{"id":463655,"date":"2026-02-19T18:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T18:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/463655\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T18:11:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T18:11:00","slug":"taking-it-day-by-day-josh-morrissey-inching-towards-olympic-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/463655\/","title":{"rendered":"“Taking it Day-By-Day” – Josh Morrissey Inching Towards Olympic Return"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Canadian Men’s National Team is hoping to receive some reinforcements as the Winter Olympic Games moves to its quarter-final stage.<\/p>\n

With Team Canada nursing a handful of injuries over the past two games, the hope for Canadians is a fully healthy lineup for their quarter-final game vs. the winner of the Czechia\/Denmark matchup on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

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Brad Marchand, who has missed time with an undisclosed injury, is healthy and apparently ready to return to the lineup, according to Canadian head coach Jon Cooper.<\/p>\n

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On the back-end, Winnipeg Jets defenceman, Josh Morrissey, who has been out of the lineup since midway through Canada’s opening game, practiced fully with his teammates on Tuesday during their off day.<\/p>\n

The full practice was a good indicator that Morrissey was feeling much better than his limited skate on the weekend indicated.<\/p>\n

He also practiced with his regular defence partner Colton Parayko – also serving as an indicator that he is nearing his return to the fold.<\/p>\n

“I’m just taking it day-by-day here, obviously. We had a good practice here and just trying to get ready for the rest of the tournament here the best I can and we all can,” Morrissey said following his skate on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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Canada has won three-straight games and sits atop its group through three tournament games. Due to taking first place, the Canadians earned a bye through the quarter-final play-in (Tuesday’s games).<\/p>\n

“You try to be a great teammate in whatever way you can,” Morrissey added of his contributions from the sidelines. “Every single guy here is a fantastic hockey player. Obviously, try and watch the game yourself and stay sharp on what the team’s doing and systems. It’s a short tournament. Just being vocal and being around the group and contributing any way you can.”<\/p>\n

Canada will suit up in its quarter-final matchup on Wednesday at 10:40 AM central time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Canadian Men’s National Team is hoping to receive some reinforcements as the Winter Olympic Games moves to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":463656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5121],"tags":[254,19,56236,1476,5,78,2081,4,56237,3037,77,18,5288],"class_list":{"0":"post-463655","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-winnipeg-jets","8":"tag-brad-marchand","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-canadian-men39s-national-team","11":"tag-colton-parayko","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-jets","14":"tag-josh-morrissey","15":"tag-nhl","16":"tag-quarter-final","17":"tag-team-canada","18":"tag-winnipeg","19":"tag-winnipeg-jets","20":"tag-winnipegjets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116098649542064334","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463655","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=463655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}