The Montreal Canadiens not only introduced new captain Nick Suzuki and his assistants Brendan Gallagher and Joel Edmundson, they also took the opportunity to take a team photo at the annual golf tournament. In this photo, one candidate was intrigued by his absence: Mike Hoffman. <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/CanadiensMTL/status/1569352318113529856?t=M62AsChX4T-ABzO83uLN9Q&s=19'> </a></blockquote></div> First of all, we would like to point out that the Canadiens' Twitter account had published the same photo with the title: Here are our 2022-23 Canadiens, only to delete it and put back this photo with the title: Smile! That's all it took for keen observers to notice the absence of Mike Hoffman and for the trade rumours to start. Mathias Brunet spoke with Chantal Machabée about this and number 68 is simply sick. His doctor strongly suggested that he stay home. <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/mathiasbrunet/status/1569435383666216960?t=dPE60yxjUL-QjaW3YCJrGg&s=19'> </a></blockquote></div>