Five years and 341 games later, Cozens has left Buffalo, where he had a lot of close friends and where he wanted to make a difference.

After months of rumors, the Buffalo Sabres traded Dylan Cozens to the Ottawa Senators on deadline day. The Sabres sent Cozens, Dennis Gilbert, and a 2026 second-round pick to Ottawa in exchange for Josh Norris and Jacob Bernard-Docker.

Dylan Cozens was a rumoured trade candidate around the Buffalo Sabres, but not many expected the Ottawa Senators to be the landing spot. In a trade involving some more pieces, the leading players in the deal were Cozens to the Senators and Josh Norris and Jacob Bernard-Docker to the Sabres.