After leading the Canadiens in assists 45 and average time on ice , fifth in the NHL in , Subban was traded to the Nashville Predators for defenseman Shea Weber on June 29, In his first season with the Predators, Subban scored 40 points 10 goals, 30 assists in 66 regular-season games and 12 points two goals, 10 assists in 22 postseason games, helping Nashville reach the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since entering the NHL in He played all 82 games in and was named to the NHL All-Star Game for the third time, scoring 59 points 16 goals, 43 assists for the Predators, who won the Presidents' Trophy as the NHL's top regular-season finisher.
Subban scored 31 points nine goals, 22 assists in 63 games in and was traded to the Devils on June 22, He had 18 points seven goals, 11 assists in 68 games for New Jersey when the season was paused March 12 due to concerns surrounding the coronavirus. Enter Search Term. Use arrows to navigate between autocomplete results.
If no results appear, use Enter to do a full site search. He flies into places he arguably shouldn't and wrecks havoc, scores and flashes immense talent up and down the ice, and is not afraid to lay a hit from time to time nor get in the middle of a fracas before, during, and after play.
Needless to say, Subban is no stranger to being booed on the road by fan bases that he frustrates with his style of play because of it. Sometimes, though, there's a specific reason why he's attracting the jeers of road crowd.
In some cities, however, there's no good explanation. We will never forget. That's what Twitter user Altoisthegame wrote in response to a question from Minneapolis Star-Tribune hockey writer Michael Russo, who wondered aloud in the Twitterverse why Pittsburgh fans were hounding Subban on Wednesday night. Instead, he's playing for the league's Carolina Hurricanes now, having been traded by the Pens to the Hurricanes as part of the Brandon Sutter deal.
Few groups hold grudges better than sports fans, though, and in fact, one of those ties all of this together. And yet, leave the island of Montreal and ask anyone who isn't a Habs fan what they think of him, and you'll get the same response. It's normal for opposing fan bases to despise top-tier players. Whether it's because they hit one of the guys on the team that you root for, and ended his season, or average more than a point per game against your favourite team, or scored the game-winning goal that ended your boys' playoff run.
It's not unusual for Alex Ovechkin or Sidney Crosby or Patrick Kane to garner the attention of the boo birds when they visit barns other than their own. This is par for the course when discussing elite athletes.
But there's something different when it comes to the discussion that surrounds Subban. No, he isn't a 'kid'. Although I suppose if Sid can still be THE kid 10 years into his professional playing career, my point is moot.
Subban probably has more respect for the game in his pinky toe than most players have in their whole body. From a very young age, he not only wanted to play professional hockey, but he wanted to dominate. He idolized Bobby Orr growing up, not because he wanted to play like Bobby, but because he wanted to compete like Bobby. Subban strives to be the best player on the ice every time he steps out onto it. He skates hard, competes hard, and leads by example. He wears an 'A' on his chest, and knows what it means to have a CH on his jersey.
His ability to thrive in a market like Montreal is impressive to say the least. Subban is a diver. Tampa Bay on January. Subban was assessed a minor penalty for embelishment and Rangers forward Chris Kreider received a minor penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct on the play, at of the first period.
Yes, Subban dives. Hey, guess what? So long as human beings i.
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