Why Cole Caufield is automatically a top prospect for the Montreal Canadiens

What the Habs need is a goal scorer, a day in and day out finisher. That may sound crazy given the years Brendan Gallagher, Max Domi and Tomas Tatar had, but it is a role worth looking at. Montreal has finishers at 5v5 who can capitalize off of offensive rushes in Domi and Tatar while Gallagher’s office comes within the slot and the goal crease.

Creativity allowing plays and scoring to come with ease, especially on the power play is lacking. The Montreal Canadiens need a producing machine. Gallagher’s tenacity and relentlessness allow him to be in positions to pot in rebounds, find deflections, or make quick moves in-tight. However, the Habs haven’t had a go-to sniper since Max Pacioretty…until now.

As I mentioned in the initial post, Cole Caufield checks all the boxes and it’s incredible he fell so far.

Caufield is the second coming of Alex Debrincat. Debrincat was taken in the second round of the 2016 NHL Draft despite having at least 50 goals in each of his three seasons (51, 51, and 65) in the OHL with the Erie Otters. He’s a dynamic player who finds lanes, seems, and holes to produce offensively having the vision and hockey IQ to make those around him better.

Caufield is no different. He’s a player who linemates try to find when the team needs to score, his shot is very quick and accurate, especially of a pass coming off his stick instantly. His skating and footspeed are on point and explosive allowing him to quickly bypass the opposition or charge up-ice when taking advantage of an error.