![]() I mean, I would wonder, does he go in at higher than $8 (million) right now because…” Reda: “But why would he take 7×7 if the fact that Suzuki’s making just under $8 (million). If you’re sitting at your cottage and somebody called you up and says, do you want the 7×7, what do you say? Cause I know what I’d say. If you’re just Mike Johnson, and I know you. O’Neil: “Johnny, let me ask you, you’re Cole Caufield. Now, with (Nick) Suzuki sitting there with just under $8 (million), I think he maxes out $8 million a year, $8.5 million for eight years. So if Caufield is a 40 goal scorer, and he’s a 70-point getter, that is worth probably close to $9 million, if he gets that every year. We’ve not seen that guy since Dom Ducharme was fired and Marty St. So, I think Cole Caufield can say, ‘I deserver to get paid more than Matt Boldy.’ Cause any comparison you want to make, I think Cole Caufield might be the rare case to say, you got to park my one goal in 30 games under (Dominque) Ducharme and act like that didn’t exist, cause that player doesn’t exist. The thing you get paid more than anything else to do is to score goals. Clearly Cole Caufield a better goal scorer. Boldy’s probably a bit of better defensive player, maybe a bit better play driver, set up guy at five-on-five. So if I look at the two players, clearly, Matt Boldy, they’re both wingers, so that washes out. Johnson: “Well, I mean, I think the Boldy is a good comparison. What do you think it’s going to cost the Habs to sign Caufield in a long-term deal, MJ? Matt Boldy signed seven years, $7 million per season. ![]() Caufield’s a restricted free agent at the end of the season. ![]() Gino Reda: “You opened it, so let me follow up on that. TSN: Jeff O’Neil and Mike Johnson on That’s Hockey on what it could cost the Montreal Canadiens to sign Cole Caufield to a long-term contract extension.
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