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I would give this story a lot of attention if it came from one of the more reputable insiders. What kind of connections or what kind of journalistic legwork does he do that others do not so he is the one breaking this?

I did not think Cozens was fitting on the Sabres. Other than when the Sabres play Ottawa, I do hope he succeeds there. As a person and as far as putting effort into the Sabres, he did well in Buffalo. Regarding his success there more time is needed obviously. He does have 1 goal and 1 assist, but in the 2 games he has played his overall play still does not look good. In his 2 games, when he is on the ice the team has a -3 corsi % and a -15 fenwick %. Cozens on ice Ottawa has given up 4 more shots than they have taken, and are also negative in scoring chances for vs against, as well as negative in high danger scoring chances for vs against. He scored a goal that helped them win. But you do not have to go very deep at all into possession numbers to see when he has been on the ice, the Senators are worse positionally than they are when he is on the bench, and they are giving up more shots and legit chances than they are getting already through 2 games.

He is consistent also. I think the longest streak this entire season he went without scoring a goal was 5 games, and that was about the time he was playing through his arm-wrist injury.

Cozens, for his career, including his 31 goal season, scores 18 goals per 82 games and shoots 9.9% Norris, for his career, including his 35 goal season, scores 31 goals per 82 games, and shoots 17.9%

From what I have read, not really. He is adequate in the defensive zone, nothing more. But adequate in the defensive zone is better than Dylan Cozens, and he also is a more dangerous scorer. I would be much more invested in the rest of the season if this is true and it does happen.

It is not just that the Sabres need to move on from him. He is not the type of player nor does he give them the production he needs. It if for Cozens sake also he gets moved. If he is to salvage his NHL career, it seems it will best be with a new start, away from this franchise where he can start over with a new role and new teammates.

Sorry, I did not know that you were not in WNY.

I started the season high on Cozens getting back to his form of 2 years ago, but when reading some of the criticism of him, mostly by LGR4GM, MJD1001 and recently CarmelCorn, I started to watch for it myself. Most of them have posted plenty of the fancy-stats but I do not usually give much credit to them unless it can be verified by actual on-ice visuals. If you have not yet, you need to get out to a few games in person downtown and isolate on Cozens. Most of the problems with his game are apparent not on the camera but away from the puck. It is not simply his lack of production that is an issue but most other aspects of his game. He will leave top players on the other team uncovered in an attempt to retrieve a puck he has little chance of getting to before a defender. He will take shots from what seem to be good spots on the ice but he does not notice other Sabres wide open in much better areas. There was a single shift a few games ago where he lost a faceoff and eventually got back to the puck but almost tripped for no reason before he got to it. When he did get to it he rushed a pass across the ice that went into the D-mans skates, and then before the shift ended a simple pass from a teammate hit his stick right on the tape but he fumbled it into his skates for a turnover that led to an opposing scoring chance. When you watch him in person, shifts like that are not the exception, they are rather quite normal game after game. I honestly have never been so puzzled watching an NHL level player as I am with him when you see how he thinks and reacts in a game.

I will be checking this forum or social media every hour I am awake tomorrow in the hope Cozens will be moved.

Cozens tries to stick handle between 2 defenders and it was not even close. He lost the puck about as quick as he possibly could in that situation.

The last 2 seasons Tuch, Peterka, Cozens, and Thompson all have over 1000 minutes of ice time. Greenway is 12th among forwards at just over 400 minutes. Yes, he is a 3rd line winger but he gets all the PK time he can take also. His availability has not been, and continues to be not good.

Cozens looks like he has decided to give up on the physical stuff, give up on helping teammates. Sure, he does it every few games, but most of the time it looks like he does not care. He has no problem flying into the offensive zone to try to get some shots off, but other than that he looks heartless more often than njot.

On the replay, Cozens literally stands by the side of the net and does nothing for seconds while Dahlin is throwing punches and getting punched. He was 3 feet away and did nothing. Cozens is so awful. He needs to go now.

I think Rosen will not be as good of a scorer as Peterka, but he may eventually have a better all-around game. Too bad you cannnot do this like you could in the NHL video game from about a decade ago. Put Quinn, Peterka, and Cozens up for trade and just get the results of the best offers out there for you to select and execute.

After seeing that play it only further reinforced my opinion that if he is still on this team by the deadline tomorrow, it will be one of the more deflating moments of the year as a fan for myself.