Nick Suzuki isn’t spending the summer in Brossard

And in fact, that's understandable. We know that the captain became a father about three months ago and that his family lives in Ontario, as does his wife's family.

So it makes sense that, during the offseason, Suzuki would want to spend a little more time at home with his family. His situation is different from that of Samuel Montembeault or Alexandre Carrier, who are also new fathers but whose families live in Quebec.

The good news is that Suzuki has had time to establish that culture in the city over the past few years. It's caught on… and a few years later, we see that Ivan Demidov, for example, spends his summers in Montreal.

And as my colleague Patrick Guillet has learned, he's even the one organizing the training sessions in the city this summer.

We'll see if Suzuki comes back to the city a little before training camp to skate with his teammates before camp starts, but his new family obligations and the increasingly grueling seasons he's playing through make it perfectly normal for him to recharge his batteries at home rather than in Montreal.

Especially since word on the street is that the captain sometimes finds the pressure of the Montreal market intense. Stepping away from it for a few weeks can't hurt him, you know.

In a Nutshell

– He started last season like a lion.

– The Alouettes are in action tonight.

– Too bad.