MONTREAL — Cale Makar and Devon Toews have had a long time to get excited about a lot of things with the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off.
Amid the wonder, anticipation and joy of playing for Canada, one part of their first experience with best-on-best hockey at the men’s senior level elicits a slightly different emotion — now they’ve got to play against Artturi Lehkonen.
Now, the top defense pairing for Canada and the Colorado Avalanche will see what the rest of the NHL’s defensemen have dealt with in recent years.
“That’s been talked about religiously by us on the way out here.