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Canadiens: 4 Things To Look Forward To In Final Season Stretch

By Patrick Lortie

TAMPA, FLORIDA - APRIL 02: Cole Caufield #22 of the Montreal Canadiens celebrates a goalbin the second period during a game against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena on April 02, 2022 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
TAMPA, FLORIDA - APRIL 02: Cole Caufield #22 of the Montreal Canadiens celebrates a goalbin the second period during a game against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena on April 02, 2022 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) /
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MONTREAL, QC – MARCH 26: A young spectator watches Cole Caufield #22 of the Montreal Canadiens juggle the puck during warmups prior to the game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Centre Bell on March 26, 2022 in Montreal, Canada. The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2. (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)
MONTREAL, QC – MARCH 26: A young spectator watches Cole Caufield #22 of the Montreal Canadiens juggle the puck during warmups prior to the game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Centre Bell on March 26, 2022 in Montreal, Canada. The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2. (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images) /

One of the most electrifying players in the NHL has 10 more games to keep adding on his already eye-widening stats.

Our favorite winger since Alexei Kovalev no longer needs an introduction. Even with teams now putting more attention towards him on the ice, the dynamic duo of Cole Caufield and Nick Suzuki just keeps dominating the opposition. Even if you don’t watch the games, you just look at the scoresheet and know that either player got a point that night.

Caufield currently sits at 18 goals for the season. With 10 games left he’ll easily hit 20 of course. However, how much will he actually finish with? Will he hit 25 goals? Will he go on a tear and hit 30?

Of course we’re all playin the “What If?” game because he has been let loose since Martin St. Louis took over. Caufield currently has 17 goals and 14 assists for 31 points in the last 31 games played in the last 3 months. Only Nick Suzuki has more points (35) but he played more games (38) in that time span.

The 2022-23 season will be the first season Caufield will be guaranteed to play all 82 NHL  games barring any injuries.

The last 30 goal scorers the Canadiens had since 2000 are Erik Cole, Alex Galchenyuk, Brendan Gallagher, Max Pacioretty, Richard Zednik and Alexei Kovalev.

40 goal scorers? We gotta go back to 1994 for the last one in Vincent Damphousse.

50 goals? Stephane Richer in 1990. But that’s a select club in Canadiens lore as the list of players to have attained 50 goals ain’t as long as one would imagine as only 6 players in Canadiens history hit the magical 50 goal plateau.

Richer did it twice, Pierre Larouche once, Bernard “Boom Boom” Geoffrion once, and Maurice Richard once in his fabled 50 goals in 50 game season, back when seasons were 50 games long.

Then Steve Shutt did it once in 1976-77 season setting a team record with 60. Then of course the year after Guy Lafleur repeated the feat scoring 60 as well.

Oh and including that 60 goal season, Lafleur hit the 50 goal plateau 6 times in his career.

Let’s wait and see what Caufield does the rest of this season. But we can’t help but dream a little and wonder if Cole Caufield will one day be the first Montreal Canadien to win the Maurice “Rocket” Richard trophy for top goal scorer in the league.

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