Detroit Hockey Now’s Kevin Allen isn’t buying the persistent rumors that the Red Wings can and/or will swing a deal for Buffalo Sabres forward Dylan Cozens:
Detroit doesn’t have the cap space, and we are hearing that the Sabres are looking to make a hockey trade and are not interested in any of the high-salaried veterans Detroit would have to move to fit Cozens into their cap situation.
The Sabres supposedly aren’t looking to gain prospects or draft picks in a deal. If they move Cozens, and they may not, they want a player, or players, back who help them now. The Red Wings are not a good fit in that regard.
Plus, given their 15-4-1 record over the last 20 games, the Red Wings might be hesitant to make a trade that disrupts the chemistry.
Continued; I don’t see a deal happening, either, especially if the Sabres want roster players of the non-significant-salaried variety.
The Buffalo News’s Mike Harrington wasn’t kidding when he suggested that, should the Sabres not get a Raymond or Seider in return, they probably wouldn’t pull the trigger on a Cozens deal.
