The re-molded, re-branded two-way phenomenon Cole Caufield."Caufield would have a few practice days to take a step back and start working on specific technical aspects of his game. Rocket coach Jean-François Houle wanted, among other things, to encourage Caufield to think beyond his offensive game, and to impart to him that good defensive play often leads to scoring chances."
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A Byron with Caufield's ability to put the puck in the net would be deadly!Ya let's turn Caufield into Byron!
That's the thing.A Byron with Caufield's ability to put the puck in the net would be deadly!
It's funny no one even talks about Byron but our PK is f***ing atrocious since the start of the season and I'm pretty sure Lord Byron could seriously help in that department.That's the thing.
He will NEVER be a serviceable 50ish points two way forward.
He will either be an offensive catalyst, or a specialist like Galchenyuk. My instinct for development would be to first create a separation beween him and Galchenyuk and worry about rounding out his game later.
"Caufield would have a few practice days to take a step back and start working on specific technical aspects of his game. Rocket coach Jean-François Houle wanted, among other things, to encourage Caufield to think beyond his offensive game, and to impart to him that good defensive play often leads to scoring chances."
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It's funny no one even talks about Byron but our PK is f***ing atrocious since the start of the season and I'm pretty sure Lord Byron could seriously help in that department.
Players like Caufield and Galchenyuk… we just don’t seem to be able to develop these guys."Caufield would have a few practice days to take a step back and start working on specific technical aspects of his game. Rocket coach Jean-François Houle wanted, among other things, to encourage Caufield to think beyond his offensive game, and to impart to him that good defensive play often leads to scoring chances."
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What could go wrong with taking an offensive juggernaut of a player and telling him to play D to create scoring chances? I mean it works so well for all the defensive centers in the league"Caufield would have a few practice days to take a step back and start working on specific technical aspects of his game. Rocket coach Jean-François Houle wanted, among other things, to encourage Caufield to think beyond his offensive game, and to impart to him that good defensive play often leads to scoring chances."
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We won't find common ground on Galchenyuk, because IMO he was just not a smart hockey player.Players like Caufield and Galchenyuk… we just don’t seem to be able to develop these guys.
It’s early days but I hate the whole defense fist thing we do with some of these players. Not all players are cut from the same cloth. We spent so much time trying to turn AG into Brendan Prust… I hope it doesn’t happen with this guy.
Man these people really don't get it. Not that I know it all but come on now he's 4 feet tall just put him in a position to rip pucks and figure it out"Caufield would have a few practice days to take a step back and start working on specific technical aspects of his game. Rocket coach Jean-François Houle wanted, among other things, to encourage Caufield to think beyond his offensive game, and to impart to him that good defensive play often leads to scoring chances."
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I 100% do not trust this organization with properly developing Cole Caufield
Correct me if I am wrong but he was playing for Wisconsin and then was brought up and signed in I think spring of 2021? Thats a very small yet successful sample size. Since he is 20 and a very undersized player he needs more seasoning. I don't think the sky is going to fall in- he just needs more time to be roughed up and experience the struggle which he should as a young player. It's like in any industry you can't become the CEO until you put in the time and experience some struggle. It makes you mentally tough and leads to some appreciation for your profession to see everyone grinding away in the A. He will hopefully come back as a humble and stronger player.We won't find common ground on Galchenyuk, because IMO he was just not a smart hockey player.
In Caufield's case, though, yes. Rounding out his game should absolutely not be a priority right now. I hope I exaggerate the meaning of this quote. They've spoken a lot about a the need of him getting puck touches, getting his timing right etc. Hopefully I'm misinterpreting the whole situation.
Caufield looks kinda lost out there. It's pretty much the first time in his hockey career at any level that he's had a dry scoring spell and you can tell he doesn't quite know how to react. This is where the coaches need to come in and help a young player find solutions. Hopefuly the organization is working with him.