{"id":423254,"date":"2026-01-23T08:16:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T08:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/423254\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T08:16:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T08:16:14","slug":"suzuki-rookie-camp-trade-rumours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/423254\/","title":{"rendered":"Suzuki, Rookie Camp Trade Rumours"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why Nick Suzuki is the perfect choice as the captain of the Montreal Canadiens.<\/p>\n

Canadiens defensive prospects to have fierce competition for final roster spots<\/p>\n

That, more Montreal Canadiens and NHL news, as well as NHL trade rumours.<\/p>\n

Montreal Canadiens<\/p>\n

The ramp-up to the 2022-23 season will make this rookie camp<\/a> feel a little different for the Montreal Canadiens, particularly for their defensive prospects.<\/p>\n

It should come as no surprise that Nick Suzuki<\/a> was named the 31st captain of the Montreal Canadiens organization, as he\u2019s been preparing for this role well before he was acquired by the club.<\/p>\n

Canada Hockey Now<\/p>\n

CGY: Calgary Flames<\/a> miss out on signing Evan Rodrigues, but bring in Cody Eakin on a PTO.<\/p>\n

VAN: Asked repeatedly about his lack of a new deal 11 days from the start of training camp, Vancouver Canucks<\/a> captain Bo Horvat kept an even keel and responded in a tempered, non-obligatory manner. As is his way<\/p>\n

National Hockey Now<\/p>\n

NYI: It would not make sense for the New York Islanders<\/a> to offer PK Subban a PTO this fall due to some\u2026 history.<\/p>\n

BOS: Will recently acquired Pavel Zacha be able to hit the ground running with the Boston Bruins<\/a> this season?<\/p>\n

PGH: The defensive pairings for the Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> are going to look mighty different this year after a flurry of off-season moves.<\/p>\n

WSH: Washington Capitals<\/a> forward Carl Hagelin looks to be on the cusp of completing his comeback from an unfortunate eye injury. What does it mean for the Caps though?<\/p>\n

PHI: The Philadelphia Flyers<\/a> are expecting a tough training camp under demanding new coach John Tortorella.<\/p>\n

DET: Detroit Red Wings<\/a> defenceman Mortiz Seider was ranked as the 49th best player in the NHL by the NHL Network; but that\u2019s just par for the course for Seider, who\u2019s proven his doubters wrong his whole life.<\/p>\n

VGK: Adding further insult to injury on giving away Max Pacioretty for nothing this summer, former Vegas Golden Knight<\/a> draft pick, Nick Suzuki, has been named the 31st captain in\u00a0Montreal Canadiens<\/a> team history.<\/p>\n

SJS: We\u2019re hearing that the San Jose Sharks<\/a>\u2019 new Reverse Retro will be a primarily white jersey, inspired by the 1974-75 Golden Seals<\/p>\n

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\t\tMarc has been covering the Habs for over a decade. He previously worked for Journal Metro, The Athletic, The … More about Marc Dumont<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Why Nick Suzuki is the perfect choice as the captain of the Montreal Canadiens. Canadiens defensive prospects to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423255,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5103],"tags":[765,27700,95,254,974,26,592,265,2268,29,977,144,155,2178,593,146,57,5,2752,2685,1117,3550,1762,1269,691,3265,2086,4167,976,8348,1749,1043,94,747,1192,38,264,21,5147,517,2054,159,35,4,465,550,546,14978,3046,804,4863,100,168,4186,84,4302,104,135,92,279,18],"class_list":{"0":"post-423254","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-montreal-canadiens","8":"tag-alexander-radulov","9":"tag-andrew-cogliano","10":"tag-boston-bruins","11":"tag-brad-marchand","12":"tag-brendan-gallagher","13":"tag-calgary-flames","14":"tag-cam-neely","15":"tag-canadiens","16":"tag-carey-price","17":"tag-carolina-hurricanes","18":"tag-christian-dvorak","19":"tag-colorado-avalanche","20":"tag-connor-mcdavid","21":"tag-david-pastrnak","22":"tag-don-sweeney","23":"tag-edmonton-oilers","24":"tag-florida-panthers","25":"tag-hockey","26":"tag-hockey-canada","27":"tag-j-t-miller","28":"tag-jared-bednar","29":"tag-jeff-gorton","30":"tag-jessica-campbell","31":"tag-jim-montgomery","32":"tag-john-klingberg","33":"tag-johnny-gaudreau","34":"tag-jon-cooper","35":"tag-joshua-roy","36":"tag-juraj-slafkovsky","37":"tag-justin-trudeau","38":"tag-kent-hughes","39":"tag-marc-andre-fleury","40":"tag-matthew-tkachuk","41":"tag-mike-grier","42":"tag-mike-matheson","43":"tag-minnesota-wild","44":"tag-montreal","45":"tag-montreal-canadiens","46":"tag-montrealcanadiens","47":"tag-nathan-mackinnon","48":"tag-nazem-kadri","49":"tag-new-york-islanders","50":"tag-new-york-rangers","51":"tag-nhl","52":"tag-nhl-draft","53":"tag-nhl-free-agency","54":"tag-nhl-trade-rumors","55":"tag-nhl-trade-rumours","56":"tag-patrice-bergeron","57":"tag-paul-maurice","58":"tag-pierre-luc-dubois","59":"tag-pittsburgh-penguins","60":"tag-san-jose-sharks","61":"tag-shane-wright","62":"tag-st-louis-blues","63":"tag-stanley-cup-final","64":"tag-stanley-cup-playoffs","65":"tag-steve-yzerman","66":"tag-tampa-bay-lightning","67":"tag-wayne-gretzky","68":"tag-winnipeg-jets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}