Confirmed Signing with Link: [BUF] F Dylan Cozens signs extension with the Sabres (7 years, $7.1M AAV)

[Diamonddog01]

Adams is KILLING IT

Yup. Really, really impressed by what the Sabres are doing.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Really interested to see what Dahlin pulls in. How about 8 years X9 per? That allowed? I'd probly guess the under on that too.

Cozens doesn't turn 22 until the start of next season. Talk about room to grow into an over PPG player even by then.

Dahlin gets over $10 million on his extension if it’s 8 years for sure. Makar got 6 years and $9 million a year coming off his ELC. You’re probably looking at $11 million over 8 years if I had to guess.

 

[MOGlLNY]

Gotta think that cap saving on Tage and Cozens is going straight in Dahlin’s pocket.

With everyone taking a bit (one of them being his best friends in Cozens) less we are hoping Dahlin doesn’t squeeze us for every penny and takes something a bit more fair. But if he does we will give it to him because he’s earned it.

 

[AslanRH]

The benefit of having your young players show out early and getting those RFA years in there on the long deal.
Makes cap management much easier than having to lock up the core closer to UFA.

Really excited and happy for Sabres fans.
[whispers] go get Chychrun

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Really interested to see what Dahlin pulls in. How about 8 years X9 per? That allowed? I'd probly guess the under on that too.

Cozens doesn't turn 22 until the start of next season. Talk about room to grow into an over PPG player even by then.

HF servers are gonna crash when he signs. If he signs cheap, out come “Fox, Makar, etc. >> Dahlin confirmed”. If he signs for more than them it becomes “but Fox, Makar etc. >> Dahlin though”.

 

[bigdog16]

It’s proven to be a pretty great strategy for teams to assume some risk upfront but then reap the benefits pretty immediately after.

It can also burn you pretty bad…

See Buffalo Sabres - Jeff Skinner

 

[Selanne00008]

Or he's going to see his friends all taking a bit less and he takes a bit less too. That also seems like something Dahlin might do.

I just realized Dahlin is signed THROUGH next year. So the earliest they can re-sign him would be this summer after july 1? If he's smart he would wait until the season starts and he's putting up another 100 pojnt pace season.

It can also burn you pretty bad…

See Buffalo Sabres - Jeff Skinner

The Jeff Skinner that's on a 90 point 35 goal pace right now? Just wanna make sure we are talking about the same Jeff Skinner.

 

[Gurglesons]

With everyone taking a bit (one of them being his best friends in Cozens) less we are hoping Dahlin doesn’t squeeze us for every penny and takes something a bit more fair. But if he does we will give it to him because he’s earned it.

Yeah no problems with the cap structure at all. Nice work by Adams.

 

[Grouch]

Ignore them. Some of our posters have a hate boner for 6K.

Nah.....just 6K aint worth 6M

Regardless.......great deal for both sides.

 

[Beerz]

It can also burn you pretty bad…

See Buffalo Sabres - Jeff Skinner

I don't feel too burned right now.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Nah.....just 6K aint worth 6M

Regardless.......great deal for both sides.

Nobody is saying he is. But there’s a lot of Sabres fans that think 6K isn’t even worth 6k

EDIT: perhaps I only ever get to see the trolls on my social media

 

[Jim Bob]

Dahlin is about to get PAID

It will be interesting to see if Adams can keep the young core under the Thompson cap hit as he locks them up long term...

 

[NextYear67]

Ew

 

[jfhabs]

It will be interesting to see if Adams can keep the young core under the Thompson cap hit as he locks them up long term...

There's 0 chance Dahlin signs for less the Thompson.
Cozens deal is great tho

 

[DaveG]

if he can keep going as one of the better 2Cs in the league this is going to be solid, especially when the cap starts to go up by more than a mil or two each year again.

 

[Ezpz]

All these extensions Buffalo is getting value on are making up for the fact that Jeff skinner makes 9 Mil.

 

[HuskyBruinPride]

I'll never be a fan of giving out contracts like this to guys with not even a full season of play to justify the valuation

 

[Nocashstyle]

It can also burn you pretty bad…

See Buffalo Sabres - Jeff Skinner

No even remotely comparable. Skinner signed that contract when he was 26 years old and set to become a UFA.

 

[MOGlLNY]

All these extensions Buffalo is getting value on are making up for the fact that Jeff skinner makes 9 Mil.

Nobody in Buffalo is worried about Jeff Skinner right now

 

[Jim Bob]

There's 0 chance Dahlin signs for less the Thompson.
Cozens deal is great tho

I won't count on it, but I think there is a greater than 0% chance that it happens.

If Thompson is a Hart finalist and Dahlin ends up outside the top 3 in Norris voting, it does help Adams in an attempt to re-sign Dahlin long term at a lower number.

Personally, I am hoping for less than $10M AAV. But, we shall see.

 

[Beauty]

Buffalo's going up, that's where they're going.

 

[Weltschmerz]

Yeah I don't get it, why not round it off at 50M? Seems weird.

because that would be more than Tage

 

[Djp]

I personally prefer doing long contracts like this at 23-25 taking the player to 30-32. I don’t like having contracts end when they are 28-29 thrn you give them long contracts fir declining years. Fir those who start ELC in their teens get bridges.

 

[DapperCam]

Havent watched the Sabres much. Other poster said he's emerging as a starter. I gave long term starter contracts. I was praising the sabres cap management.

He’s way too inconsistent to have earned that yet. Maybe after some sort of bridge.

 

[tsujimoto74]

WOOOOO. Sabres have him and Thompson locked up for the next 7 years for a shade over $14m combined. That’s just *chef’s kiss*.