Praising P.K. Subban And More

2 years ago  /  Kuklas Korner

from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,


- This is what the Spirit of 76 means and this — more than his bizarre recklessness on the ice — is what should be remembered about P.K. Subban, as his days as a Devil may be coming to an end:

That is the defenseman’s pledge that his eponymously named Foundation will match donations up to $100,000 to the Montreal Children’s Hospital for soon-to-be arriving young Ukrainian cancer patients in need of lifesaving care.

That is in character for the 32-year-old pending free agent (still only 32!), who may be moved as a rental before Monday’s trade deadline. Subban has been the public face of the Montreal Children’s Hospital Foundation since early in his career with the Canadiens, when he made the commitment to raise $10 million for the hospital....

Subban has been chided relentlessly in this space. His play has been a disappointment and his on-ice, is-it-or-is-it-not-a-slew-foot persona has been off-putting. But there is much more to the man than that. And that is what I will choose to remember about the one-time Norris Trophy winner.

- I don’t know Jonathan Toews, though I do know he was an essential centerpiece of the Blackhawks’ run to three Stanley Cups within six years that constitutes a quasi-dynasty in the hard cap era. A terrific player who, as captain, somehow supposedly knew nothing at all of the Kyle Beech scandal that has disgraced the memory of Chicago’s championship era.

But it seems that every time he opens his mouth, Toews reveals himself as a self-interested individual, whether it is about escrow deductions out of his paycheck or the direction of the organization that is in need of rebuilding....

- You know the phrase, “barely disguised”? Well, there is nothing barely disguised at all about the satisfaction a huge number of folks are expressing over the Golden Knights’ disastrous season.

Injuries have destroyed Vegas’ season, much in the way COVID-19 and injuries conspired to destroy the Islanders. No one is glorying in that. But it sure seems as if Kelly McCrimmon hasn’t made all that many friends since sliding into the GM’s chair three years ago.


more on the first two topics pls other notes......

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