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September inter squad scrimmage.
Prospect Info: [2019 - 15th] Cole Caufield (NCAA - Univerisity of Wisconsin)
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September inter squad scrimmage.
Mike Mike Caron
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Caufield reminds me alot of Martin-St-Louis in term of size, IQ, quickness and offensive awarenesses...
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A smart sniper needs very little time and space to score so his size wont be a problem. He wont be Pacioretty but more like a Cammalleri.
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Much better skater than Cammy though.
I think he’ll have a more consistent career, but otherwise not a bad comparison at all.
St-Louis was built like a tree stum, strong as an ox, let’s wait and see how Caufiled handles nhl physicality. If he’s 50% of St-Louis, it’s an outstanding pick.
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You might not care what he did against lesser talent but literally everyone else does seeing as that’s how you evaluate talent
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To put things in perspective, Christopher Higgins was a pretty decent pick at 15th overall. At that slot you shouldn't expect to be pulling superstars or players with superstar potential.
Of course it happens (Sakic and Karlsson were drafted around here) but it's not expected. I'm glad we took the shot on elite talent. If he busts and Newhook or whoever go onto fortune and glory TT will be roasted and that's fine. But I like this pick. The talent is worth the risk in this case.
Sure would be nice if he had a little growth spurt though.
I actually had a buddy who was always the smallest in the class. Then all of a sudden at 18 he grew to six feet. Just crazy. It's not common but it does happen. Even if he grew just a bit it would help. 5'9 is a heck of a lot better than 5'7.
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What I really like about Caufield is not just how he picks corners, he does way more than that. You see goalscorers every year who simply overpower the goalies like Kaliyev or Wahlstrom last year.
Caufield is smart, he outsmarts the goalies all the time. The biggest testament to that is the amount of goals he scores five hole. It is incredibly hard to beat a goalie five hole because its not about power, its about speed, timing and understanding the goalies movements.
You see the most intelligent players beat goalies five hole all the time, Kucherov, Crosby, Gaudreau, etc.
Compared to lesser goalscorers like Camalleri or Galchenyuk who miss the net quite often because the always try to pick corners.
Caufield is smart, he outsmarts the goalies all the time. The biggest testament to that is the amount of goals he scores five hole. It is incredibly hard to beat a goalie five hole because its not about power, its about speed, timing and understanding the goalies movements.
You see the most intelligent players beat goalies five hole all the time, Kucherov, Crosby, Gaudreau, etc.
Compared to lesser goalscorers like Camalleri or Galchenyuk who miss the net quite often because the always try to pick corners.
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From the highlights I saw, Caufield reminds me of Cammalleri. He's a pure goal scorer, with the shot and release to fill the net.
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You are right, Caufield will have to develop his strength and power to become something similar to St-Louis, but he already is powerful enough for a small 18 yrs old kid, what let me think its not impossible he becomes almost as explosive as St-Louis was..
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A few inches taller is not "size" from an NHL perspective.
It's irrelevant unless, in addition to height, you also have physicality and weight.
Did "size" matter for JDLR? Domi owned him when he was with Zona and made him play smaller than he already plays. That's useless "size".
KK is not size that matters. He's just tall which is is OK, he's not expected or needed to be physical. Poehling is the better example of size, he uses his size in a manner that KK doesn't. Nor does KK need to do that, that's not what he's counted upon to do.
I would argue that Poehling is the kind of "size" that the Habs are short on.
I think you need some of it and you can find it. A player that owns the type of scoring acumen of a Caufield is a much more rare thing and should be valued accordingly.
You just now figured it out?
Watch what happens at the draft following Caufield's first season as an NHLer. That'll tell you all you need to know about how pervasive height-based bias might still be.
What would you guys peg Caufield's ETA at? Is a year from now unreasonable?
Caufield. Quite ironically, he's also the one who is most likely to deliver on that "filling the nets" promise that Zadina made.
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I think a year. Maximum two.
Like MB said on Friday after the draft, he won't do his four years of college.
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So how many goals in the NCAA should we expect next year
I'd say the bar is set at 20 unfortunately lol, less would not be the end of the world, but more than 20 and we have something special here
I'd say the bar is set at 20 unfortunately lol, less would not be the end of the world, but more than 20 and we have something special here
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i hope he kills it at the prospect camp, rookie camp, and the main camp and pulls a kotkaniemi!!!
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I did think that in the back of my mind but didn't dare say it, lol. You just never know how quickly that kind of skill and talent can transition.
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While checking Jayden Strubles Combine results, Caufield surprisingly appeared in the power and strength lists a lot lmao. Struble BLEW AWAY the bench press exercise but caufield was 6 or 7th as well
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