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Canadiens captain Nick Suzuki is back on skates

He's expected to rejoin his teammates within a week after suffering lower-body injury, while Joel Edmundson remains sidelined indefinitely.

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Stu Cowan  •  Montreal Gazette
New captain Nick Suzuki poses for team photo with assistant captains Joel Edmundson (left) and Brendan Gallagher at Canadiens golf tournament at Laval-sur-le-Lac on Sept. 12.
New captain Nick Suzuki poses for team photo with assistant captains Joel Edmundson (left) and Brendan Gallagher at Canadiens golf tournament at Laval-sur-le-Lac on Sept. 12. Photo by John Mahoney /Montreal Gazette

Canadiens captain Nick Suzuki resumed skating Monday morning and is expected to rejoin his teammates within a week after recovering from a lower-body injury.

The club also reported that veteran defenceman Joel Edmundson is progressing from his rehab from a back injury but it remains undetermined when he might rejoin his teammates.

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Both players were injured during a scrimmage collision last week before the official training camp started.

Suzuki was the only player on the Canadiens to play in all 82 games last season and he led the team in scoring with 21-40-61 totals. The Canadiens named Suzuki as their new captain at the team’s golf tournament on Sept. 12 and the 23-year-old centre is heading into the first season of an eight-year, US$63-million contract with an annual salary-cap hit of $7.875 million.

Edmundson was limited to 24 games last season because of a back injury.

The Canadiens will play their first of eight preseason games Monday night at the Bell Centre against the New Jersey Devils (7 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN 690 Radio, 98.5 FM).

This story will be updated after the Canadiens’ morning skate in Brossard.

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