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JianYang said:
As I said earlier in this thread, you could have written about many habs players having really bad years. When that happens to a collective unit, I look to the coaching.

Now you have a new coach, who just happens to be Caufield's idle, and it's as if he became the same promising player he was last year in a blink of an eye.

The habs will continue to lose games because its a bad roster, and depleted at that, but some guys are starting to wake up after the coaching change, at least.
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Also...based on Eric Engels' interview with Jeff Gorton, the whole front office was a complete dumpster fire. Understaffed, no skill coaches, no analytics, no contact (outside of Bergevin himself) with the players and their families. The whole thing has been a disaster and the first half of this year was the culmination of all that. Big lessons for other teams out there.
 
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General Zegras said:
Wow your sample size is incredible.
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This thread is f***ing hilarious.

People telling Caufield hypers that they're idiots for predicting he'd be a good player too soon because of the small size (10 regular season games and 20 playoff games), with the reasoning being his terrible performance in the first 31 games of this season. The irony is delicious.

Now we're back to thinking he's a superstar again after 6 games. I think it's more than likely he will be streaky, most snipers are, but St.Louis coaching a fellow shorty is definitely having a noticeable impact.
 
Lolonegoal said:
This thread is f***ing hilarious.

People telling Caufield hypers that they're idiots for predicting he'd be a good player too soon because of the small size (10 regular season games and 20 playoff games), with the reasoning being his terrible performance in the first 31 games of this season. The irony is delicious.

Now we're back to thinking he's a superstar again after 6 games. I think it's more than likely he will be streaky, most snipers are, but St.Louis coaching a fellow shorty is definitely having a noticeable impact.
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I'm not labeling him anything, but habs fans should be glad that he looks like that same player from last year now.

It's just funny how it happened pretty much immediately after ducharme got fired, and its not a good look for him.
 
BLNY said:
Who knew that playing letting a young skilled player play a top line role without the fear of a mistake stapling him to the bench would be good for development? Galch and KK say hello.

Obviously it's not a sustainable pace, but he's back to the player he was last year. He's found his swagger.
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Caufield is much more talented than these two players.
 
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Caufield is much more talented than these two players.
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That wasn't my point. My point was player development. You can't expect a player to grow into an offensive role playing 5-10 minutes a night on the 4th line, and you can't expect a player to learn to play center in the NHL by playing the wing. If you don't have people in place to teach, you get new people.
 
Lolonegoal said:
This thread is f***ing hilarious.

People telling Caufield hypers that they're idiots for predicting he'd be a good player too soon because of the small size (10 regular season games and 20 playoff games), with the reasoning being his terrible performance in the first 31 games of this season. The irony is delicious.

Now we're back to thinking he's a superstar again after 6 games. I think it's more than likely he will be streaky, most snipers are, but St.Louis coaching a fellow shorty is definitely having a noticeable impact.
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I didn’t say either or. Where did I say he’s a superstar? I think it’s absolutely insane to say he has a lucky week or two run every year when he’s played 46 career NHL regular season games.
 
BLNY said:
That wasn't my point. My point was player development. You can't expect a player to grow into an offensive role playing 5-10 minutes a night on the 4th line, and you can't expect a player to learn to play center in the NHL by playing the wing. If you don't have people in place to teach, you get new people.
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Well KK is getting less minutes in Carolina, and Montreal was prepared to give him top minutes by letting Danault going in FA, but he wanted the cash over the minutes, so... what do you want the habs mgmt to do?

Galchenyuk also had 16+ minutes in his full seasons with Montreal, so above average, 2nd line minutes, and he was also given PP time. He's had 12 mins or less on most teams he's been on since so it's the same situation as KK.
 
Under Dominic Ducharme
55GP - 5 goals

Under Luke Richardson
4GP - 3 goals

Under Martin St. Louis
6GP - 6 goals

He's making the most of playing under a coach who's putting confidence in him. The kid seems to have found a new appetite for the game and is having fun again out there. He obviously won't keep up this level of production but he's a least showing that he, when given some leeway, can become a constant offensive threat.
 
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