Kozun, acquired from Los Angeles for Andrew Crescenzi, was free to go after the 2014-2015 season and signed with Jokerit of the KHL. The 25 year old now leads the KHL in scoring through 12 games, with seven goals and 11 assists.
Did the Toronto Maple Leafs give up on him too soon? I don’t think they did.
The KHL doesn’t translate fairly to the NHL – and it often goes both ways, with high scoring players not panning out offensively or lower scoring players seeing more point production in the NHL. It’s a strange dynamic – but in Kozun’s case I don’t think the Toronto Maple Leafs got it wrong.