockey Operations."

References

(January 17, 1970). "Punch Imlach Buffalo Coach". [[Standard-Speaker]].
(December 5, 1978). "Sabres Fire GM Imlach, Pronovost". [[Chicago Tribune]].
(June 20, 1979). "Sabres Name Neilson". [[Spokane Daily Chronicle]].
(June 12, 1979). "Unhappy Bowman Sabres' new boss". [[Kokomo Tribune]].
(December 2, 1986). "Bowman fired as Sabres run out of patience". [[Montreal Gazette]].
(July 31, 1993). "Christie Wins, Lewis Is Third". [[Los Angeles Times]].
(October 20, 2014). "HASEK JERSEY RETIREMENT CEREMONY ON JANUARY 13". Buffalo Sabres.
(May 15, 1997). "Sabres Dismiss Muckler". [[The New York Times]].
(June 12, 1997). "Sabres Hire Regier". [[The New York Times]].
(November 13, 2013). "LaFONTAINE & NOLAN RETURN TO THE SABRES". Buffalo Sabres.
Snow, Kevin. (January 9, 2014). "MURRAY BRINGS A NO-NONSENSE APPROACH TO SABRES GM POSITION". Buffalo Sabres.
(April 20, 2017). "Statement from Sabres owner Terry Pegula". Buffalo Sabres.
(11 May 2017). "Sabres Hire Botterill as General Manager".
(June 16, 2020). "Kevyn Adams named General Manager of Buffalo Sabres". Buffalo Sabres.
(December 15, 2025). "Kekalainen named Sabres general manager, replaces Adams".
Harrison, Doug. (November 13, 2013). "Pat LaFontaine, Ted Nolan return to Sabres".

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