“Game Changers or Just Pie in the Sky? How This Year’s NHL Trade Deadline Could Remake Eastern Conference Playoff Race!”
Though his production has cooled off some, Dylan Cozens has 11 points (four goals and seven assists) in 19 games with the Senators. You can see he is a different player with the Senators than he was in Buffalo. Fair or unfair, the eye test does not lie. He is much more engaged, showing off his skill along with a physical side to his game that those around the game did not see in Buffalo.
Come playoff time, the Senators are going to need others to step up besides Brady Tkachuk, Tim Stutzle, Thomas Chabot, Jake Sanderson, and the rest of their young core. While Ottawa has the goaltender in Linus Ullmark, Cozens can be a difference-maker for the Senators in a tight series. Many will question Cozens’s ability in the playoffs because we have not seen him in a pressure situation in the NHL. However, there is a reason GM Steve Staios went and traded for him, and it was for the playoffs.
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