Subban takes Reaves out of the preseason with a dirty slew foot

And then Subban refuses to drop the gloves!

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Subban takes Reaves out of the preseason with a dirty slew foot
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Things are gettin' spicy nice and early in the preseason between the New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils.

Late in the 1st period of tonight pre-season between the two rivals, Devils defenseman P.K. Subban either carelessly or maliciously took out Rangers forward Ryan Reaves with a bit of dirty footwork in the corner. Reaves twisted his leg and ended up leaving the game.

Here's the play in question:


That's a dirty play from Subban no matter your feelings on the guy. And when you pull a dirty move like that you have to swallow your medicine. Well... at least you should.

You see that conversation between Subban and Rangers forward Chris Kreider immediately afterward? Well... guess what they were talking about.

Here's how things played out to start the 2nd period:



Kreider goes straight for Subban in an effort to settle the score. Most players, having just injured an impact player on the other side, would likely recognize this and simply take their medicine. To me, that's part of being a good, accountable teammate. But what does Subban do? Keeps his hands by his side, keeps his gloves on and just runs his mouth while Kreider does all he can to entice him to dance. 

I might be old school but I don't like the way Subban handled himself in this situation. Whether it's right or not, you drop the gloves and you stand up for yourself. Then again... come to think of it, I don't know if I'd be too eager to throw down with an irate 6 foot, 3 inch, 220 pound Chris Kreider either...

Eventually Subban did take his lumps though and dropped the gloves with Kreider in the third period. Of course, he did it when Kreider wasn't expecting it and practically jumped Kreider from behind.

Check it out:


Kudos to Subban for actually dropping the gloves and doing the right thing but... man oh man does this guy make it hard to cheer for him sometimes. He blatantly slew foots a guy, refuses to fight and then ultimately jumps another guy when he's not expecting it. That's not exactly old school hockey to me.