{"id":135345,"date":"2023-02-07T14:02:19","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T19:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=135345"},"modified":"2023-02-07T14:02:19","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T19:02:19","slug":"buffalo-sabres-dylan-cozens-extended-for-seven-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/02\/07\/buffalo-sabres-dylan-cozens-extended-for-seven-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Buffalo Sabres Re-Sign Dylan Cozens to a Seven-Year Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/cozendy01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-07_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dylan Cozens<\/a> has signed an extension with the Buffalo Sabres for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/friedgehnic\/status\/1623015340375478287?s=12&amp;t=C2SQZcMjQhhrWS83tJ269w&amp;fbclid=IwAR2C9YfJqA1ZSDkaUdugw7RDncMUOk3CtTFQ4wv1_vG_lgDxty-3IvcxwsA\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">seven years, worth an AAV value of $7.1 M<\/a>. Cozens has done a great job this season elevating his play to earn the big contract. This means he will play together in the organization long term with superstar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/thompta01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-07_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tage Thompson<\/a>. Thompson signed a seven-year deal himself in August.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>Dylan Cozens Signs Seven-Year Extension with Buffalo<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Cozens, the Workhorse from Whitehorse, in this his third NHL season, is in the midst of a career season. So far he has totalled 17 goals, and 26 assists, for 43 points in 49 games. In addition, he is at 16:36 TOI, up from last year\u2019s career-best of 15:54 TOI. Last season was his first full NHL season, appearing in 79 contests, he recorded 13 goals and 25 assists for 38 points. This season has seen Cozens establish himself as a steady top-six guy. He also has a CF% rel of 2.4, very respectable for a young player in the league.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">DYLAN COZENS IS STAYING IN BUFFALO. \u2694\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JGFcrTMtDG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/JGFcrTMtDG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BuffaloSabres\/status\/1623021450247475203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>What this Means for the Sabres<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The young Sabres key players have arrived, and Cozens making the leap is a big part of why. Cozens establishing himself as a strong performer is making the forward group seem much deeper. Even on the back end, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/dahlira01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-07_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rasmus Dahlin<\/a> is having a big season for the Sabres. The 2018 first-overall pick, Dahlin has an amazing 55 points in just 49 games and was more than deserving of his all-star nod. He was selected as a replacement for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/sabres-tage-thompson-leaves-game-with-upper-body-injury\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">his injured teammate, Tage Thompson<\/a>. Even of late, the Sabres have had their goaltender breakout. Ukko-Pekka Luukonen earned rookie of the month honours in January with an impressive six victories. The Sabres are rounding into form. They currently find themselves only one point behind the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/penguins\/\" target=\"_self\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> for the second Wild Card spot in the Eastern Conference. Thanks to their young core, such as Cozens, the Sabres are now a force to be reckoned with in the Atlantic division.<\/p>\n<p>Photo credits: <a class=\"ng-binding ng-scope\" title=\"Jeff Curry\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imagn.com\/searchByPhotographerId\/Jeff%20Curry\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a9 Jeff Curry<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<span class=\"ng-binding ng-scope\">USA &#8211; Today<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dylan Cozens has signed an extension with the Buffalo Sabres for seven years, worth an AAV value of $7.1 M. Cozens has done a great job this season elevating his play to earn the big contract. This means he will play together in the organization long term with superstar Tage Thompson. Thompson signed a seven-year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4222,"featured_media":135347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4547,34,4548],"tags":[3511,2139,80],"class_list":["post-135345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sabres","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","tag-dylan-cozens","tag-rasmus-dahlin","tag-tage-thompson"],"modified_by":"Luiza Vidal, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4222"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}