Quoting: Price_is_the_goat
he beat matthew's record. search up the numbers of all the guys who have scored at caufields level in the ushl. all of them have been elite stars in the league
Quoting: palhal
As a Leaf fan, I don't mind the trade, especially for cap space benefit. But isn't the opening statement is kinda ridiculous "Caufield is a stud who will be able to produce playing in Year 2 and 3 with Matthews and Tavares (like DeBrincat on his ELC) which will be helpful for a team in a cap crunch.
Caulfield is not a NHL stud. Time will tell if his NCA scoring prowess translates into NHL success. Hockey fans should know that there have been hundreds hit maybe thousands of junior, NCAA, AHL scoring wizards who never made a mark in the NHL.
Of course there's no real guarantee that Caufield will be a star in the league. but projections still give a good indication of where things could lead. and Caufield's projections are through the roof, like what
@Price_is_the_goat wrote, looking at all the names of players he's beat, or on pace to be beat in goal scoring records in the NCAA, USHL, ect. (he also tied Ovechkin's WJ U18 record for goals in one less game, Ovi 14g in 8 games, Caufield with 14g in 7..)
When the only knock on the guy is his size, and the naysayers were convinced his offense would dry up once he got separated from Hughes and play against bigger older guys in the NCAA, and he's still thriving (12g in 18games), it's hard to bet against him now...