Cousins is seizing his opportunity on the Senators’ top line

Head coach Travis Green is notorious for putting his forward lines in the blender when things aren’t working for the Ottawa Senators. When he first tried putting veteran forward Nick Cousins on the Senators' top line alongside Tim Stützle and Fabian Zetterlund, the switch turned heads and raised questions about Green's decision. Turns out, it’s working pretty well so far.

At first, calling the decision questionable was an understatement. With over a decade of NHL experience under his belt, Cousins has spent most of his career as a bottom-six, pesky forward. He’s the guy a coach sends out to get under a player’s skin or to call a player out after their team strips them of their captaincy,…