Well apparently the poster you are referring to thinks that Caufield is on the cusp of being a 50 goal guy so take it with a grain of salt.
Every team needs goals
Caufield has already put up 48 in 82, with half those goals coming from his rookie year.
Patrick O’Sullivan… there’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time.
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The question is will Eiserman score enough goals at the NHL level to be worth how bad he is at literally every other aspect of hockey. Can he get himself into position to score goals in the NHL. Will he be okay enough at even strength that he will even see offensive zone time. At the U18, it often felt like his line was playing 4v5 at even strength because of how poor his involvement was. That stuff won’t fly at the NHL level.
Right. Which is why I think that it will largely depend on where he goes. If he's drafted by a team where there are mentors he can learn from with a good development program, then I think he can excel. If he winds up in a place where he's among many youngsters and there isn't a good system, I think he'll fail.
48 in 82 is nothing to sneeze at, split between two seasons or not, esp that young.Caufield the new 50 goal scorer to never score 30 before
Yeah, I think this is a great point.
If he goes to a team like Minnesota/STL they will insist that he play both ways, or he won't see the ice. Then HFB'ers will complain that they aren't utilizing him correctly.
Caufield the new 50 goal scorer to never score 30 before
Again though, as much as the rest of his game needs work... he was still over a goal per game this year. All the stuff he's not good at can be coached. But goalscoring can't.
Right, and that’s why essentially nobody has him later than top 20. There’s a point in the draft where you can’t pass him up.
I’ve had that comparison in my head for a while. Not as a stylistic comp, but as what I think Eiserman will ultimately end up being: a PP specialist who ultimately doesn’t have all that long of a career.
That's absolutely not true. I don't know who you've been watching but it doesn't seem like it's Eiserman. He's good on the PP for sure but he scored goals all over the place in a large number of ways. You can't prescout someone who finds the loose puck in front of the net and bangs it home every time. You can't prescout someone who gets the puck in a tight space and then wires it past your goalie who couldn't save it even if he could see it. He will score plenty of goals off the rush on two man advantages or off the rush along the halfboards by using the defender as a screen. He'll also score plenty of goals by activating from the halfboards or point and driving to the net to pick up a loose puck or sneaking into a pocket of space. His shot is hard, fast, accurate and with a very quick release. His one timer is very powerful and precise. That alone will score him goals. Caufield has other things going for him like better skating and puck handling but nobody in this draft comes close to the sheer ability to score goals that Eiserman has.
