Are Montreal fans the new leafs fans?

They are both just as bad

Every fan base has their inflationists. Toronto, and Montreal aren't the only ones.

Yes, but habs and leafs are also the loudest

While I agree some of us habs fans have been over the top, it's hard not to be excited about someone who broke the USNDT record for goals.

Yes but, people are acting like they know more than the NHL top scouts.. and even the HABS had players like Krebs, Boldy, Podkolzin, Zegras ranked over Caufield.. so people just need to chilll

Jack Hughes was his center.. would be interesting to see if he breaks the record without him. He does have an elite shot but doesn't have great foot speed for a small guy... not a good sign... only time will tell

Caufields a stud, only fell in the draft because of his size. If he produced those numbers and was 6'1 the guy probably would've gone top 5-7 imo, I think there's good reason for the hype behind this kid

ahh but he isnt 6'1.....

and every scout had him low so. Including the Habs who had him ranked at #10 so im gonna go with the pros on this one

Multiple analysts have said Caufield could have easily put up impressive enough numbers without Hughes.. Not as high maybe but he could put good numbers up without him.

Multiple scouts had him top 10.....

and multiple scouts had him alot lower....

Because we have seen this all before. Your NHL top scouts get veto'd by GMs/management group because the kid is "too short". Montreal fans are excited about a kid that scores constantly, and does so in so many different ways. He doesn't just disappear on the ice when the puck isn't on his stick, like a Kaliyev, but he creates most of his chances out of nothing. Caulfield was ranked as high as 3rd, but mostly between 5-9. So excuse us for being pumped that 10+ GMs passed on him because he is short.

Doe's Hughes get as many assists without Caulfield? Not likely. Hughes had two wingers, only one performed at the level of Caulfield.

fair enough

Bob Mckenzie has him 9th
Russ Cohen had him 6th
Chris Peters had him 6th
Craig Button had him 4th

Carry on tho chief

omg, youre the reason of the post.. people like you

Ill trust NHL Scouts over those guys... Carry on though...

habs had him ranked #10 not like they had the kid ranked super high either

It must be difficult for you to deal with level headed knowledge. One day you will get there.

Didn't he also play more games than most of the other top goal scorers?

How do you know where they had him ranked? 100% of teams do not make their draft lists public knowledge. But yeah, you know it all.

lmao it got leaked today... you should know that being a habs fan

That's usually what happens when there's 20x more of them than some of the other fan bases.....

You don't hear any Arizona fans claiming Soderstrom is better than Swiss cheese but then again, you don't hear Arizona fans at all either......

Cole Caufield (C/RW)
2018-19 National U18 Team - 72 goals in 64 games. 1.125 goals per game. 100 points
2018-19 USNTDP - 29 goals in 28 games. 1.036 goals per game. 41 points.

Matt Boldy (LW)
2018-19 National U18 Team - 33 goals in 64 games. 0.516 goals per game. 81 points.
2018-19 USNTDP - 17 goals in 28 games. 0.607 goals per game. 43 points.

Trevor Zegras (C/W)
2018-19 National U18 Team - 26 goals in 60 games. 0.4333 goals per game. 87 points.
2018-19 USNTDP - 14 goals in 27 games. 0.519 goals per game. 40 points.

Jack Hughes, 260 SOG (only 22 less than Caufield, who had 38 more goals)

*Letterkenny voice* to be fair

He does have the potential to be an elite sniper.