After signing an extension, Cates needs to show to everyone that he is worth the big bucks.
A fifth-round draft pick in 2017, Noah Cates had continued to defy the odds. He was selected 137th overall that year and is currently tied for 24th place with 40 goals amongst players taken in that draft. For informational purposes, Morgan Frost, taken at 27th, has 53, and Owen Tippett, taken at 10th, has 93.
Cates, in his four-year career (playing in fewer games than Frost or Tippett), began his career as a roster bubble winger.