Nick Suzuki was ready to captain the Montreal Canadiens months ago, really. But when a Hall of Fame player, who also happens to be your head coach, encourages you to think on it, that’s what you do.
How long must a team suffer? How long has a team suffered? This is the fourth of several posts looking into the playoff droughts of 30 of the 32 active NHL franchises to figure out what went wrong and how it ended. This post covers Minnesota, Montreal, Nashville, the New York Islanders, and the New York Rangers.