Matt Duchene believes playing in the Olympic Games will help once the NHL resumes play. "I think it'll be really good for the guys that go over there, because the load that you carry on those teams isn't as big as the load we carry on these teams," he said. "Mentally it'll be more of a tiring thing than physically, but for me, I'm really happy, because I hate taking time off and getting out of my rhythm. And being around that kind of high-level hockey, I think it's really going to help me down the stretch with us." Duchene will probably play on the wing when he suits up for Canada in the tournament because of the team's depth down the middle.