Although he retired from professional hockey at the end of the 2021-2022 season, former defenseman PK Subban is far from forgetting his arch-rival from the Boston Bruins, Brad Marchand.
Now a television analyst for ESPN, the former Montreal Canadiens guard turned his attention to Tuesday’s game between the Massachusetts team and the Buffalo Sabres, and he could see the solid bet Rasmus Dahlin delivered to the Bruins’ little pest along the lane early in the first period.
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Also, his reaction on social media the next day was unequivocal: “I like it,” he simply wrote on his X account, conveying the sequence in question.
Some observers were able to link this play to the highly publicized collision during the December 16, 2010, game at the Bell Center. That night, Marchand was happily skating with the puck when he ran into Subban’s backside, which was waiting for him near the blue line. The numerous confrontations, including verbal ones, between the two men symbolized the intense rivalry that animated the Bruins and Habs at the time.
As for Tuesday’s doubleheader, Dahlin’s shot didn’t stop Boston from celebrating 5-2.
