why do people just outright hate this pick

They hate Cozens pick? Holy **** they are stupid.. he is one of my favourites in top-10. I love his game.

He's who I wanted Detroit to take so I love this pick for Buffalo.

Pick was fine .
.Only real stretch to me was Detroit

Literally haven't seen anyone complain.

there was alot on twitter

Weird

Everyone on Twitter complains. Someone on Twitter could be given a million dollars and they'd complain in tweets how it wasn't 2 million. Cozens was a great pick, Sabres fans should be very happy.

Maybe you shouldn't base your arguments about what 5 people say on the internet

Nonsense. I saw no hate on Twitter. Some people preferred Zegras, but liked both

There are people who are always unhappy, although some fans of Buffalo can be understood, the team hasn’t been in the playoffs for a long time and the negative is constantly in the air. I think this is one of the best choices you could take. I liked Zegras a bit more, but after him I would take Cozens, this guy is one of the safest choices, he has the size and sand, which Buffalo really lacks, of course we could take Caufield to be our sniper, but that’s pretty big risk, the more we now have Skinner and Olofsson. Cozens has great skating, his IQ is not as low as some say about him, he has a good shot, he is a decent playmaker, he is universal, he can be our Chris Kreider or Evander Kane on the wing, and I think this is his minimum, he can also be a great center in the style of Jeff Carter or Sean Monahan.

I guess him having that fluke thumb injury/operation wont help matters for him . I think people just hate the Yukon so are mad to see him taken in top 10 while Vilardi fell to 11 only to be a bust for Kings thus far . I'll wait until 3-5 years before really getting that upset over who took or didn't unless are Kings or Vegas fan .

I'm exited about him and love that they took a C to help there in depth a 123 punch of Eichel, Mittlesdat(sorry I'm not good at spelling), and Cozens will be a good building stone for the next 3 yrs +!