Subban fired his Twitter back up on Thursday, though, and posted a video of himself with Bruins captain Zdeno Chara apparently attending classes at Harvard University.
https://twitter.com/PKSubban1/status/1002188556255748096
OK, now this is getting entertaining, and you have to wonder if Don Sweeney feverishly texted his team's captain to see if Subban could give him a call. Hell, I've already called the TD Garden pro shop to see if they've started printed Subban shirts.
But the Preds, not shy when it comes to making big moves, did not sound like a club willing to move on from No. 76 just yet.
Not after what was perhaps his best season in Nashville, too, as a three-zone threat for the Presidents' Trophy winners.
“Where's he going?" Preds coach Peter Laviolette said at Nashville's year-end press conference when asked about potential Subban trade rumors. "P.K. is here for me. Listen, he’s been here for two years, and we’re moving in a pretty good direction here with him as part of our club. He’s been awesome. His regular season, I thought, was really good. He might have been the best player on our team in the playoffs last year, just with regard to the way he and [Mattias] Ekholm played and defended."
Boooooooooo.
"I don’t think we’ll have many changes, but there’s always changes —- nobody comes back with exactly the same team," Predators general manager David Poile, who mentioned Alexei Emelin as the lone Nashville defenseman that would not return to the team for the 2018-19 season, agreed at his press conference. "But our nucleus is solid.”
Hissssssssssss.
Of course, this is nothing that's shocking. The Predators have finagled themselves out of having to move any big contracts -- defenseman Ryan Ellis, goaltender Pekka Rinne, and forward Kevin Fiala are due raises in 2019, but with the Preds currently possessing over $20 million in cap space -- meaning that Subban's safe for what should be a lengthy Cup window on Broadway.
But if the Preds were to do the unthinkable and part with Subban, who is on the hook for $9 million per season through 2022, it is worth noting that he does not have a no-trade clause in his contract, and that he seems to enjoy trips to Boston.
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