{"id":890002,"date":"2026-09-10T03:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T03:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/890002\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T03:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T03:24:12","slug":"why-american-cole-caufield-cant-see-himself-leaving-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/890002\/","title":{"rendered":"Why American Cole Caufield can\u2019t see himself leaving Montreal\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

HENDERSON, Nev. \u2014 Cole Caufield<\/a> is one American hockey player who can\u2019t foresee requesting a trade south of the border.<\/p>\n

Sure, the Montreal Canadiens<\/a>\u2019 50-goal sniper is aware of countrymen Brady Tkachuk, Quinn Hughes and Connor Hellebuyck asking out of their intensified Canadian markets.<\/p>\n

But, please, don\u2019t paint all U.S.-born stars with the same brush.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnly speaking for myself, I think being in Montreal, if you love hockey and have a passion for it, there\u2019s no better place or city to teach you lessons through the good and bad. You learn to embrace it throughout those bad times that there\u2019s brighter days ahead,\u201d Caufield told Elliotte Friedman and Kyle Bukauskas Wednesday during a recording of their\u00a032 Thoughts\u00a0podcast.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a city where you work and you earn things. Just every night at the Bell Centre is sweet. There\u2019s no better feeling than being out there. And the city, as a whole, like, I just love being there. And you can tell, just by the guys that we have, the guys that want to be there, it’s very inspiring for our group, and it’s contagious in the way that we come to the rink every day. I really love to be there. Top to bottom, staff-wise, player-wise, it\u2019s just really exciting. I love it there, and it\u2019s tough to see myself somewhere else.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Caufield, 25, is one a several prime-age, high-draft-pick Canadiens talents who signed long-term as part a steadily improving core that reached the 2026 Eastern Conference final. His increasingly team-friendly $7.85 million cap hit runs through 2031.<\/p>\n

As difficult as it was for Caufield to process the Habs\u2019 Round 3 ousting by the eventual Stanley Cup champion. Carolina Hurricanes, he is encouraged by the young squad\u2019s swift development.<\/p>\n

No longer the underdog, Caufield watched the Vegas-Carolina final closely and is relishing Montreal\u2019s newfound status as an Atlantic Division power.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust hungry for more. I think we\u2019ve got to taste what it could or should be like for us moving forward, and it\u2019s only going to get more difficult. But I think we got the mentality in the room, and we have the staff too that keeps us honest and keeps us hungry,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Caufield believes the Canadiens have graduated from the hunter to the hunted.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve worked to get there,” he said. “You want to be on that side, rather than to chase everybody down. And I like where we\u2019re at. But again, it’s just the beginning, and it\u2019s a tough mountain. I think we got the right guys in the room to get the job done.\u201d<\/p>\n

And a rabid Canadian fan base that will follow them every step of the way.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, it\u2019s weird, like, when you\u2019re just in your car and somebody has to triple-take and might just be chasing you or something, you kind of get used to those things. It is weird. Kind of everybody knows you or just follows the team,\u201d Caufield said, smiling.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, I\u2019m very fortunate to be in that position and just want to make a positive impact on the everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HENDERSON, Nev. \u2014 Cole Caufield is one American hockey player who can\u2019t foresee requesting a trade south of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":890003,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-890002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=890002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/890003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}