It's an interesting case, because we all know very well the immense potential of Caufield, but you have to admit that the sample of success in the NHL is still low. If we aim in between, that would give $58 million total. So for an eight-year, long-term contract, that would give a total pact ranging from $52 million to $64 million. I don't think they're going to let this drag on, but at the same time, Cole is going to have to start strong to reassure management and to convince them to give him that big long-term contract." They have confidence in Cole and they want to build around him.
It's going to depend on his start to the season, too. I think they're going to want to go for the maximum, between 6.5 and 8 million. Hobey Baker Memorial Award (Top U.S."I expect it to be settled by Christmas.Big Ten First All-Star Team (2020, 2021).He also scored five points (two goals, three assists) in seven games to help the United States win the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship.Īfter scoring 88 points (49 goals, 39 assists) in 67 games in two NCAA seasons, Caufield signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Canadiens on March 27, 2021, and made his NHL debut in a 2-1 win against the Calgary Flames on April 26.Ĭaufield scored his first NHL goal May 1 against the Ottawa Senators, and his first goal in the Stanley Cup Playoffs on June 14, a 4-1 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Semifinals. As a sophomore at Wisconsin, he led NCAA Division I in goals (30), points (52), power-play goals (11), power-play points (24) and shots on goal (165) and was named Big Ten Player of the Year. Their grandfather, Wayne Caufield, was a 2011 inductee into the Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame who spent more than two decades coaching youth hockey and managing hockey clinics in the Milwaukee area.Ĭole Caufield won the 2021 Hobey Baker Award, voted as the top men's player in NCAA Division I ice hockey.
Their father, Paul Caufield, played NCAA Division III hockey at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
15 pick by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2019 NHL Draft, Caufield's older brother, Brock Caufield, played at the University of Wisconsin. Cole Caufield is showing he has the talent and pedigree to overcome his diminutive size (5-foot-7, 162 pounds) and excel in the NHL.
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