Todd Cordell
I certainly don't think trading P.K. Subban is a good idea. Rarely do you see teams trade high profile players and come out on top (see Tyler Seguin, Jason Spezza, etc.) and that'd surely be the case again here.
Subban is one of the very best players the league has to offer and by trading him they'd inevitably end up getting 80 cents on the dollar. If the Habs trade Subban teams won't be offering up Tyler Seguin or Erik Karlsson-type players and that's the only way it'd make sense to actually entertain the thought.
He is an elite player, he is in the prime of his career, he is locked up long-term and he's as good off the ice as he is on it. I just don't envision a scenario where Montreal trades him and comes out on top.
James Tanner Trading P.K Subban is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard. He is not the kind of player any team should ever trade. Trading him is guaranteed to work out badly.
It makes no sense to overreact to a season lost to bad coaching and an injured goalie. Just fire the coach and move on, trading Subban is about as stupid as trading Seguin or signing a bunch of duds before you lock up Steven Stamkos.....
So who knows? It has been at least a couple months since any GM did something monumentally stupid, so maybe it will happen.
Jason Lewis No. He is a franchise defenseman that is still just 26. The Habs have 5-6 years to put a decent team around him before he starts to age out of true effectiveness. Trading him would be a massive blow to any chance of success they could have in the future. There are much deeper issues than P.K. Subban in Montreal, and trading him would rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic in a manner of speaking. Things are fixable there, but Subban is not the issue.
Peter Tessier Did this set hockey Twitter on fire or what yesterday? The fact that Subban is in play but Therrien is safe says all you need to know about the decision making going on in Montreal. Subban there is more than just a player he is an icon of the franchise with his service and generosity to the community. However that is not the question, it's should he be traded.
The debate on Subban is tough she elite level as it compares to other D, namely the Karlsson's and Doughty's? I'd say yes but has suffered under the bizarre rule of Therrien. If that is the case then he will get a ransom from some one or perhaps pennies on the dollar being few teams willing to take on 9 million a year.
If there is a deal to be made I'd say it's going to be hard for Mtl to get value if it's a 1 for 1 deal. Subban for anyone on Edmonton not named McDavid? Subban for Duchene plus? Subban to Buffalo or Toronto... Who knows but if you are trading Subban, you better be damn sure of all your other moves that have to happen to fill that void and right the ship that is the listing Canadiens.
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