TORONTO — Jordan Subban wasn’t sure what to think. He thought, for a split second anyway, he was on the receiving end of a practical joke.
It was a Wednesday afternoon in late June. The NHL draft had just wrapped up and the annual free agency window had yet to open — in other words, another day in the off-season.
That is, until he, and the rest of the immediate Subban family, received a text from its most famous member, P.K. Subban.
The 2013 Norris Trophy-winning defenceman gave them the scoop via group chat: The Montreal Canadiens had shipped him to the Nashville Predators in a blockbuster, one-for-one deal.