Montreal will undoubtedly be a seller at the trade deadline as well, which would create even more financial flexibility moving forward. General manager Kent Hughes is set to have over $11-million in cap space to work with next offseason, with a number of significant contracts - including those of Jonathan Drouin and Evgeni Dadonov - coming off the books.
Montreal signed captain Nick Suzuki - Caufield's linemate - to an eight-year, $63-million ($7.875-million AAV) contract extension in October 2021, and some expect a proven scorer like Caufield to potentially earn more on a yearly basis if he's able to reach an agreement with the Habs. The 21-year-old has accumulated 27 goals and 68 points in 89 career NHL games, and was selected three picks before Caufield in the 2019 NHL Draft. Talk around Caufield's coming extension picked up after Minnesota Wild forward Matt Boldy signed a seven-year, $49-million ($7-million AAV) extension on Monday. The diminutive winger had only tallied one goal in 30 games under previous bench boss Dominique Ducharme. Louis took over, Caufield went on a veritable rampage, though, scoring 21 points (11 goals) in just 16 games to actually pull back into the rookie scoring race. Louis after the Hall-of-Famer took over the Canadiens' bench midway through last season. (Reuters)Ĭaufield has scored 48 goals in 81 games under head coach Martin St. Cole Caufield is proving he can score in bunches at the NHL level, and the Montreal Canadiens will have to pay a pretty penny to keep him around.
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