F Cole Caufield (2019, 15th, MTL) Part 5

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Not at all in love with this Bergevin/Ducharme/Timmins brain trust frankly, if I were Molson I'd be taking a serious look at Jeff Gorton.

Prophetic stuff.

 

[Baaaaaaaaaaaaah]

Seems he may have awakened?

 

[Gravity]

Seems he may have awakened?

Looks much better under MSL than DD.

 

[KevSkillz4]

He is going to be really good player. Great passing ability and speed, MSL is the best guy for him!!

 

[HuGo Sham]

Seems he may have awakened?

well he's allowed to follow his offensive instincts now. Whatever ducharme was doing didn't lend itself to letting this kid play his game.
3 goals (one disallowed) in his last two games

 

[Fledgemyhedge]

well he's allowed to follow his offensive instincts now. Whatever ducharme was doing didn't lend itself to letting this kid play his game.
3 goals (one disallowed) in his last two games

Especially in a tank season you should be allowed to experiment with a longer leash. Glad ducharme got let go

 

[montreal]

4 goals in 4 games since the coaching change.

 

[KevSkillz4]

He is going to be really good player. Great passing ability and speed, MSL is the best guy for him!!

4 goals in 4 games since MSL is the coach!!

 

[57special]

You would think that if anyone could guide him on how to play in the NHL as a small man, MSL could.

 

[Saxon]

4 goals in 4 games since MSL is the coach!!

Would have been 5 in 4 games if it wasn't for Toffoli's offside...... that's why they traded his azz!

 

[montreal]

3 pt night, could of easily had 5 pts.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

That was his best game as a pro.

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

Similar case to Melrose-Stamkos before it was Tocchet-Stamkos. After that Stamkos started to show his true colours when Melrose benched him.

 

[montreal]

Caufield under MSL - 12 points in 10 games
Caufield under Dom - 8 points in 30 games.

 

[Gillings]

Caufield under MSL - 12 points in 10 games
Caufield under Dom - 8 points in 30 games.

I expect his current production to drop a bit since the honeymoon phase will be ending. He's coming back down to earth the last couple games with sub-par performances. He is a 5'7" 20 year old out of college hockey.. surrounded by a rather Grindy team ( not alot of skill outside of anderson and suzuki and even they are max 2nd line players on a good day. )

 

[montreal]

I expect his current production to drop a bit since the honeymoon phase will be ending. He's coming back down to earth the last couple games with sub-par performances. He is a 5'7" 20 year old out of college hockey.. surrounded by a rather Grindy team ( not alot of skill outside of anderson and suzuki and even they are max 2nd line players on a good day. )

i thought he looked good last night.

 

[Gillings]

i thought he looked good last night.

I thought he looked tired.. made some good plays and as always has a great first pass but was behind the play especially during breakouts and when forechecking seemed to second guess himself.. to me those will iron out. Anderson looked good but was missing the teammate to help him put it together and as far as susuzki is concerned he is so lazy sometimes and as soon as I called him out on hfboards he suddenly said ok.. imma show you why I’m getting 8 mil soon.. lol

 

[montreal]

I thought he looked tired.. made some good plays and as always has a great first pass but was behind the play especially during breakouts and when forechecking seemed to second guess himself.. to me those will iron out. Anderson looked good but was missing the teammate to help him put it together and as far as susuzki is concerned he is so lazy sometimes and as soon as I called him out on hfboards he suddenly said ok.. imma show you why I’m getting 8 mil soon.. lol

on the road vs one of the better teams in the league so I'm not surprised if he was tired but still thought he played well.

 

[DaPhazz]

I expect his current production to drop a bit since the honeymoon phase will be ending. He's coming back down to earth the last couple games with sub-par performances. He is a 5'7" 20 year old out of college hockey.. surrounded by a rather Grindy team ( not alot of skill outside of anderson and suzuki and even they are max 2nd line players on a good day. )

Prove that you don't watch hockey games without saying it

gillings : "Suzuki is a max 2nd line player on a good day"

 

[Gillings]

Prove that you don't watch hockey games without saying it

gillings : "Suzuki is a max 2nd line player on a good day"

I forget to mention that right now in his development he is NOT a 1st line two way forward.. he’s a second line two way forward and an inconsistent offensive threat on the first line. Say what you will about me but right now Montreal doesn’t have a 1st line player ( me David, kucherov, panarin, marchand, etc.. )


Ofcourse some games he looks like he will be a first liner but not yet. Anderson is also a 2nd line guy/third line guy and Caufield is still a rookie wi to tremendous skill.

not one consistent first line talent on the team yet but atleast Suzuki And Caufield have the potential to be that way in a couple years

 

[montreal]

Man is he sick, the OT winner last night, the 2 goals tonight. wow.

 

[Goldenhands]

Wonder if the poster that told us he was a Rocco Grimaldi level player still think the same...

 

[Junohockeyfan]

Its fun to read the first 6 pages of this thread. Cole Caufield is lighting it up. Over a point/game since the coaching change an on pace for ~50 pts after a terrible start to the season.

 

[Sagikev]

I forget to mention that right now in his development he is NOT a 1st line two way forward.. he’s a second line two way forward and an inconsistent offensive threat on the first line. Say what you will about me but right now Montreal doesn’t have a 1st line player ( me David, kucherov, panarin, marchand, etc.. )


Ofcourse some games he looks like he will be a first liner but not yet. Anderson is also a 2nd line guy/third line guy and Caufield is still a rookie wi to tremendous skill.

not one consistent first line talent on the team yet but atleast Suzuki And Caufield have the potential to be that way in a couple years

I agree with you but you did say on his best day, and Suzuki on his best days is a legit 1st line centre and a beaut. Needs more consistency though to be a legit 1st liner night in night out. The same goes for Cole, on his best night you'd think he's a perennial 50 goal scorer. But that's what happens usually with young players still learning the league. IMO they both have a really good shot at being legit 1st liners. They may end up as 2nd liners too, but I'd rather root for the former as a Habs fan haha

 

[Gillings]

I agree with you but you did say on his best day, and Suzuki on his best days is a legit 1st line centre and a beaut. Needs more consistency though to be a legit 1st liner night in night out. The same goes for Cole, on his best night you'd think he's a perennial 50 goal scorer. But that's what happens usually with young players still learning the league. IMO they both have a really good shot at being legit 1st liners. They may end up as 2nd liners too, but I'd rather root for the former as a Habs fan haha

They both look like potential 100 point players! It’s about time because the koivu/pleckanec era stunk!