Talent Analysis
Cousins plays with a combination of toughness and scoring ability that is similar to current Flyer Scott Hartnell, though he does not possess Hartnell's size. The strength of his game is his two-way play and competitiveness all over the ice; at the same time he did lead his junior team with 29 goals. The best parts of his offensive game are his passing and playmaking skills and a willingness to go to high traffic areas to create opportunities.
Future
Cousins will attend his first Flyers camp before returning to Sault Ste. Marie for his third OHL season. With the Flyers' organization making wholesale organizational changes prior to the 2011 NHL Draft, Cousins is one of the forwards being looked to in the future to play the two-way, compete-all-over-the-ice style that the organization has always preferred to play. While it will take him two or three years to add the strength and bulk to compete at the NHL level on a nightly basis, Cousins should fit in well as a second or third line center with Philadelphia.