The Ice Breaker - PK Subban
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Hmm... cool, I didn't know the New Yorker did sports articles. It's refreshing to finally see a sports piece that is well-written for once after reading a lot of the other crap I've seen around. I went to high school around Rexdale, the same school as Malcolm Subban actually. My ex-girlfriend's brother also played hockey with PK when they were kids, so there's a bit of a connection there I guess haha.
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Man it's impossible to hate this guy, he's hilarious
Oh it's possible. Have him draw a couple calls with against you with his antics and you'll get there in no time
But I love him too. He's just an A+ personality. Seems like a genuinely good guy too. But **** is he just the worst to play against
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Oh it's possible. Have him draw a couple calls with against you with his antics and you'll get there in no time
But I love him too. He's just an A+ personality. Seems like a genuinely good guy too. But **** is he just the worst to play against
I should have said impossible to hate his personality lol.
If you're a habs fan then its impossible to hate him regardless of what he does on and off the ice. I know he's not really a 'steal' in rd 2, but man am I ever glad the habs snatched him up before it was too late
Interesting article and good read. Great insight into Subban and a nice spotlight on his personality. I've always liked the guy, and this article just makes me like him more.
The parts that made me roll my eyes though, were the parts that weren't about Subban.
Case in point:
Given the guy's popularity, I wouldn't have gone with "largely unloved", which I find fairly misleading.
The "bit of a whiner" bit is also annoying, since that reputation has mostly been left behind in the mainstream view (except for the haters) now that he's matured. It's lazy research/writing, but whatever, this isn't an article about Crosby, though it's annoying that newbies to hockey who read this article are getting some lazily researched/written first impression about the guy.
Another part that made me roll my eyes is the writer's attempts to describe hockey and hockey players as something completely out of the ordinary compared to other sports, with all the stuff about New Englanders or whoever else turning Canadian, and the bit about worshipping the names of small Canadian towns, etc., which came across as, for the lack of a better description, "trying too hard". I get it, it's The New Yorker, so it's not going to read like your run of the mill sports piece, but pretentious much?
Anyway, I didn't know The New Yorker ever wrote about something like hockey, so good for them, and great for Subban.
Thanks for sharing!
The parts that made me roll my eyes though, were the parts that weren't about Subban.
Case in point:
Given the guy's popularity, I wouldn't have gone with "largely unloved", which I find fairly misleading.
The "bit of a whiner" bit is also annoying, since that reputation has mostly been left behind in the mainstream view (except for the haters) now that he's matured. It's lazy research/writing, but whatever, this isn't an article about Crosby, though it's annoying that newbies to hockey who read this article are getting some lazily researched/written first impression about the guy.
Another part that made me roll my eyes is the writer's attempts to describe hockey and hockey players as something completely out of the ordinary compared to other sports, with all the stuff about New Englanders or whoever else turning Canadian, and the bit about worshipping the names of small Canadian towns, etc., which came across as, for the lack of a better description, "trying too hard". I get it, it's The New Yorker, so it's not going to read like your run of the mill sports piece, but pretentious much?
Anyway, I didn't know The New Yorker ever wrote about something like hockey, so good for them, and great for Subban.
Thanks for sharing!
Oh he's quite the steal at 43rd IMO. 2007 was pretty packed with talent but if we had crystal ball he'd be top 5, right behind Kane, Shattenkirk, McDonagh and Pacioretty and TBH i'd take any of those 5 with my high first round pick.
As far as the article goes, it's long but it's a damned good read. The author tells it like it is for once: wether we like it or not the NHL is finally starting to catch up to the times.
I for one will be glad to be rid of the "good ol' boys club" mentality that has ruled the NHL since it's inception.
