DENVER — Not five minutes had passed since P.K. Subban had finished saying nobody with the Montreal Canadiens was pointing any fingers at anyone else over their monumental, ongoing meltdown. Then, Subban's coach, in two languages no less, pointed the finger solely at him over their latest loss, 3-2, to the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday night.
"As a coach, I felt he could have had a better decision at the blue line," Montreal coach Michel Therrien said. "He moved the puck behind, and he put himself in a tough position."
In his native French tongue, Therrien's words cut sharper against his top defenseman, as longtime hockey writer Richard Labbe of La Presse translated, "A selfish play that cost us the game tonight."
In a 2-2 game with time running short in regulation, Subban did what Subban normally does. He tried to make an offensive play with the puck, cutting to his left after gaining the Colorado blue line.
Unfortunately for him, one of his skates did not take to the softer, late-game Pepsi Center ice, giving way and causing him to tumble into the boards without the puck. ...
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Once-Mighty Montreal Canadiens Headed Toward a Historic Meltdown
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