Another trade deadline has passed, and in his first full season as the general manager of the Ottawa Senators, Steve Staios wasn’t messing around and made some significant improvements.

Dylan Cozens and Brady Tkachuk emerged as solid contributors in a 4-3 Ottawa win over New York, one day after a shocking trade.

The Buffalo Sabres traded forward Dylan Cozens to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for forward Josh Norris and defenseman Jacob Bernard-Docker on deadline day.

Twenty-four hours after news broke that his close friend Josh Norris had been dealt to Buffalo, Brady Tkachuk put on a dominant performance. He scored his team’s opening goal and the game-winner 33 seconds into overtime in an Ottawa Senators’ comeback 4-3 victory over the New York Rangers.