It's no secret that Price and Subban are very close, and to be able to get that win for his friend obviously mattered a lot. He's an emotional guy, and that was an emotional game that the entire team felt they needed to pull out for their goaltender.
TSN's Bob McKenzie said it best when he joined TSN Radio's morning show in Montreal on Friday, explaining that there is nothing contrived about the pure ecstasy Subban is experiencing in that moment. Reveling proudly in a player receiving a cheapshot, being concussed, and blood pouring from his broken nose and teeth is all good, but a player celebrating an overtime goal in a game his team had no business in? That's unacceptable! The main source of outrage over Subban's celebration seems to be the Ottawa Sun, with Bruce Garrioch saying that Subban's postgame celebration " didn't go over well." With whom, Bruce? If someone like Garrioch doesn't make a big deal out of it, is anyone upset about it? Let's not forget that this is the same publication that ran this front cover during last season's first-round playoff series. Why?įleury himself took to Twitter after Yakupov's celebration to say it was excellent, so if you're not offending the guys who did it before you, what does it matter? He did the same for a Subban celebration for an overtime goal in 2010-11. This brazen show of emotions from Subban has generated controversy, partially because it's Subban, and partially because there has been a shift in the NHL to abhor any exuberance from players.īack in the '90s, Don Cherry featured highlight reels of the best celebrations on his famous "Rock 'em, Sock 'em" tapes, featuring the likes of the Jaromir Jagr salute, Teemu Selanne shooting his glove out of the air, and Theo Fleury's knee slide.Ģ0 years later, the same man spent a week ripping Nail Yakupov for doing Fleury's knee slide because he didn't feel the game was important enough to warrant it. Then, he did it again while walking down the tunnel toward the locker room.
They tackled him and pushed him to the ice, and once they got off of him, he grabbed the CH crest of his jersey and motioned it towards Habs fans in the audience. He burst up from the ice and bolted toward his teammates, almost jumping instead of skating.
Upon seeing the red light go on, Subban was ecstatic - as you'd expect. Subban capitalized on a turnover by fellow Norris Trophy winner Erik Karlsson, and beat Anderson to win the game. A fluke goal from Sens defenseman Jared Cowen on his own net brought the game to overtime, where P.K. It took a long time due to the absolute brilliance of Carey Price, but eventually the Habs blew the lead, trailing 4-3 going into the third period.
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