As part of the Montreal Canadiens' annual golf tournament, the Canadiens announced that Nick Suzuki is the team's new captain. This day is also the beginning of a media bath that will only end when the season is over. The players in Montreal know this and they seem ready. If the media pressure can scare some, it is obviously not the case of Joel Edmundson, who made a shocking statement: <q> The rebuild was last year. No reason not to make the playoffs this year. - Joel Edmundson</q> <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/MA_PerreaultTVA/status/1569313461892694016?t=cGu9IKmdfUkvbvmC0JLQ7w&s=19'> </a></blockquote></div> The defenseman, who will wear the A along with Brendan Gallagher, says he's up for it and is in great shape. Hypothesized by injuries last year, which caused him to miss much of the 2021-22 season, mentions that he feels like new.