While available to the media today, Juraj Slafkovsky made an important announcement for the rest of his season. In fact, there are two parts to his announcement, as he stated that he would not be available to represent his country for the World Championships, as he did last year. <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/ericengels/status/1645442154880282624?s=46&t=ChmnsRpW9WwnaxekMLXJ-A'> </a></blockquote></div> Also, the first overall pick in 2022 made the announcement of a major development related to his injury. He is back on the ice today for the first time in several months. <q>Slafkovsky also hints that today will be his first day back on the ice since suffering the injury. - Eric Engels </q> Here is his full media availability: <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/canadiensmtl/status/1645441088814022658?s=46&t=ChmnsRpW9WwnaxekMLXJ-A'> </a></blockquote></div>