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“Nick Suzuki is on his way to the Olympics” : since the four nations, he has been destroying everything in his path
Charles-Alexis Brisebois
“Nick Suzuki is on his way to the Olympics” : since the four nations, he has been destroying everything in his path
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Since the four nations break, Nick Suzuki is on fire.

We know the story: he went to see Kent Hughes before the deadline to ask him to keep the group intact, and since then, he has simply put the club on his shoulders to guide his teammates towards – ideally – the playoffs.

I don’t know if he’s upset about being ignored by Team Canada (probably, to be honest) or if the rest did him good, but Suzuki has been rolling like a #1 center for two months, since the start of the break.

Used in the right way by his coach, Suzuki has 29 points, including 11 goals, in 19 games since the break. He has nine games with more than one point, which is impressive.

And his entire line, in fact, is the hottest in the NHL since two months, since the four nations break. Cole Caufield and Juraj Slafkovsky are doing a good job, even if we would like more consistency from Slaf.

Slafkovsky, who didn’t really follow Alex Kovalev’s exploits in Montreal (because he was a baby in Slovakia), sees that his center is on another planet right now.

Like everyone else, in fact.

It’s interesting to note that Suzuki is rising to the occasion for the Canadiens. And that, I’m sure Team Canada has taken note of, with the 2026 Olympics in mind.

In fact, according to Renaud Lavoie, who discussed the topic this morning on BPM Sports, there is no doubt: the Habs’ captain is going to the Olympics.

It’s clear that Suzuki and Robert Thomas, another young player who is in the same mold as Suzuki, who plays for Doug Armstrong and who has put the Blues on his shoulders in the playoff race in the West, must be considered for the Olympics.

Pierre LeBrun recently discussed this on the Radar podcast.

But even if Suzuki was maybe motivated by his absence from the four nations tournament, he must keep in mind that in the short term, his goal must be to return to the playoffs.

And in my opinion, he knows it.


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Maybe also, if the opportunity arises, the Habs’ captain will say yes to representing his country at the next World Championship.

But once again: we’ll see in due time.

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