I mean yeah he can, but the real question is whether he should. I think he needs at least a year in the AHL to see if he can be as physically dominant against professionals as he is against teenagers.

Probably 9 games then back to junior, then maybe half a year in ahl, or crack a opening day roster in another year. I’m hoping they draft Byram and have a crazy blueline

Eh, I wonder if he's ready to step out of junior, but you might be right. He's pretty much proven he can dominate at the junior level. I think he could really benefit from at least a year in the AHL, though. His game is all about bull rushing to the middle of the ice and plowing over people. I don't think he's going to be able to do that nearly as effectively in the NHL with guys like Hedman, Vlasic, Bergeron, etc. being able to stop him.

FWIW I'd be extremely relieved if Colorado took Cozens over Byram... I'm just an armchair scout but man Byram looks like a stud. Colorado would have the brightest future on the blue line in the league IMO if they took Byram.

All depends on who Chicago takes at 3, if they get the Russian, I think colorado goes Byram and lak dach and cozens falls to the wings at 6, but too early to tell

I think they go Turcotte at 4 if Byram is picked at 3. Not sold at all on Cozens, would take Dach over him when it come to the WHL Fwds. Honestly would rather have Turcotte, Boldy, and Pod before Cozens

Ottawa jumps all over that deal.

Also I don't think it's in Cozens best interests to be starting in the NHL

Don’t know much about turcotte and boldy and everybody keeps saying pod at 3, for some reason I c Byram at 4 after the success of makar and a carter replacement in dach, so turcotte gift to wings at 6 and boldy at 7 and cozens to the oilers at 8 that’s a gift there

Pod could fall, he didnt show well at the U18s and that is something you want to see a guy do against his own age group and draft class. Whats said of him being committed to the KHL for 2 more years, hes a good candidate to slide to the back end of the top 10.

Turcotte is a super smart 2 way Center, smaller guy but smooth in everything he does. If he was 6'1 vs 5'11 he would be a slam dunk for 3rd overall.
Boldy is a reach draft stock wise, but hes exactly the kind of guy Avs need, big 2 way defensive winger with offensive punch. Think Landeskog and Mark Stone light

really don't even know if Cozens hockey sense is developed enough for Pro Hockey, he checks off a lot of boxes position and skill wise in Junior hockey, but if there is concerns of how he processes the game, that is something you cant really learn or teach at a higher faster level. I would stay away from him at 4

If the guy drafted with the Sens pick is a bust, I certainly won't lose any sleep over it

But for real, I think Cozens should be one hell of player, it's just going to take a bit more work on the organization's end, as well as on the player's end. To me the guy to watch out for is Podkolzin. Not buying what he's selling at all. He's got skill, but something tells me he's going to be one of those guys who ends up staying in the KHL, that you only see at the Olympics

I think they go Turcotte at 4 if Byram is picked at 3. Not sold at all on Cozens, would take Dach over him when it come to the WHL Fwds. Honestly would rather have Turcotte, Boldy, and Pod before Cozens

I was big on Cozens, but Turcotte has pasted him in my mind as of late. As great as Byrum is, the Avs have quality young blue liners (with Timmins still on the way), their need is a high end F prospect right now.

yeah I am very against Cozens right now, he doesnt seem to fit the Avs. You need to process the game fast to keep up with the current fwd group, thats why guys like Yak never panned out, all the skill in the world, but if you cant think the game at the NHL level doesnt matter how skilled you are