Confirmed with Link: [BUF/OTT] Dylan Cozens, Dennis Gilbert, and 2026 2nd for Josh Norris and Jacob Bernard-Docker

[Jimmybarndoor2]

Sabres needed to make a change

Cozens was selected imo based on not sticking up for teammates

Cozens will do well in Ottawa. Buffalo has something bad in their locker room or coaching staff

 

[Ehran]

Buffalo has something bad in their locker room or coaching staff

Owner's suite... (although its normally not occupied by the owner)

 

[Jimmybarndoor2]

Owner's suite... (although its normally not occupied by the owner)

Sorry don’t subscribe to that
Pegula has spent money.

 

[ValJamesDuex]

Dlt

 

[Comely]

Sabres needed to make a change

Cozens was selected imo based on not sticking up for teammates

Cozens will do well in Ottawa. Buffalo has something bad in their locker room or coaching staff

On the bright side Norris is really positive and well liked in the locker room so there is no worry about him showing up and being negative.

 

[Bobby Bottle Service]

Surprised Tage didn't go down the tunnel.

 

[Beerz]

Sorry don’t subscribe to that
Pegula has spent money.

Whether you believe the has or hasn't spent narrative....fact is..he doesn't care anymore...and he has no standard for winning. If he did...Adams would of been gone years ago...the coaching staff would of been gone.

The Sabres are an investment now... nothing more.

 

[Ralonzo]

Subtracting the zero-IQ play killing of Cozens should reverberate positive impacts throughout the lineup.

He played the game the wrong way the last two seasons. Maybe he can change that in Ottawa, maybe not.

But he was a truly infuriating player to root for.

I want to believe that but I said the same thing about Skinner for years and years and when he was finally jettisoned the collective IQ of the team was not measurably better. There's a lot of dummies out there.

 

[ValJamesDuex]

Cozens had an assist and a career high 9 hits tonight in Ottawas 4-3 OT win.

A lot of play acting going on to get out of Buffalo.

 

[truthbluth]

Man, people are going to be talking those 9 bullshit hits forever. Hits are subjective stats recorded by the home team’s statistician. He skated into people 9 times. There’s was exactly one “hit” that even remotely impeded a Ranger. He was the same Cozens.

 

[Dreakon13]

Cozens "hit" while he was in Buffalo too... I'm guessing whether or not they get recorded probably depends on how much you consider lightly pushing someone into the boards after they make a play, then falling over, as a hit.

Buffalo is still Buffalo, they're still going to get embarrassed more often than not and Norris wasn't gonna move mountains in his first game (especially when half the team is sick/injured and out or playing through it), but it's a shame his debut had to be against one of the best teams in the league. Get to listen to this the rest of the season now.

 

[Byron Bitz]

Is JBD anything? I really don't know much of anything about him. RD is good.

If they liked JBD then I don’t know why they let him pass through waivers.

 

[toddkaz]

It was not a good trade. You wait until the off season and you take your 1st and a prospect with Cozens and you upgrade. Its so sad and Kevyn will not be fired this offseason you can count on it.

 

[toddkaz]

Man, people are going to be talking those 9 bullshit hits forever. Hits are subjective stats recorded by the home team’s statistician. He skated into people 9 times. There’s was exactly one “hit” that even remotely impeded a Ranger. He was the same Cozens.

Does that mean then Cozens gets 9 hits when he was in a Buffalo uniform at home or is our home team statistician different?

 

[Fjordsen]

It was not a good trade. You wait until the off season and you take your 1st and a prospect and you upgrade. Its so sad and Kevyn will not be fired this offseason you can count on it.

And what will 1st and prospect give for us? And is anyone willing to pay that for Cozens? We need hockey deals.

 

[toddkaz]

And what will 1st and prospect give for us? And is anyone willing to pay that for Cozens? We need hockey deals.

I don't understand your post? Cozens + 1st + Prospect is the trade for a player...tweak it to suit the player.(I was implying Cozens too in the trade added it in)

You go up in quality not down.

 

[Fjordsen]

I don't understand your post? Cozens + 1st + Prospect is the trade for player...tweak it to suit the player.

You go up in quality not down.

My bad. I thought we should sell Cozens for a first and a prospect. But what kind of player are we getting for that package? Name and no trade protection please and available.

 

[toddkaz]

My bad. I thought we should sell Cozens for a first and a prospect. But what kind of player are we getting for that package? Name and no trade protection please and available.

How would fans know who is available? Its the off season, you offer it up its obviously negotiable but one thing I do know we get back a better player than Norris.

 

[Fjordsen]

How would fans know who is available? Its the off season, you offer it up its obviously negotiable but one thing I do know we get back a better player than Norris.

Because we know who has trade protection and who doesn't, basically no one wants to go into this mess. I'm not going to complain about this deal, and have you ever suggested similar trades on these boards? I think the hockey trade option with a change in scenery was one of the obvious ones and it happened.

 

[MOGlLNY]

Cozens had an assist and a career high 9 hits tonight in Ottawas 4-3 OT win.

A lot of play acting going on to get out of Buffalo.

Did you watch the game? He looked no different at all lol

 

[Chainshot]

Watching that game, it did seem like an awful lot of home cooking with some of the score sheet stuff for his hits.

 

[toddkaz]

Because we know who has trade protection and who doesn't, basically no one wants to go into this mess. I'm not going to complain about this deal, and have you ever suggested similar trades on these boards? I think the hockey trade option with a change in scenery was one of the obvious ones and it happened.

Norris also has an injury history and seems to miss 20-30 games a season on average.

 

[Fjordsen]

Norris also has an injury history and seems to miss 20-30 games a season on average.

And now we shouldn't trade for such players, especially centers, where the market is very limited for us? I hope I don't need to remind you how "well" Cozens played the last two seasons and why his value has fallen so much in two years.

 

[Beerz]

And now we shouldn't trade for such players, especially centers, where the market is very limited for us? I hope I don't need to remind you how "well" Cozens played the last two seasons and why his value has fallen so much in two years.

Still a stupid time to do it. Should of waited till offseason. Probably shouldn't have targeted a player from a probable playoff team who was actively shopping him all over the league. Norris isn't the type of center we need. Does nothing to help our wingers.

Just another Adams failure.

 

[Fjordsen]

Still a stupid time to do it. Should of waited till offseason. Probably shouldn't have targeted a player from a probable playoff team who was actively shopping him all over the league. Norris isn't the type of center we need. Does nothing to help our wingers.

Just another Adams failure.

I totally disagree, help our wingers? Do we have problems with 5v5 production? No, of course he is not a playmaker, but he ticks the boxes for other things, improve PP, PK, simpler play, faceoffs, play on defense.

I always liked Norris as a player, for me the only question was his health. I think he suits us, find your 1C playmaker in the draft.

As for the trade time, maybe there would be more options in the summer, but on the other hand, we could do worse. I think we got a good 2C.

Look, Adams sucks and needs to go, but I fine this deal (except for that add 2nd). I also really didn't like Dylan Cozens and after the Tampa game I wanted him gone.