You can be sure that Canadiens management is very concerned by the 23-year-old winger’s significant decline in goal production this season. The fact that it’s not a more popular topic of conversation in Habs hockey circles is just a reflection of the peculiar CH universe of 2024, where having a negative idea is frowned upon.
When you bring up a tough loss with the friendly old coach, he describes it as a moral win. Fans chastise you for being a negative Nelly when you tell them it’s disappointing that the team isn’t making the playoffs and insist that everyone should be content to ride the rebuild train. Tuesday at McLean’s Pub, I was discussing Caufield’s lack of scoring with Habs fans, and with one exception.
Sincerely, I have to commend the Canadiens PR department. It appears as though they have enchanted everyone. The truth is that something is seriously wrong with Caufield this season. He scored 26 goals in 46 games the previous season before a shoulder injury ended his career. His goal total w
Later, while playing for St. Louis, he scored 22 goals in the final 37 games of that season. Caufield had scored 48 goals in 83 games prior to this season after St. Louis assumed the bench manager role for the Habs.
On a great wraparound against the Florida Panthers on Tuesday, Caufield finally found the net. However, it was only his second goal in the previous 20 games and his first since March 16. After the all-star break in early February, Caufield has only scored four goals in the team’s 25 games prior to his goal on Tuesday.
as 46 goals with that.
The story went that Martin St. Louis was the ideal coach for Caufield since the small forward had a magical scoring touch and was obviously a motivating leader. Under the former head coach, Dominique Ducharme, Caufield was not improving. Caufield was benched by Ducharme in the notorious first two games of the 2021 playoffs, and in 30 games played under Ducharme.
