Dylan Cozens gets the Tage Thompson contract. $7.1M x 8
🚨 SEVEN MORE YEARS OF COZEY! 🚨
Dylan Cozens has agreed to terms on a 7-year, $49.7 million extension (7.1 AAV).
Details: https://t.co/cAjGhCCGVc pic.twitter.com/7d5j7vCLLj
— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) February 7, 2023
by xBialyOrzel
36 Comments
What a god damn steal
Says 7 years in the tweet though?
Fuck yes!
Hell yeah! ~~But still a very fair contract for both sides.~~
Good thing Kevyn listened to the “Tage had set the internal cap” guy and got Cozens slightly under Tage’s cap hit.
Nice….let’s get Dahlin and Power done also
Cheapest high quality top 2 C in the league? Cup window wide open.
We’re really setting ourselves up to have some great value with our contracts, assuming these guys keep performing like they’re trending. The cost per point might be the best in the league soon
I am torqued rn
Boys are leaving money on the table to keep the group together !
[5-Team No Trade Clause for Years 5-7](https://twitter.com/PuckPedia/status/1623016703084101632?s=20)
This is what having a competent GM feels like
Absolutely stunned and incredibly thrilled.
I thought he’d get $8m+.
LETS FUCKING GO!!!! That’s all I have to say about that.
Kevyn Adams is a god damn S-Tier GM holy shit
Having your 1C and 2C under contract for at maximum 17% of the cap is amazing. We could be set for a while hopefully.
So as someone not too familiar with NHL contracts. Why should he sign this contract so early? Doesn’t he think he’ll be worth more in 2 years?
This is amazing. I think it really goes to show the kind of culture and team KA has built. The top 2 Cs both take hometown “discounts” to stay together and make it so more guys can be signed to stick around long term as well. Effing love this team. Effing love these guys. So excited to watch this core grow together.
Side note really hoping KA sticks to his guns and doesn’t mortgage some of the future to make a playoff run this year. Let the kids grow together and earn their spots up and down the lineup. We don’t need to rush it. #SabresByABillion
Fun times in Sabre land again! Adams and his staff have been making great decisions. You have your 1C and 2C locked up for the next 7 years. Awesome. Now get Dahlin done in the off-season. He will probably be the highest paid Sabre but that’s cool with me.
We just got a fucking deal. Our top 2 centers are both 7 millions dollars, this is huge
This gives me hope we might sneak dahlin in around $9.5-$10. These guys want to be here and if Rasmus signs a deal like that with the money left on that table by those three you’ve got yourself a real competent top 6 winger salary to work with on those savings alone.
Watch as Dahlin gets like an 8×8 or something like that idk how KA is signing the players to these crazy contracts with so much value
Value contracts? On the *Sabres?!*
I am convinced Adams is a wizard now. It’s not a fluke
The paid horse from Whitehorse.
That’s a solid contract and he gets an UFA shot at 28. Seems like a win/win.
If this isn’t proof of guys WANTING to be here and taking team friendly deals, I don’t know what is. HUGE win for the Sabres and just makes you love Cozens more
Adams really did it, that son of a bitch
I already came once today but I’ll fuckin do it again!
Fuck yes
I am fucking STOKED to say the least.
# THIS RIDE AIN’T STOPPING ANYTIME SOON SO HOLD ON TO YOUR BUTTS LADS.
What’s that squeaking sound? Can’t put your finger on it?
That’s our window opening up babes. We got our studs
If adams can get Dahlin, and power locked in for $18 mil total. I’ll absolutely shit
Dilly freaking Dilly! Lets goooo
Love having our top two center signed for just over 14 mil combined. At first I wasn’t a fan of the Adams hiring since I thought he’d be another yes man for the Pegulas but he has proved he’s a great GM so far
The boys are in Bahamas right now bragging about who’s going to make less money. Dahlin incoming at 7 x 7.05
I FUCKIN LOVE IT
WAY cheaper than I expected. I wonder how much of this is due to these kids wanting to be a part of the Sabres resurgence, and giving a discount so they can secure more talent around them.
Either way LFG!! Lets go Buffalo!
With Cozens’ extension, here is how the Sabres’ [long term cap structure looks on paper](https://imgur.com/Y7TjLKr). Getting Tage and Cozens locked up long term for $14.2M per year gives the Sabres a lot of flexibility. A nice bit of work by Adams and the rest of the front office.