At 15th Overall (via Trade) the Red Wings Select G Sebastian Cossa

[NickH8]

Top guy on my board.
Twice in a row.
Good pick. Glad Stevie moved up, even though it was expensive.
Could be a franchise goalie.

Holy shit MBH is happy.
I'm just f***ing with you lol. I like the picks too. Go wings!

 

[WaW]

I like the aggressive move to go and get ‘your guy’.
Cossa is an intriguing prospect. His numbers were off the chart ! His size and athleticism are perfectly suited for the NHL.

I just really wish their guy wasn’t a goalie.

I’m nervous about the insane draft capital we just invested in the goaltender position in the last 24 hours… basically an entire years draft.

1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th for Cossa and Ned

...or just 3 lottery tickets and a 1st for a better 1st to take a top goalie prospect and a 2021 Calder candidate.

Anything can be spun to look bad. We've had plenty of quantity in the draft recently. I'd trust Yzerman/scouts to find the right quality. This draft isn't scouted well enough to feel good about lottery tickets this year.

 

[BinCookin]

Summary:

1st pick - WSH - Vrana Trade
2nd pick - NYR - Staal Dump
5th pick - Merrill Trade

Moved to Dallas for #15.

Selected Sebastian Cossa... Aka SeaBass, Aka Lil Sebastian.

6'6 G, Quick Big, Solid goalie who went 17-1-1 this year with a 940 SV%.
He is very highly regarded. (I mean all prospects are when you read things)... But he was a clear cut 1st rounder.

Scouting Report: Sebastian Cossa - Smaht Scouting

2021 Draft Profile: G Sebastian Cossa

Sebastian Cossa | Sebastian Cossa Profile | Sebastian Cossa Scouting Report 2021

 

[Ghost of Ethan Hunt]

Sea Bass (as his brother/family/friends call him)

 

[Steve Yzerlland]

 

[Bench]

Holy shit MBH is happy.
I'm just f***ing with you lol. I like the picks too. Go wings!

This is truly a red letter day.

 

[lilidk]

I dont dislike Cossa, but the trade up for him is a massive head scratcher.

Yes, but we didn't lose much

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

I guess they don't like the fella they acquired from Carolina *that* much?

 

[deca guard]

Holy shit MBH is happy.
I'm just f***ing with you lol. I like the picks too. Go wings!

 

[lidstromiscool]

Great pick, 48 hours ago, goaltending was the biggest weakness for Detroit. Now its a huge strength with a ton of potential going forward.

 

[jkutswings]

I can't really get upset, because it's been a messed up year of limited play and even more limited scouting. But I'm hoping that everything I read was wrong, because it all pointed to Wallstedt being a much better NHL goaltender than Cossa.

On paper, I'll take positioning over athleticism every day of the week. But there's no way of knowing how they each develop going forward, so I'll trust Yzerman and hope like hell that it works out with Cossa.

And the defenseman I wanted less than any other top prospect. And the fact that they still need major help at forward.

Fingers crossed.

 

[Bench]

I guess they don't like the fella they acquired from Carolina *that* much?

Not at all. I think they have great hope he'll be the starting goalie for the foreseeable future.

But they are stacking the deck. You can't put everything on one guy who is still a few years away. Nedeljkovic holds down the fort until Cossa is ready. And if both are great, that's a pretty nice problem to have. But one may not reach expectations, injuries happen, so you gotta have guys in the system.

 

[FabricDetails]

Cossa apparently asked the Wings some good questions that impressed them. I wonder if he asked about their reputation of not dedicating enough resources to develop better goalies.

 

[Bench]

Cossa apparently asked the Wings some good questions that impressed them. I wonder if he asked about their reputation of not dedicating enough resources to develop better goalies.

Yeah he mentioned they talked to him a lot leading to the draft. Good to know he impressed them and has a solid head on his shoulders.

 

[Steve Yzerlland]

Summary:

1st pick - WSH - Vrana Trade
2nd pick - NYR - Staal Dump
5th pick - Merrill Trade

Moved to Dallas for #15.

Selected Sebastian Cossa... Aka SeaBass, Aka Lil Sebastian.

6'6 G, Quick Big, Solid goalie who went 17-1-1 this year with a 940 SV%.
He is very highly regarded. (I mean all prospects are when you read things)... But he was a clear cut 1st rounder.

Scouting Report: Sebastian Cossa - Smaht Scouting

2021 Draft Profile: G Sebastian Cossa

Sebastian Cossa | Sebastian Cossa Profile | Sebastian Cossa Scouting Report 2021

So we lost Mantha (still got Vrana) Staal (can still keep him) and Merrill for Cossa

 

[mikerooooose]

I guess they don't like the fella they acquired from Carolina *that* much?

It's healthy to have some competition at any position. Especially for younger players. Nothing in garuenteed.

 

[FabricDetails]

Yeah he mentioned they talked to him a lot leading to the draft. Good to know he impressed them and has a solid head on his shoulders.

For sure. If he (Cossa) looked at the Wings crappy track record of goalie development and still wanted to come here hopefully that's a sign of better investment from the Red Wings end.

 

[lhsgolf19]

This is awesome

 

[FabricDetails]

I'm starting to sense a pattern here.

 

[Mount Suribachi]

So can Cossa play in the AHL this year, or does he have to stay in junior another season?

 

[golffuul]

Not going to lie, one of my big reasons for not wanting to draft Cossa over Wallstedt was that the Oil Kings don't develop players very well and all of skaters that have been drafted from them, with the "exception" of Lazar, have never really become NHL regulars. Now, the goalies who were drafted (Brossoit and Jarry) have become decent NHL goalies, but not really true starters (Yes, Jarry was the starter for Pittsburgh but he didn't look that great for most of the year and they didn't make the playoffs).

My hope is that Cossa bucks this trend and I'm always willing to bank on Yzerman being able to develop players better. I'm still happy we got one of the really good goaltenders in the draft with the trade-up, though.

 

[14ari13]

I like this trade and the pick. 6th overall too.

 

[golffuul]

So can Cossa play in the AHL this year, or does he have to stay in junior another season?

He has to stay in Junior per the CHL/NHL agreement until he's 20.

 

[rangersblues]

So can Cossa play in the AHL this year, or does he have to stay in junior another season?

NHL or junior until he's 20. I'd guess he's 4 years away from significant NHL time.

 

[FabricDetails]