Player Discussion Cole Caufield: The little man with the big future.

[Zorro]

lol peeps need to temper their expectations...easily 50? LMAO. I would love for him to easily score 50, but that would mean, he would need to score 50 in 50 or at least score 50 with 20+ games remaining. He barely has only played 86 games over 3 seasons. Why put our hopes up on such a small sample? Let's see what he does with a full season under MSL and then we can speculate on his potential/ceiling.

 

[SlafySZN]

Well that’s good because that’s a little unrealistic.

40 goals, unrealistic? Come on now…

 

[Breakfast of Champs]

He's the best natural goal scorer this team has had in my lifetime

 

[G0bias]

Scoring is up. 17 players had over 40 goals last year, including the likes of Guentzel, Lindholm, Duchene and Kreider. Caufield will get 40.

 

[McGuires Corndog]

None of this matters, what matters it’s what’s happening right now with Caufield and he’s been on a 50+ goal per 82 game pace since St-Louis came in. Caufield isn’t competing against anyone, if you just look at the way he scores his goals, he’s the most exciting goal scorer since Ovechkin imo.


Why would we have to get down from our cloud? Misery loves company? I’m staying very high up in my Caufield cloud enjoying every goal.

To say he’s a better goal scorer than Matthews is a bit premature given sample sizes and what Matthews has done so far in the league.

He’s going to be one of the better goal scorers in the league, as he’s currently showing, but let’s refrain from putting him up there with Matthews and Ovechkin for the time being please.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

lol peeps need to temper their expectations...easily 50? LMAO. I would love for him to easily score 50, but that would mean, he would need to score 50 in 50 or at least score 50 with 20+ games remaining. He barely has only played 86 games over 3 seasons. Why put our hopes up on such a small sample? Let's see what he does with a full season under MSL and then we can speculate on his potential/ceiling.

29 goals in 46 games is not a small sample

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

29 goals in 46 games is not a small sample

It's a small sample when calling Caufield a 50 goalscorer

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

It's a small sample when calling Caufield a 50 goalscorer

Needs 21 in his next 36 (0.58), which is a weaker gpg ratio than 29/46 (0.63) and a smaller sample.

29/46 is also a better ratio than what he needs to finish the season with 50 (43 in 73, 0.59).

He's getting close and I don't see him slow down short of an injury to himself or Suzuki.

He'll be one soon enough.

 

[Captain97]

The only players I would call a 50 G scorer is Matthews and Ovie by respect. Even players like Pasternak (probably would have done it with a full 82 games schedule)/ Connor / Debrincat never hit the 50 goals.

Caufield is really good but calling him a 50 G is premature and a reach. If he can hit the 40 G, it would be a really successful season for him and him being regular 40 G scorer would be awesome for us

Draisaitl?

 

[cphabs]

Small sample size. But? If the kid doesn’t get destroyed this season? I can easily see 30+ goals. Even without Suzuki.

 

[gritdash60]

I'm just here to say i was wrong about the dude, i thought he doesn't have it. Well turns out he does, my bad, dude is a star.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

I'm just here to say i was wrong about the dude, i thought he doesn't have it. Well turns out he does, my bad, dude is a star.

Always like these kinds of posts. Too many people dig their heels in even when wrong. I also much prefer people willing to give their opinions rather than hedging. Good on you.

 

[Zorro]

29 goals in 46 games is not a small sample

I guess we'll agree to disagree especially when said sample spans over 2 separate seasons.

 

[BehindTheTimes]

He’s going to get 40 in his sleep.

 

[SlafySZN]

It’s crazy, compared to last season he’s already a significantly better player. He's more aggressive, he's winning battles, making really poised plays with the puck around the boards and making his own chances everywhere.

He's hit a new level

 

[Skip Bayless]

delete

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Cold Bustfield didn’t even score. What a loser…

 

[Matthew McConaughay]

Cold Bustfield didn’t even score. What a loser…

No problem, next game he will score 3.

 

[Kriss E]

29 goals in 46 games is not a small sample

Maybe, but it's a flawed sample nonetheless. Combining two seasons doesn't mean much.
The difficulty in reaching those 40-50+ seasons comes from having to do it over 6 consecutive months of hockey, dealing with the fatigue setting in, possible injuries, intensity in competition raising towards the mid-late part of the season, etc.

I think he'll crack 40 but it's anything but a certainty.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

No problem, next game he will score 3.

He clearly sucks.

 

[ahmedou]

 

[Naslundforever]

40 goals, unrealistic? Come on now…

33 goals over the 72 games left sounds like about my expectations; I feel he’s looking at 40 Over/under a few. I mean theoretically the team will get better with time even if they unload a bunch of deadwood.

edit - if anything a 2nd goal scorer on that line should get his assists up. More defensemen coming up on the rush too.

 

[Habs Halifax]

It's a small sample when calling Caufield a 50 goalscorer

He's on a great pace and his sample size this year after 10 games is on par with the games he played with MSL last season.

This is not a question about ability. It's a question about health. 35, 40, 45, 50... Take your guess but 40 is not a massive reach. 50 is debatable. Not easy to do and we get your point. But it's fun to ponder about it and track it for the last 46 games wiht MSL.

Lets not let pessimistic vs optimistic approaches get in our way here. One thing I have noticed with Caufield is how his goals rockets upwards in his 2nd season of whatever league he has played in his career so far. Go check it out. USDP, U18's, NCAA. It checks out

 

[Habs Halifax]

Maybe, but it's a flawed sample nonetheless. Combining two seasons doesn't mean much.
The difficulty in reaching those 40-50+ seasons comes from having to do it over 6 consecutive months of hockey, dealing with the fatigue setting in, possible injuries, intensity in competition raising towards the mid-late part of the season, etc.

I think he'll crack 40 but it's anything but a certainty.

I bet you would focus on that last 46 games if it went with your narrative! Like lets say he scored 10 goals in the last 46 games. You're answer would be... yeah, he's not scoring 30 or 40 cause he only has 10 in the last 46 games.

Flawed is not the right word. Maybe premature is the better word but the first 10 games of this year matches the last 36 with MSL last year.

I'm going to say 35-42 range. Won't be shocked if it's 30-34 or 43-50.

 

[Habs Halifax]

40 goals, unrealistic? Come on now…

Optimistic
vs
Pessimistic

Each side thinks they know better. Stupid game but what I will say is being pessimistic is cheap. If you were to get in a bet with someone who is on the pessimistic side, get 2/1 odds . Pessimistic predictions is cheap and probable