Montreal Canadiens’ Cole Caufield Ready to Start Training Camp
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Edgar Chaput
Cole Caufield spoke with the press on Monday at the Montreal Canadiens’ charity golf tournament. Readers will recall that the goal scorer’s season ended prematurely because of a severe shoulder injury, which required surgery in February. Good news, however. Caufield has recovered and is ready to hit the ice.
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Canadiens’ Cole Caufield Ready for Training Camp
Despite the torn labrum that limited his time on the ice to only 46 games, the club saw fit to extend the forward for another eight years with a contract worth $62.8 million.
Caufield scored 26 goals and added 10 assists in 2022-2023, with the goal mark being a career high.
Said Caufield to reporters:
“It feels better than it did before, I can tell you that, so I’m really excited, ready to go, and it feels 100 per cent.”
Montreal finished last in the Atlantic Division in 2022-2023 with a record of 31-45-6. Only five teams in the league scored fewer goals than the Canadiens, so the team can use all the offensive punch it can afford to get. He and Nick Suzuki account for a hefty chunk of the offence the Canadiens typically generate.