Zadina vs Caufield

[Michoulicious]

Filip Zadina (Detroit, drafted #6 OA in 2018)

or

Cole Caufield (Montreal, drafted #15 OA in 2019)

Both project to become goal scoring wingers in the NHL.

Which one do you choose?

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[Zeke and luther]

Zadina will fill the Canadiens net with pucks.

 

[HOPE]

Caufield to me and it's not even close, might sound bias but post history will back that i didn't like Zadina pre-draft and was pretty upset when rumors Montreal were going to draft him, post history will also show how much i loved Caufield pre-draft. In no way i thought he would be available.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

Both were drafted as elite scorers.

... But after watching the way Calgary and Tampa got pummeled in the playoffs, hard to vote for the one with size concerns.

 

[HOPE]

Both were drafted as elite scorers.

... But after watching the way Calgary and Tampa got pummeled in the playoffs, hard to vote for the one with size concerns.

Hard to vote for a guy who could barely win one 1 on 1 board battle in the Q being 200lbs and an overager in his draft class... if there's a physical battle for the puck in the corner, as ironic as it sounds i take Caufield 10 times out of 10 to come out with the puck. it's not a blind comment, i have seen Zadina more than 2hours+ of shift by shift + matches.

 

[tony d]

Zadina.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

Hard to vote for a guy who could barely win one 1 on 1 board battle in the Q being 200lbs and an overager in his draft class... if there's a physical battle for the puck in the corner, as ironic as it sounds i take Caufield 10 times out of 10 to come out with the puck. it's not a blind comment, i have seen Zadina more than 2hours+ of shift by shift + matches.

Strength issues can be overcome way more easily than size issues.

You can put on muscle. You can't put on height.

 

[Prairie Habs]

Strength issues can be overcome way more easily than size issues.

You can put on muscle. You can't put on height.

Because if there's one thing we know about board battles, its that the taller player always wins...

 

[izlez]

I swear this poll already happened.

I'm a Red Wings fan that has never liked Zadina and really wanted Caufield, so I easily go with Caufield

 

[NotLeddy]

This poll was already posted like a month ago

 

[Clint Eastwood]

Because if there's one thing we know about board battles, its that the taller player always wins...

I mean. Yeah.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

I mean. Yeah.

All those highlight videos of Gaudreau pushing Chara off the puck are great.

 

[Teufelsdreck]

Zadina may be better but Detroit probably won't have enough depth to make the playoffs in 2020. Florids will replace the Bruins.

 

[ccman68]

Both were drafted as elite scorers.

... But after watching the way Calgary and Tampa got pummeled in the playoffs, hard to vote for the one with size concerns.

Kind of funny coming from a Red Wings fan. Does the name Tyler Johnson ring any bells?

 

[WingsMJN2965]

Kind of funny coming from a Red Wings fan. Does the name Tyler Johnson ring any bells?

He's on the small team that got swept, right?

I believe I mentioned them in my initial post.

 

[newfy]

We'll see what Caufield does when he isnt playing with a first overall talent that stayed an extra year in the USHL compared to other first overall talents who leave at that age. No denying he has the talent to end up the winner in this poll but hes got a lot to prove before voting him over a guy who showed he belonged in pro hockey last year. Caufield is going to be a lot longer term I think than most people think but if he hits his high end hes going to be really good. Cant imagine him in the AHL this season like Zadina did last season

 

[Just Linda]

All those highlight videos of Gaudreau pushing Chara off the puck are great.

One of my favourite memories of a few years back is the series where Chara had more turnovers in a series than all of Montreal players combined. He has a really tough series, completely got outworked by the smaller, quicker guys. I wrongly thought he was washed up and done at that point.

 

[Kotkaniemi15]

We'll see what Caufield does when he isnt playing with a first overall talent that stayed an extra year in the USHL compared to other first overall talents who leave at that age. No denying he has the talent to end up the winner in this poll but hes got a lot to prove before voting him over a guy who showed he belonged in pro hockey last year. Caufield is going to be a lot longer term I think than most people think but if he hits his high end hes going to be really good. Cant imagine him in the AHL this season like Zadina did last season

Caufield will always be playing with elite talent. He had Hughes when he was with the NTDP, he has Turcotte at Wisco and he’ll have Kotkaniemi in Montreal. That’s not a concern.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Zadina by a wide margin and I’m not even a big fan.

 

[thadd]

I need to see Caufield have a full pro season that doesn't involve getting tossed around like a rag doll before I'm going to be able to vote on him.

Get this kid a steak.

 

[HockeyDBspecialist]

Both were drafted as elite scorers.

... But after watching the way Calgary and Tampa got pummeled in the playoffs, hard to vote for the one with size concerns.

for sure you prefer Zadina

 

[ArGarBarGar]

Kind of funny coming from a Red Wings fan. Does the name Tyler Johnson ring any bells?

True, Tyler Johnson being successful means there is no potential disadvantage from being short in the NHL.

 

[Mike Hasselhoffman]

Both were drafted as elite scorers.

... But after watching the way Calgary and Tampa got pummeled in the playoffs, hard to vote for the one with size concerns.

Plenty of players with the aforementioned “size concerns” playing elite hockey in the NHL:

Patrick Kane
Johnny Gaudreau
Alex DeBrincat
Brendan Gallagher
Brayden Point

Are all either 5’10” and below.

Hockey today is more about speed, skill, and effort rather than just pure size and strength.

 

[Halla]

Zadina has kinda a disappointing year, but he wouldnt drop down as low as the 10th-15th best prospect in the draft this year

 

[Halla]

Plenty of players with the aforementioned “size concerns” playing elite hockey in the NHL:

Patrick Kane
Johnny Gaudreau
Alex DeBrincat
Brendan Gallagher
Brayden Point

Are all either 5’10” and below.

Hockey today is more about speed, skill, and effort rather than just pure size and strength.

the thing about theses lists is there are probably hundreds and hundreds of skilled guys who didn't make it