Nick Suzuki on being the next captain of the Habs.

The Montreal Canadiens made some major changes to their front office during the course of the 2021 - 2022 National Hockey League regular season, bringing in executive vice president Jeff Gorton and general manager Kent Hughes to replace former general manager Marc Bergevin and much of his staff.

Since taking over the reigns of the franchise Gorton and Hughes have made drastic changes to the team including executing a number of trades, one of which saw them trade Canadiens captain Shea Weber to the Las Vegas Golden Knights in exchange for forward Evgeni Dadonov. When you consider the fact that Weber will never play another NHL game the trade was a great move on the part of the Habs, but it was a move that has also left them without a captain.

Coming into the 2022 - 2023 NHL regular season the Canadiens have as of yet not named a new captain for their franchise, but fans and pundits alike have already started to speculate about who could potentially take on that role moving forward. Among the many candidates that have been nominated by fans is Canadiens forward Nick Suzuki, who was recently asked about his thoughts on becoming the next captain of the Montreal Canadiens.

Suzuki was speaking with former NHLer Chris "Knuckles" Nilan when Nilan hit him with a pretty tough question about whether or not he felt he was ready to take on such a big responsibility in such a passionate hockey market.

"Yeah," said Suzuki on the Raw Knuckles podcast. "I think we have a ton of guys that could wear the C and be great captains and I have a ton of respect for all my teammates and the guys that have been here like Gally, who would be an amazing captain if he was given the C. But if it was me, I think I would definitely be ready for it. I think I've learned a ton over my 3 years here already. I've had guys to learn off of like Gally, and Webby, Pricey and all the guys I mentioned before. I've seen a great captain like Webby and how he's handled himself and I think I could do a great job in that role."

Suzuki acknowledged that the role of captain is something taken extremely seriously in Montreal, but made it clear that he feels he is ready to step up to the challenge should the Canadiens deem him worthy of being the next captain of their storied franchise.