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He hasn't played well in last 2
Adams tends to send players to contending teams I guess that's a good thing for the players, he even did that with eichel
This was a Kevyn Adams "I'm putting together a slightly different team, so there's hope for next season. Don't fire me, Pegula." Trade.
This is the standard Buffalo game plan. They’re the development team of the league. Draft players, develop them, send em off to other franchises to be successful. Reinhart, Montour, Rodrigues, Okposo(traded to Florida all win a cup together), Eichel(leaves and wins a cup that year, O’Reilly(traded and wins a cup that year), Ullmark(traded and wins the vezina trophy that year)
Buffalo fans dont panic too much yet. Dont forget Mittsy looked awesome after the trade for Colorado and then this year he was repeatedly demoted, eventually to th 4th line then traded to boston.
I’m mad that they traded Cozens. I always liked him and the way he played😔
Cozens was a defensive liability, always out of position, losing pucks at the offensive blue line. I feel bad for him but he was not a top 6 player. Maybe he can regain his value in Ottawa.
the sabres have a great house full of snipers but theres one thing they lacked the last 10 years and im saying this because i played semi pro myself. they lack that toughness and grit. go out and haul in nic deslauriers tom wilson and zack kassian. when you get those guy laying big hits you’re getting your opponent rattled up and frustrated mentally which gives you the ability to send your lethal snipers out there and immediately attack
And Cozens was just a -2 and Bernard Docker scored for the Sabres to win 3-2 last night.
Cozens issues are 1) he isn’t a true center – Norris is and 2) he isn’t good enough defensively (Norris is)
It wasn’t desperation, it was ditching an asset before it became a bigger problem with less value
He had value. BUT. Just like Eichel, he needed to be out of the dumpster fire. He underperformed for Buffalo, true, but it's hard to perform with the organization itself working against you. And nearly every large/er name that Buffalo has traded or let walk the past 10 years, has won a cup with a couple years after leaving. There was something like 7 or 8 former Sabres playing in the last cup finals and all were traded within 5 years. We have been, and always will be the farm team of the NHL
Cozens got paid and then shit the bed. Just like Skinner.
Nhl is rigged through officiating just like the nfl and the nhl doesnt want buffalo to be in buffalo, while playing against refs every night and having the worst management in maybe all major sports buffalo has no hope
Adams gave Cozens his deal. So I don’t think he was traded because of that, at all. He was an Alternate Captain. We wanted him here. But his performance has declined each year since his breakout 30-goal season. He was never going to return to that, in Buffalo.
Because of that? He was the right player to trade. Norris provides a new spark to the lineup. He’s injured a lot. Sure. But he’s scored 21 goals in 56 games. Cozens had 11 in 61 games with Buffalo. 14 for the season, in 74 games. It was a no-brainer.
I think his contract is what prevented a major haul, and hence was the reason a 2nd had to be included.
It’s a lot of risk for a team to acquire a struggling Center with massive term. If he bombs? The Sens are stuck with that. They wanted something to level the field a little bit.
Look how good there are now
Adams should have been fired long before he was allowed to make any more trades.
Yes it was necessary, the team needed a jolt and sending a core piece out was the answer. Problem was it was late, like a month or two late. Time for a trade was during the losing skid.
Cozens was constantly one of the softest players on the team. Talented goal scorer but got snake bitten after his injury and never played the same again.
He was the one who diagnosed the problem correctly last year. “We’re just too easy to play against.” And he was part of that problem.
Why the 2nd rounder? Deal, maybe, would have worked out both ways imo if that wasnt included. Please give me opinions on that inclusion as I'm stumped. Thx
Getting rid of Cozens was addition by subtraction. He was & is overrated. Even if Nortis doesn't work out I'm still happy to be rid of Cozens.
Cozens has played quite well since coming to Ottawa and he has great chemistry with Batherson, who he excelled with at the world junior championships. Batherson became the player he was expected to be but unfortunately they didn’t have a very good playoff. I was a big Josh Norris fan. Buffalo got a great player if he can stay healthy. I feel bad for him playing here through all the tough years and then being sent packing the year they finally make the playoffs. Hopefully he can flourish in Buffalo and bring them some success.
It was necessary. Cozens didn't do JACK for 2 years. Mediocre play & effort @ best
Yes, his attitude was terrible, he came into the season out of shape, same with Quinn, hence the S&C Coach getting fired, he became soft since he tried to fight Hathaway and got his entire face pushed out his a$$. He was a broken little kid. He looked good like most guys do in the beginning of the trade and then disappeared come playoff time. Sabres got the best player out of the deal in Norris and I hope he can fix his psyche this season but he isn't our problem anymore and so we move on. Go Sabres!
Cousins was not the same after he got his face bashed in. He needed to go.
Desperation? Cozens might be the most fragile player in the NHL. Night after night the same ole story. No offense and playing soft . You sound just like Cozens making excuses.
we had to dump norris because cause he too injury prone. hes a better player than cozens just his health is the issue