Sunday Notes On Hockey

2 years ago  /  Kuklas Korner  /  Read Time: 1 minute 20 seconds

from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun,


- ...September is halfway over and Subban is nowhere to be found.

I called his agent and family members and friends and former general managers and all five of the numbers I had for him on my phone list. None of the numbers was his. One polite woman on the phone apologized for P.K. not having that number anymore. A few people said they would get him to call; he didn’t.

NHL training camps open in just a few days. Rookie camps have already begun. And as of now, as far as we know, the 33-year-old defenceman has neither a place to play nor an invitation to any camp. No doubt he will wind up somewhere. He may not be a star anymore, but he’s not finished as a player. Thirty-three is almost young for a defenceman who can think the game and shoot it the way Subban can. But right now, there are no Subban sightings. If there is a place for him to play, an opportunity, he isn’t sharing that information.

- Remember when NHL owners wouldn’t interrupt their schedule for players to participate in the Winter Olympics because it wasn’t economically feasible? Now, they’re planning to interrupt their schedule for a World Cup of Hockey. Why? Because they’re in on the profits. What a shame it will be if Connor McDavid, Auston Matthews, and Cale Makar never get a chance to play in an Olympic Games.

- Just about every GM I’ve spoken to lately says the same thing: The Ottawa Senators won the summer. Now the question is: can they win the winter?

- The question for coach Sheldon Keefe and for Tavares and Nylander is this: Can these two players co-exist on a line and be effective in playing together? Or are they like dancing partners lacking in rhythm, who create offence but not necessarily for each other?


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