Despite entering a new year with quite a bit of turnover on the Montreal Canadiens’ roster, Caufield has taken his game even further from where he left off last season. He ended 2021-22 with 22 goals in his final 37 games; a 49-goal pace. In nine games played in October, he had seven goals, which projects to 64 over the full 82 games.
While the shot is back to being the dangerous weapon we knew it could be (remember how many wide shots and flubbed one-timers he had to start last year?