Pick #7 Dylan Cozens (C)

[SwampD]

  On 6/22/2019 at 3:37 AM, Randall Flagg said:

Can you elaborate on "the math"?

I'm reading some people compare him to Jeff Carter

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He said math.,… not applied math.

 

Teehee.

 

[Randall Flagg]

  On 6/22/2019 at 3:41 AM, ... said:

Just watch the interview with Duff.  He did well in math in school and likes "math".  Just a little - I say, little - insight into his psychology. 

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Damn I love this guy now

[TrueBlueGED]

  On 6/22/2019 at 2:16 AM, Weave said:

A better skating Sean Couturier?

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Funny, Couturier and Horvat were the guys in my mind when reading up on Cozens. We don't have anyone like that in the organization. Gimme. 

[#freejame]

  On 6/22/2019 at 3:37 AM, Randall Flagg said:

Can you elaborate on "the math"?

I'm reading some people compare him to Jeff Carter

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Hopefully not in the “party his way out of town” type way and more of the “lead his team to a Stanley Cup” type way. Granted, those things aren’t mutually exclusive, it all depends on the front office. 

[Randall Flagg]

  On 6/22/2019 at 3:42 AM, SwampD said:

He said math.,… not applied math.

 

Teehee.

 

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If he can't Fourier Transform into Corsi space he's a bust 

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  On 6/22/2019 at 3:44 AM, #freejame said:

Hopefully not in the “party his way out of town” type way and more of the “lead his team to a Stanley Cup” type way. Granted, those things aren’t mutually exclusive, it all depends on the front office. 

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That's "meth", we're talking about "math".

[Randall Flagg]

I also just read Boone Jenner/Mike Hoffman hybrid but i'm pretty sure some of these people are just making ***** up lol

[Randall Flagg]

Fishing with his obviously strong father figure in the Yukon? 

We got ourselves a good ol' canadian boy eh 

[TrueBlueGED]

  On 6/22/2019 at 12:58 AM, ... said:

Explain what's good about this guy.  Why was he your guy?  I know this info is buried in the draft thread...let's start fresh.

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In my mind, everyone after Kakko is basically a game of "pick your preference" and are essentially the same talent-wise through the top-10. Not everyone will agree with that, but I don't think any gaps that are there are large enough to be worth arguing about. With that as my base, I think Cozens brings a potential high end two-way game that is completely absent in the organization at center. He'll never be in the All-Star game due to raw offensive output, but we don't need that now or in the future because we have Jack and (hopefully) Mittelstadt. 

[shrader]

  On 6/22/2019 at 3:48 AM, Randall Flagg said:

Fishing with his obviously strong father figure in the Yukon? 

We got ourselves a good ol' canadian boy eh 

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This one’s a whole different animal. I doubt that any of us has really ever stopped to think what they typical life in the Yukon is like. 

[shrader]

  On 6/22/2019 at 3:50 AM, TrueBlueGED said:

In my mind, everyone after Kakko is basically a game of "pick your preference" and are essentially the same talent-wise through the top-10. Not everyone will agree with that, but I don't think any gaps that are there are large enough to be worth arguing about. With that as my base, I think Cozens brings a potential high end two-way game that is completely absent in the organization at center. He'll never be in the All-Star game due to raw offensive output, but we don't need that now or in the future because we have Jack and (hopefully) Mittelstadt. 

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I’ve really come around lately to the thinking that the vast majority of this is about player development as opposed to talent evaluation. You’ve got your handful of elite draftees, but beyond that, it’s the right teams/coaches who develop those later picks. 

Its a fun one because good luck proving whatever is true. 

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  On 6/22/2019 at 3:51 AM, shrader said:

This one’s a whole different animal. I doubt that any of us has really ever stopped to think what they typical life in the Yukon is like. 

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[nfreeman]

  On 6/22/2019 at 3:51 AM, shrader said:

This one’s a whole different animal. I doubt that any of us has really ever stopped to think what they typical life in the Yukon is like. 

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I assume it's like Hardhome and the Fist of the First Men.

[DarthEbriate]

  On 6/22/2019 at 3:55 AM, ... said:

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Cozens? Found him. Repeat, I found him.

[Eleven]

I'm ok with this.  Having another center in the pipeline is never bad.  But I do wonder whether he will be an NHL regular. (Especially because when you google his name, you get a picture of some baseball player who looks exactly like the guy from Eastbound and Down.)

[Randall Flagg]

  On 6/22/2019 at 4:05 AM, Eleven said:

I'm ok with this.  Having another center in the pipeline is never bad.  But I do wonder whether he will be an NHL regular. (Especially because when you google his name, you get a picture of some baseball player who looks exactly like the guy from Eastbound and Down.)

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If Eleven ran a team's drafts on his quirky and interesting justification process, he'd probably be at least as successful as the average NHL GM 

[Eleven]

  On 6/22/2019 at 4:06 AM, Randall Flagg said:

If Eleven ran a team's drafts on his quirky and interesting justification process, he'd probably be at least as successful as the average NHL GM 

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To be fair, if any one of us ran a draft, she or he would probably be at least as successful as the average GM.

I know we focus on Sabres stinkers here, as we should, but wow, there is a wonderful world of GMs screwing up out there.

[SwampD]

  On 6/22/2019 at 3:51 AM, shrader said:

This one’s a whole different animal. I doubt that any of us has really ever stopped to think what they typical life in the Yukon is like. 

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I've been there,… in the winter,… to play hockey. 

It's kinda like Colden.

It's not that special. He's just really good.

[Brawndo]

Botterill mentioned they did try to move up from the Seventh Pick 

[Brawndo]

Botterill also mentioned he expects Cozens to return to Juniors next season. 

[Derrico]

I'm sure he will go back.  Is this one of those situations where after next year it's NHL or CHL?  
Don't hate preferring non-chl guys for this reason.

[PerreaultForever]

I wanted to add size. Dach was my first choice, Chicago agreed with that and took him. Cozens was my second choice. Big and skilled. Should become a power forward. exactly what we needed. Good pick.

[pi2000]

I want to know why they picked him instead of Zegras... who has the skill set to be a difference maker in today's game.  Cozens seems more of a throwback type player.

Edited June 22, 2019 by pi2000

[Zamboni]

A hybrid of Sean Couturier and Evander Kane perhaps?

[Derrico]

  On 6/22/2019 at 5:06 AM, pi2000 said:

I want to know why they picked him instead of Zegras... who has the skill set for today's game.

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I admit that I also wanted Zegras but what are the big issues you have with him?  There are people who study these things for a living ranking Cozens 3rd overall in this draft.  What are they and we missing?