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Originally Posted by Royle9
If Calgary is trading with Buffalo its not Krebs, they're not very keen on him.
Its Cozens or bust with Buffalo.
But I expect to see more moves here, there's a real interest in Cozens but its the return from Calgary which is the curveball.
Doors not closed for sure, Adams and Conroy have been in talks for a while now.
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Very interesting.
As much as the Flames "do not have the assets" for a Cozens trade... I am not sure which other team fits what the Sabres want (young C with top line potential) and would want to trade that player for Cozens.
Cozens depressed production combined with a big cap hit definitely hurts the Sabres position in trying to get a trade partner. The other team would need to be willing to gamble that Cozens turns into an Eichel instead of a Mittlestadt and the question would be 'why are they not gambling on their own player to do the same thing for much less cost?'.
Trading with the Flames works because the Flames desperately want that position and are willing to gamble the $7M cap hit on Cozens turning things around.
I am not sure why the Sabres are hellbent on getting a young C back on the trade. The Sabres themselves have one of the better collection of C prospects out there. Helenius, Kulich, and Ostlund are all first round picks. Assuming they keep Thompson, Kulich, McLeod, and Krebs, they could slot in Ostlund or Helenius into Cozens spot and still have a couple of extra Cs lying around.
It makes more sense for them to try to acquire a RD and/or scoring winger from a Cozens trade instead of building a logjam of Cs.