[SuperMatt18]

Personally if Zary or Coronato are the ask then you just don't make the trade if you're the Flames IMO.

Cozens is a $7M forward who scored 18 goals and 47 goals last year and is on pace for 15 goals and 40 points this year. That's his value.

In the end Buffalo will have to either realize their ask is too high, or hope that Cozens turns it around for the Sabres.

Buffalo is in a weird spot with Cozens. Playoff teams that might be willing to move a younger piece to get better now might not see Cozens as an upgrade, and won't want to pay him $7M.

Teams like Montreal or Calgary would be interested in him, but wouldn't want to move their "A Tier" young players but more the second tier.

Like Montreal has the best assets but they aren't moving Slafkovsky, Hutson, Guhle, Reinbacher, etc in a deal like this.

They might be willing to move Newhook, Dach, Strubble, Mailloux or that level of young player, but Buffalo might not want that.

The only guy potentially available that fits what Buffalo is looking for and who might be on the trade market is Zegras IMO, but I doubt Verbeek would want Cozens (contract + soft for his size) so the you need to figure out a 3 team deal.

Or a much bigger package for Pettersson I guess, but that's probably Cozens + Power/Byram as the ask.

Andersson would make sense too, Buffalo could use a veteran RH dman, but if he wouldn't waive or be willing to extend then I doubt Buffalo does that.