It took three hours for the Stanley Cup playoffs to take a turn for the weird, and we have P.K. Subban to thank. Thank you, P.K. Subban.Subban, Montreal's should-be Norris Trophy winner, in Game 1 of Canadiens-Senators. Stone briefly left the game,
Jeff Locke Jersey then came back, then left again, then came back. Subban just left; a slash that results in an injury mean an automatic ejection.MORE: | | After Montreal's come-from-behind4-3 win, Senators coach Dave Cameron was pi sed and said,nearly flat-out, that if Subban wasn't suspended for the slash, one of the Senswas going to get revenge. That's a paraphrase, but just barely.Dave Cameron
Martin Prado Jersey on Subban slash: "You either suspend him, or one of their best players gets slashed, and they give us 5." Conor McKenna (@mckennaconor) Dave Cameron says "it's an easy solution" on Subban. Either he gets suspended or one of
JT Riddle Jersey their best players gets slashed. Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) This, indeed,was probably not a great idea. Leaning on the refs is smart, and getting angry over a perceived cheap shot against one of your players is understandable. What Cameron has done, though, is guarantee that any bit of borderline physicality slash or not is taken as an attempt at vengeance. If it is a slash, and it's on, say, Max Pacioretty ... hoo
Jon Berti Jersey , boy. Things are going to get worse. Someone will get suspended, and it won't be Subban.NEED PLAYOFF TICKETS? For the record, Subban's slash was dirty but notmuch worse than ones you see in any game, and Stone's exit was totally understandable. He either a.)was legitimately hurt, as tends to be the case when a very strong man swings a very hard stick at your hand, or b.)knew the rule and used it to his advantage to get one of Montreal's best
Cameron Maybin Jersey players out of the game. Either way, no problems there.The end result in all this,by the way: .