Quoting: wojme
Huge no from the sabres
Quoting: mikearky
Sorry Buffalo is not trading a future #1 center for a winger. And then trading back in the draft also.
Quoting: PHEN
We already had one Nylander that failed. We don’t want his brother doing the same in Buffalo. No Thanks
Quoting: BUFF36
Yeah can't see Buffalo doing that trade. Cozens is just starting his journey. In 2yrs he will be better than Nylander.
Some fun facts.
In Nylander's break out season 2016-17 he played with Hyman, Matthews, and Kadri about over 75% of the time.
Comparable age, last season Cozen played with Hinostroza, Krebs, Murray, Caggiula, Olofsson, and Asplund, 53 % of the time.
@pcdsb98
IMO even if Toronto removed the VGK and PHI picks from the trade Buffalo would still give an emphatic no to this trade.
Nylander's contract expires next season, while Cozens will be a Sabre for at least the next 5 years before he will be a UFA.
At the end of next year, Buffalo would have only the Leaf's first round pick, while TML would have Cozens.
Let me add, Cozens may not reach Nylander's production, but he hits and fights.
So he adds much needed grit to the line up.