Does Bruins Captain Patrice Bergeron Need To Characterize Group Canada?

Now that the NHL will permit its gamers to participate within the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, many have begun to wonder if their favorites will participate within the occasion.

That features Boston Bruins captain Patrice Bergeron, who represented Group Canada in 2010 and 2014, successful gold each instances. He additionally has been a part of 2016 World Cup staff, turning into one among 11 Canadian gamers to be part of the unique triple gold membership.

It’s most likely protected to imagine the 18-year NHL veteran can be on the roster when Canada releases it, as he continues to be one the very best two-way forwards within the league. However in case you ask Bergeron, he’s not precisely eager about that proper now.

Or if he’s, he’s at the least not alluding to it.

“I feel as an athlete you need to compete and also you need to be at your greatest,” Bergeron stated Wednesday over Zoom. “At the start, my precedence is with the Bruins and have a terrific season with them and work towards getting higher from week-to-week or month-to-month, if you’ll, and the remaining will fall the place it falls. I’ve no management over that, however as an athlete you all the time problem your self to be at our greatest. And people issues clearly are in your radar.

“I’m very conscious that I’m Canadian and there’s lot of very gifted gamers. It’s gonna be powerful to be on that staff. I’m very conscious of that, however all I can actually management is that what we are able to do right here with the Bruins as a staff and go from there.”

It actually sounds as if Bergeron is open to the thought. We’ll cross that bridge once we get it to, although.