What do you expect from: #24 Dylan Cozens?

[Doohickie]

13 hours ago, Taro T said:

Don't want to see him have to face McDavid nor Dreisaitl anymore than necessary given the confidence level.

This didn't age well.  And I'm glad it didn't.

[Taro T]

32 minutes ago, The Ghost of Yuri said:

This didn't age well.  And I'm glad it didn't.

It aged better than the "he needs to be in the AHL right ####ing now" posts we've seen.

And by the way, he stayed with the linemates I wanted him to stay with.  How did the "he needs to have Girgensons & Okposo as linemates" posts age?

[Thorny]

4 hours ago, woods-racer said:

I expect him to play tough against McDavid and outscore him.

I call it his “Josh Gorges” game 

[LGR4GM]

 

[Thorny]

He’s going to be a great player. 

[Thorny]

I like to track him against Mark Scheifele sometimes as I saw a lot of him over here as he came along. Both 6'3, right shot, 7th overall centres. Coming along at about the same rate: his d+3 year, Mark had a .54 points per games played. Cozens, right now in his d+3 year is sitting at a .53 points per games played.

Mark Scheifele is a really good player and I'll take quite a bit of enjoyment for as long as Cozens O-numbers run parallel to him as, Cozens is probably already (more likely, soon to be) a better defensive player than Scheifele is. That's the big difference I see - Cozens is a two-way player and Scheifele is often a defensive liability. 

Currently, Scheifele is in 2nd last as far as team relative plus minus goes, to @pi2000's metric 

Cozens, to be fair, is dead last on the Sabres right now in this category, but he's in his first full season, really, and Scheifele is going on 29

Edited November 17, 2021 by Thorny

[Doohickie]

1 hour ago, LGR4GM said:

 

[SwampD]

How is a 20 yo who has played only 56 games not a prospect?

Is it because we know he’s going to be good?

[WildCard]

2 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

 

Give me a team of guys that can do this. I want me a Bergeron, baby!

[Thorny]

24 minutes ago, SwampD said:

How is a 20 yo who has played only 56 games not a prospect?

Is it because we know he’s going to be good?

It's moved towards more of a 21 and under type deal of late but I remember a lot of people used to say, once you complete your NHL rookie season, you aren't a "prospect" anymore. You are an NHL professional. 

Of course in any literal use of the term, he's still definitely a prospective talent 

Edited November 17, 2021 by Thorny

[Brawndo]

Chloe a former poster tweeted this last night 

 

 

[dudacek]

Don’t look now, but he’s just 2 points off the team scoring lead all of a sudden.

[inkman]

36 minutes ago, dudacek said:

Don’t look now, but he’s just 2 points off the team scoring lead all of a sudden.

I suspect him Mitts and Dahlin will all challenge for the teams leading scorer as the season winds down. 

[K-9]

Nine points in the 11 games since Granato challenged him with McDavid. That’s when the light switch came on, imo. 

[Pimlach]

7 minutes ago, inkman said:

I suspect him Mitts and Dahlin will all challenge for the teams leading scorer as the season winds down. 

Mitts will have to get hot then.
 

 Tage is likely to lead in goals, assuming he keeps on playing well.