Marner signed his contract in September of 2019, so he had 1 season of 90 points. Matthews signed his in February of 2019, so he had a Calder and no rockets yet. However both had definitely achieved more in their first 2-3 seasons than Cozens, but they both also got paid substantially more. Either way they are poor comparables.
Well its called a defensive system,. That system impacts all players not just one. Obviously you wouldn't know it or understand it watching the Sabres all year.
Hope i didn't hurt your feelings by giving stats because it seems like I did.
There's always some degree of risk with any deal, but Cozen's underlyings have been consistently trending upwards in a very big way and it's now showed up on the scoresheet this season. It's a bet, but it's a smart bet to make.
Sounds like a case of coming up together and buying in together, no surprise a locker room is exceptional with Okposo at the helm.
Careful what you hope for, we go from suffering to insufferable in a heartbeat.
It doesn't. Maybe they looked at what Boston has done around Bergeron and understand that to have a team that never seems to bottom out, you have to be OK with taking a little less. I also think Adams has to get some credit here for being able to get alignment on that strategy from his core guys. Maybe he lucked into it a bit with Thompson.
Buffalo lost Ullmark and Reinhart because they didn’t do this, and f***ed around with bridge deals. It bit them in the ass big time - especially with Ullmark.
Yeah we shouldn't forget where we came from for the last 12 years, and this season isn't finished yet still got to make the post season not saying not to be excited for the direction this team is headed but I still wouldn't be getting any "buffalo sabres stanley cup champs" tats anytime soon either but this team is slowly erasing the shame and making easy to be a proud sabres fan. So I will let my homer shine every now and then but nothing over the top
