Boston Bruins: The Effects of a P.K. Subban Trade

Boston Bruins: The Effects of a P.K. Subban Trade To Edmonton

P.K. Subban‘s name has been floating around a lot today after the General Manager of the Vancouver Canucks, Jim Benning, came out and said he had spoken with the Montreal Canadiens about a trade involving Subban.

But after thinking about it, what could the Canucks offer the Canadiens in-exchange for Subban? They have no exciting young players or prospects, and no gaudy draft picks. So even though Benning had said they had spoken about it, all it takes is some knowledge of the Canucks to know that there is no possible way that the Canadiens would want anything from them.

Actually, who knows; they are the Canadiens and they are idiots for even considering a trade involving a franchise-guy like Subban.

But when former heavyweight Georges Laraque tweeted this out, a trade for Subban became all the more real.

The Edmonton Oilers are in dire need of a defenseman and Subban is a once in a generation-type player: he’s extremely skilled and a great person off the ice. As much as Bruins fans love to hate Subban, despite the flopping, you can’t help but respect him.

If Subban was traded to the Oilers, this would substantially impact the Bruins in many positive ways.

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For starters, Subban would be out of the division. Instead of having to compete against him four times a year, the B’s would have to face him once. Subban is a Bruins-killer, so not having to prepare for him and not face him in the playoffs would be as clutch as it could ever get for the Bruins.

Subban going to Edmonton also helps them indirectly as well.

The Oilers are short on defense while they have a plethora of young scorers, some of which are expendable. Leon Draisaitl is on a long list with guys like Nail Yakupov, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Taylor Hall, etc.

Peter Chiarelli and the Oilers were rumored to be in on Kevin Shattenkirk — someone who the Bruins are in trade talks with as well. If the St. Louis Blues had to choose between the Bruins and the Oilers as suitors for a trade, they would most definitely choose the Oilers. The Oilers have what the Bruins don’t, and that’s a lot of good, young scorers (as mentioned prior) and can afford to lose one if it means adding on to their backend.

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If the Oilers were to get Subban — someone who the Bruins wouldn’t get anyways because the Habs aren’t going to trade him within the division — they would be out of the Shattenkirk-pitcure, which would mean that the Bruins would become the primary trade-partner. All in all, Subban going to the Oilers would be a win on so many levels for the Bruins, that the B’s mien’t even have to go out on a limb and thank Chiarelli.