Suzuki Says Canadiens Can Knock Off Hurricanes

Nick Suzuki is not sounding like a captain who plans to mail in the series. The Canadiens leader is projecting belief, and in the playoffs that kind of confidence can travel fast through a room. The Hurricanes bring the heavier résumé, but Montreal is leaning into the old survival instinct that every underdog team needs. When your captain talks like this, the message is clear: the Canadiens are not showing up just to make the handshake line.