Brad Marchand crashes Team Canada teammate Nick Suzuki’s interview, and you can hear the shout clearly

Canada hit the ice Sunday for its first Milan practice, and Marchand wasted zero time setting the temperature.

The clip shows him practicing French just to poke Suzuki, the kind of grin-first chirp that lands because it is real. That’s Marchand, always mixing humor with menace.

What matters is where he skated. Marchand lined up on Canada’s second unit with Nathan MacKinnon and Suzuki, a trio built to win shifts, not win selfies.

MacKinnon drives pace through the middle, Marchand hunts pucks and bodies, and Suzuki can connect plays under pressure. That line can tilt the ice fast.

Marchand also has the résumé to talk in that room. Team Canada named Sidney Crosby captain, with Connor McDavid and Cale Makar as alternates, and Marchand still fits right into the leadership mix.

The French chirp is a small thing, but it’s not random. It’s a veteran checking the pulse of a new teammate, then pulling him into the group.

Marchand’s season shows he still has juice, sitting at 25-25-50 in the NHL. He’s not there to wave from the bench.

You can feel the national mood here, excited, a little tense, and totally hungry for a clean, ruthless start.

Canada’s first game is Thursday against Czechia, so every rep counts and every line needs an identity quickly.

Marchand gives his line one instantly. He wins the annoying races, lives around the crease, and drags defenders into mistakes.

That frees MacKinnon to attack off retrievals instead of circling back for loose pucks. It also lets Suzuki play a simpler support game, which is gold in a short tournament.

The bigger picture is roster balance. Canada already has the high-skill punch, so Marchand’s edge becomes a feature, not a sideshow.

If the power play needs a net-front agitator, he can do it. If the bench needs a spark after a flat shift, he can do that too.

The French joke will be the clip people share, but the real story is the role. Marchand looks like the guy Canada leans on when the games stop being polite.