Zone exit, season 5 | Episode 14: what future for the Caufield-Suzuki duo?

I find it difficult to evaluate Primeau’s work overall. If we look at his statistics, it’s a disaster, he’s a goalie who allows on average four goals per game in the NHL. But he hasn’t played much that we can’t rely on that. I don’t know what’s going to happen with him, but this victory is gold for him.

I would like to see a bigger sample. Last year, Suzuki and Caufield were separated once by Martin St-Louis, on December 23 against the Dallas Stars. It didn’t happen after that, and Caufield had surgery in January. We’ve almost never seen them together since St-Louis has been in office.

I experienced it with Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn with the Stars. I was happy [quand ils étaient séparés], because I could benefit from one or the other. Because when Jamie played with Tyler, I never played with Tyler.

I was wondering if from the beginning Sean Monahan wasn’t the best player. He is always visible, always causing something. It will be quite a dilemma, because we will reach a point where we will have to make a decision with him: do we keep him? If you want to win eventually, you will need these types of players.