Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Unbelievably, all the rumours of the Habs moving P.K. Subban out of Montreal turned out to be true. Norris Trophy-winning defenceman and Montreal fan favourite Subban got moved out of Montreal to Nashville for Mark Messier Leadership Award recipient and elite defenceman Shea Weber. [TSN.ca]
- Subban characteristically was a veritable quote machine during a conference call after the trade. [EOTP]
- Melnick in the Afternoon compiled immediate fan reactions to the trade [TSN 690]
- Sean Gordon does a great job of encapsulating the trade, the emotion, and the Marc Bergevin press conference [Globe and Mail]
- Why this trade could go down as one of the worst in Habs history [EOTP]
- Another take on the trade, predicting it as the worst since Saint Patrick left town [Gazette]
- The trades today may be why Canadian NHL teams can’t have nice things … like Stanley Cups [National Post]
- Michael Farber hopped on the radio in Montreal moments after the trade was announced [TSN 690]
- Gord Miller also had his own take on the trade: the amount of attention P.K. gets may not be commensurate with his ability [TSN 690]
- Subban made one last social media video directed at his loyal and adoring fans in Montreal [EOTP]
- Nashville Predators fans were happy about the trade (obviously). There was one NHLer and Weber Team Canada teammate who seemed particularly pleased about it
Hey Webs good luck in Montreal thanks for leaving our division! #relief
— Jonathan Toews (@JonathanToews) June 29, 2016
Around the League and elsewhere
- Amazingly, it became secondary news that Steven Stamkos wouldn’t be going to the Leafs, or the Sabres, or the Red Wings, or the Canucks (hi, Jim Benning!), electing to remain in Tampa [CBC Sports]
- We have another trade to announce. This is fun! First-rounder Taylor Hall of the Edmonton Oilers departs for the New Jersey Devils in exchange for another first-rounder, Adam Larsson. [Sportsnet]
- Taylor Hall felt ‘a bit slighted’ over being traded to New Jersey [Edmonton Journal]
- Frank Seravalli qualifies all of the above as the ‘craziest 23 minutes in NHL history’ [TSN.ca]
