Yeah he was when he was paired with Emelin at the begiining of the year. There were few people even able to defend it, however that always goes down the memory hole. Markov makes him better by picking up when subban gets caught. If we paired subban with someone else you would see a shift even if you don't remember him not playing top notch.
I'm sorry, but this is nothing short of a lie.
Subban had all but a very few *bad* games at the beginning of the season. People complained mostly for the same reason they complain now, he's less noticeable and doesn't carry the puck as much as before.
But I can tell you one thing, I've watched his game very closely since the beginning of the season, and the way he's playing right now has been the norm for the most part. Markov isn't the one carrying that pairing. He's more prone to mistakes than Subban, believe it or not.
Before you ask, I specifically paid careful attention to Subban's overall game since the beginning of the season for one very good reason, he gets unfairly criticized by many, even Habs fans.
I'll reiterate what I said earlier, and been saying at the end of most games this season: he's our best defensive defenseman, and our most consistent to boot. Saying he was "bad" when he wasn't playing with Markov isn't true. At all.
