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Already proved he could do it. He put up 48 in 82 on awful clubs so he’s already shown he can do it when healthy. And last year he should’ve done it again.
How else can you explain going from 20 percent to five when shooting from the slot area? That’s almost impossible to explain without injury. It comes right after surgery and suddenly for the first time in his life he can’t score? What else could it be?
It’d be one thing if he wasn’t getting shots or if they weren’t in close. Then I’d agree with you but that wasn’t the case.
Goal scorers like Caufield are streaky. We seen the 48 in 82 spread over 2 seasons and we seen last year with a good start and a good finish but a meh middle span.
I think it's multilayered. A combo of puck luck, injury, shot accuracy, and teams focusing on him more. At the end of the day he is a 30+ goal threat. How much more than that? I think that will vary season/season. His career average when we look back, will probably be around 35. Several seasons in the high 20's or early 30's with some high 30's and early 40 seasons.
We need Dach to create that 2nd line and a more potent PP. Caufield's time/space will improve and that's when he becomes dangerous. Teams have to focus on several guys vs just a few.