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100 points for Nick Suzuki this season: Pierre McGuire believes in it (too)
Marc-Olivier Cook
100 points for Nick Suzuki this season: Pierre McGuire believes in it (too)
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Last season, five center players scored more points than Nick Suzuki: Nathan MacKinnon (116), Leon Draisaitl (106), Connor McDavid (100), Jack Eichel (94) and Sidney Crosby (91).One thing is certain: these players are among the National League's elite. What‘ s next for the Habs captain? That's a good question… especially in view of the fact that he's been improving year after year since joining the NHL.Stu Cowan thinks Suzuki can hit the 100-point plateau next season,and Pierre McGuire(Sick Podcast) tends to agree: if Suzuki stays healthy, McGuire sees him collecting (at least) 100 points in 25-26.

What's interesting is the fact that Suzuki will be well surrounded: Lane Hutson, Ivan Demidov, Cole Caufield, Juraj Slafkovsky, Patrik Laine… The captain is (very) likely to rub shoulders with all these players – be it at 5 c. 5 or on the powerplay – in the coming season, and there's a lot of talent in that group. Because it's all the same: Suzuki, in the last four years, managed to produce offensively when his club was struggling and when certain players weren't giving enough. Now, it's likely to be a little different with the quality we're seeing in Montreal. I said earlier that Suzuki will be well surrounded, but you could also take it a step further and say that he'll be better surrounded than ever (at least, better surrounded than ever since his arrival in the NHL).And therein lies the beauty of the whole thing.

'Overtime'

– True legends!

– Oh yeah?

– Well…

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