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Nick Suzuki is “quite injured” and would have liked to rest more before the playoffs
Charles-Alexis Brisebois
Nick Suzuki is “quite injured” and would have liked to rest more before the playoffs
Credit: Which CH players will be going to the World Championships in the next few weeks? We know that Lane Hutson and Cole Caufield are considering it. But clearly, they’re not the only ones with a chance of going, since Team Canada has contacted Nick Suzuki. And the man himself is thinking about it. You’ll recall […]

Which CH players will be going to the World Championships in the next few weeks?

We know that Lane Hutson and Cole Caufield are considering it. But clearly, they're not the only ones with a chance of going, since Team Canada has contacted Nick Suzuki.

And the man himself is thinking about it.

You'll recall that last year, Suzuki said no to the Canadian team… and that's probably why he wasn't considered enough for the Four Nations Confrontation.

So it's logical to believe that in 2025, he wants to go. After all, with the Olympics only a few months away, he'll want to put the odds in his favor.

Of course, his late season also makes it harder than ever for Team Canada to leave him out in 2026. He was too strong at the end of the season for the CH.

And that's despite the fact that he's “quite injured” at the moment. That's why, among other things, he's not sure he'll be representing his country anytime soon, even though he's received his invitation to go.

Suzuki was one of the best players in the league at the end of the season, and he did it while quite injured. Still, that says a lot about the step he's taken forward this year.

You'll tell me, though, that across the league, everyone is injured in April, and that's not wrong. But still.

Suzuki would have liked to have rested at the end of the season, but since the CH hadn't qualified before game #82, he didn't do it. So I wonder if Suzuki would have ended his six-year streak without missing a game to rest for game #82 if the club had won two days earlier against Chicago.

The main person involved isn't sure. But I think it would have meant playing fewer minutes.


in bursts

– Indeed.

– Correct.

– Probably, yes.

– With good reason.

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