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Have you read the thread yet?

Yeah, about that...


MONTREAL—No one expected P.K. Subban to slide quietly into town for his first game against the Montreal Canadiens, but what a splash the flashy defenceman made on Wednesday.

It stated with receiving a medal from the governor general of Canada for his charity work and continued with a packed news conference at the Bell Centre.

“It’s a privilege to play in the NHL and it’s a privilege to be a player who is traded out of Montreal and still have this type of support,” the Nashville Predators rearguard said. “Talk to a lot of guys who have been traded, I don’t think they would be standing up here doing a press conference when they come back.

“So I’m very honoured and happy to know that, in the Mecca of hockey, fans still support me and are behind me.”

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How much they remain on Subban’s side will be seen Thursday night when he plays his first game against the team he suited up for from 2009 to last June 29, when he was dealt to Nashville for Shea Weber in a straight-up trade of all-star defenceman.


Nashville Predators' P.K. Subban poses with Governor General David Johnston after receiving the Meritorious Service Decoration on Wednesday. (PAUL CHIASSON / THE CANADIAN PRESS)
Canadiens who are traded away are often booed on their return, but it may be different for Subban.

“I don’t think it’s fair to try to anticipate how you’re going to feel,” he sad. “You wait for the moment and take it in.

“My focus will be on the two points, but obviously I look forward to playing in a building and in front of fans that I played in for so long. Some big games and some fun games. Probably the thing I look forward to most is hopefully seeing Madame Béliveau there.”

Subban was a favourite of Élise Béliveau, the widow of Canadiens great Jean Beliveau who still attends many games.

The trade was a stunning move by general manager Marc Bergevin, who was looking to change up a team that collapsed after goalie Carey Price was injured early in the 2015-16 campaign.

Subban was already a fan favourite for his skill and flair on the ice and his bubbly personality, but his popularity went through the roof in September, 2015 when he made a pledge to raise $10 million over seven years for the Montreal Children’s Hospital, mainly for a program called P.K.’s Helping Hand to support families of sick kids.


He may not be the most dominant player in the league, but probably one of it's best faces.

It's a middle class sport for sure though, as the equipment is a lot of money and often out of reach. There's a lot more financial mobility for PoC here, based on the demographics of Toronto's suburbs, so a lot more of 2nd and 3rd generations picking it up.

without rehashing all the assumptions and shit from the old school folks, organizations which allow trans people to compete (NCAA, IOC) have already sorted out how to administer these decisions - and they, among other things, are looking for sex-normal hormone levels for the sex with which the person identifies.

Coincidentally, HRT administered for transition targets that exact same range. If Boggs is taking a standard HRT regimen in a doctor supervised transition, then he will test at male-normal levels of T, not some jacked-up superior level. If he were competing against males it would be on a level playing field.

sounds fair! Personally I cannot fucking stand PED activity in any sport. Sadly there will always be abusers one step ahead of the technology to catch them.

I just have to say it is hilarious to watch you all get worked up by suggesting blacks might be superior to white folk in any way.

point of order, directed at myself:

I'd misread the young man's name and have been misspelling it - it's Beggs, not Boggs. Mia culpa.

*mea*