Montreal Canadiens: The Three Reasons Cole Caufield Needs To Be Called Up Now

Montreal Canadiens top prospect Cole Caufield has had a terrific season thus far. Even if he just decided to call it a season and went home today, the 2020-21 campaign would go down as enormous for his development.

Caufield played for the Wisconsin Badgers of the NCAA and absolutely torched opposing goaltenders. He scored 30 goals and 52 points in 31 games, leading the entire country in goals and points. He was also named the Hobey Baker Award winner as the best player in college hockey.

He didn’t even stop there.

Caufield then signed his entry-level contract with the Canadiens organization. He was assigned to the Laval Rocket to begin his pro career and looked extremely comfortable in his first pair of AHL games. The 20 year old right winger scored twice and added an assist in his debut and followed that up with another goal in his second game.

He scored the game winning goal in both games, putting him 15th in the AHL in game winners after just two contests.

The Stevens Point, Wisconsin native was the 15th overall pick in the 2019 NHL Draft. He has been following a straight upward trajectory since then and looks to be the type of player that will fill nets with pucks at every level he plays. It seems to be a matter of time before he suits up with the Montreal Canadiens to make his NHL debut.

Here are the top three reasons that should happen right now.