That’s the problem with many players who have an uncanny ability to score goals early into their careers. Every thing seems to be going in. It looks so easy. But then suddenly nothing seems to be going in. They feel like they’re jinxed. And before they’re about to figure out that they need to make adjustments to their game to reclaim their scoring touch it’s often too late because they’ve lost their confidence. When you’re new in the league other players & teams don’t know much about you. But then you start scoring & you start getting noticed. You put a target on yourself. Then the other players pay more attention to you & focus where you are on the ice. They get familiar with your habits. And rival coaches now start strategizing about how to stop you from scoring goals & beating their teams. They put their best defensive players on you. They do line-matching. They give you less space to move & less time to shoot. They cut passing lanes. And yes they try to intimidate you & play more physical against you. They may even ask certain players to trash-talk you to try to get you off your game. Like say they fucked your girlfriend or your wife. That your siste’s a slut. That they were told by teammates of yours that your gay. Look at a player like Patrick Laine. He was a scoring machine when he entered the league & now he sucks. Look at Josh Anderson. He was a force to reckon with when he entered the league. A true power forward. What the hell has happened to him? He’s a shell of the player he was! Let’s hope this isn’t what is happening with Caulfield.
