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.

In the trade, which has already been made official, Buffalo lands Norris and another former first-round pick in Bernard-Docker. This season, Bernard-Docker hasn't been in the Senators' lineup often, totaling one goal and three assists through 25 games. In 2024-25, he had 14 points in 72 games.

Dylan Cozens is an extremely talented player who has underperformed after signing his big extension. There are a lot of reasons to think the 2019 No. 7 pick will bo

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.

The Panthers have stuck with Ekblad as their primary power-play quarterback through three games since the trade to

Norris is looking to get past the “initial shock” of being traded, saying goodbye to good friends in Ottawa and having to settle in Buffalo.

The Buffalo Sabres made more than just the expected sell-off of expiring contracts on NHL Trade Deadline day, moving out one of their core group in center Dylan Cozens in a deal with the Ottawa Senators.