For the NHL’s lost generation of Olympians, 4 Nations Face-Off is a reminder of what could have been
It hurt then. It hurts a little more now. Then, he was 21 years old, at the top of his game and the top of the world. The words “acetabular labrum” weren’t in his vocabulary, and COVID-19 didn’t even exist. There was nothing but 40-goal seasons ahead, and he’d be pulling that Team Canada sweater…