Love the little story of Matthews telling him that he’s a hell of a player in the handshake lineup
Fair enough, all things being equal though, the down time and injuries swings things to Cozen's side.
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Cozens is weak defensively and is not much of a playmaker. That means he’ll have to be a scoring centre…can he do that?
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Sounds like a good winger if we can land a good 2C.
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I find it hard to understand how so many posters on this board can have different opinions on Cozens....actually not opinions but people state them as facts.
Over the course of this thread, I have read people say he is very good defensively, and other say he isn't...some say he is a good center, others sure he is better at wing.
I know this happens with a lot of players, but with Cozens, it seems like even more than usual, many have made up their mind of exactly how good he is and will be, and nothing will change their mind either way.
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People have different opinions but I’m not sure anybody here would call him defensively sound.
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Once Perron, Jensen & Giroux are gone that should free up some money to fill at least one top nine spot. Staois could also add a top nine spot for this coming season.
Tkachuk - Stutzle - Cozens - Brady & Timmy could help Cozens become a more consistent goal scorer
Greig - Pinto - Batherson - Batherson should help these two raise their production numbers & Vise a Versa
Zetterlund - Halliday - Amadio - not sure how these three will turn out & maybe could be improved on
Tkachuk - Stutzle - Cozens - Brady & Timmy could help Cozens become a more consistent goal scorer
Greig - Pinto - Batherson - Batherson should help these two raise their production numbers & Vise a Versa
Zetterlund - Halliday - Amadio - not sure how these three will turn out & maybe could be improved on
The HockeyWriters have an interesting article on the best ever defensive forwards in the NHL. I saw all of them play except for the two old-timers from the early 1900s.
The 8 Best Defensive Forwards in Hockey History - The Hockey Writers Hockey History Latest News, Analysis & More
A defensive forward can be key for a team. Here are the eight best defensive forwards in history, spanning from its foundations to today.
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It takes a certain mindset including high hockey IQ plus the skills required to excel at it (e.g., skating, positioning, hustle, speed, anticipation, stick work, etc.).
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If Cozens only grows his defensive game in a year under Green et al as much as our least-improved forward, even that will be significant.
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This pre-draft bio of Pinto has him as an offensive player while I thought they drafted him for his defensive ability. The good news is that he is now defensively very strong, a very good two way 200' player, good at faceoffs & can add offence which he now seems to be breaking out as he begins to realize just how good he can be. If he can add another 10 lbs of muscle & become a little more physical he will get so much better & be much harder to play against, I think he will have his best offensive season next yr, same for Greig.
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Shane Pinto - 2019 NHL Draft Prospect Profile - The Hockey Writers NHL Entry Draft Latest News, Analysis & More
2019 NHL Draft prospect profile of USHL forward Shane Pinto, a right shot center who has been a consistent scorer at every level of hockey.
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This pre-draft bio of Pinto has him as an offensive player while I thought they drafted him for his defensive ability. The good news is that he is now defensively very strong, a very good two way 200' player, good at faceoffs & can add offence which he now seems to be breaking out as he begins to realize just how good he can be. If he can add another 10 lbs of muscle & become a little more physical he will get so much better & be much harder to play against, I think he will have his best offensive season next yr, same for Greig.
Shane Pinto - 2019 NHL Draft Prospect Profile - The Hockey Writers NHL Entry Draft Latest News, Analysis & More
2019 NHL Draft prospect profile of USHL forward Shane Pinto, a right shot center who has been a consistent scorer at every level of hockey.
It's The Hockey Writers, so you have to take it with a grain of salt. It's no different than pulling up a post on here. Could it be a super knowledgeable person who watched a ton of Shane Pinto posting about him? Possibly. But odds are it's someone churning out content who doesn't know a lot about him.
THW just re-words (and in certain cases outright plagarizes) what other people say/write about a prospect.
I've been saying for a long-time that no one should trust their "analysis".
It's just forum posters who post for free on a blog, but people see the branding and assume it has some legitimacy to it.
It's no more legitimate than an HFBoards, Reddit, Twitter post. Which isn't to say every single writer on there knows nothing, but it's the same as a forum. It's a mixed bag, and usually is mostly just fans shooting the shit.
I agree with what you are saying. They try to cover far too wide of a scope like rank the top 60 prospects, or do a writeup of a team they don't follow. So it just becomes a human form of AI, except it does a worse job. They don't watch all these players, so it's no different than if I type into ChatGPT, "Give me a scouting report for Carter Yakemchuk" - then use that info to form my opinion, and pass it off as if I watched the player.
Especially if you follow one team really closely, you can always pick out the articles on those websites where someone who doesn't follow the team writes an article that way. Like the one posted in the trade thread a few days ago that said we had tons of cap space to work with and it wasn't a matter of if we'd sign a big UFA but who.
Agree, but Green would put Norris in for Dzone faceoffs. I don't think the coach trusts Cozens in the Dzone as much, at least not yet.
I'll go on the record and say I think we lost this trade.
Cozens didn't impress me and I think Norris is the better player now and has a much higher ceiling in the future. I'm not even a big Norris fan but I prefer his game to Cozens'.
I fear cozens is one of those guys that lacks the IQ and playmaking to be a good choice for the top 6, but has too immature of a game to be elite in the bottom six. He needs good linemates to be effective but doesn't make his linemates any better. Hopefully he's teachable and can take a step under Green.
He needs to plug his defensive holes and learn to play more of a team game. He plays a selfish game where he tries to do a bit too much alone. I see the same issue with Zetterlund too and i hope it's just a result of bad coaching/usage on their former squads.
Cozens didn't impress me and I think Norris is the better player now and has a much higher ceiling in the future. I'm not even a big Norris fan but I prefer his game to Cozens'.
I fear cozens is one of those guys that lacks the IQ and playmaking to be a good choice for the top 6, but has too immature of a game to be elite in the bottom six. He needs good linemates to be effective but doesn't make his linemates any better. Hopefully he's teachable and can take a step under Green.
He needs to plug his defensive holes and learn to play more of a team game. He plays a selfish game where he tries to do a bit too much alone. I see the same issue with Zetterlund too and i hope it's just a result of bad coaching/usage on their former squads.
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