The NHL's lengthy, unexpected pause was new for all involved, but the 2016 World Cup experience of transitioning from time off directly into meaningful competition is something many of the game's best can draw on during the league's return to the ice.
Sidney Crosby was two months removed from lifting the Stanley Cup when he turned his attention to winning another championship.
“It’s very similar to that,” Crosby said. “You kind of have a short, abbreviated training camp and then you’re right into it. You’ve got to be ready, but you also have to understand that you’ve just got to get better with every game. It’s just about getting momentum and getting better every day. Whether it’s training camp or Game 1, you just have to have that mentality.
“It didn’t matter what you did all summer,” said Winnipeg Jets captain Blake Wheeler, who played for the U.S. in 2016. “It was tough. And it’s going to be tough in Edmonton. We go in there knowing that it’s not going to be easy.” That winding course is something hockey’s best players and coaches can recall from 2016. New York Islanders coach Barry Trotz, who was an assistant when Canada won the World Cup, considers that tournament the closest comparison because he anticipates the same frantic shifts of momentum.
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