Hickey: Canadiens' Nick Suzuki makes strong case for Team Canada berth

Thanksgiving Day in the United States is devoted to family, food and football, but the annual exercise in excess also has significance for National Hockey League teams. The holiday serves as a bellwether and there is a strong probability that teams occupying a playoff position on Thanksgiving Day will be in the same position when the regular season ends. It’s not a guarantee, but it has proved 77 per cent accurate in the salary-cap era (excluding the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons, due to the