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MONTREAL – Heading into the offseason, downtime wasn’t necessarily atop Nathan Beaulieu’s priority list.

Coming off a breakout campaign in 2014-15, the 22-year-old defenseman couldn’t wait to get back to work in Southwestern Ontario to continue building on a successful year that saw him steadily become a mainstay on the Canadiens’ blue line after spending the majority of the previous two seasons honing his game in Hamilton.

“I took a little time off after the playoffs. My dad and I went on a fishing trip up in Northern Ontario. That’s where he’s from, so he’s got a lot of family and friends there.