PK Subban voted best leader on and off the ice
Every year the NHL awards the King Clancy Memorial Trophy to the player who shows leadership qualities on and off the ice, and has made a noteworthy humanitarian contribution in their community. Each team will nominate one player for the award. After that a committee of NHL senior executives led by Commissioner Gary Bettman and Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly. This year it went to one of the most polarizing and outspoken players in the sport.
P.K. Subban has been involved in the community everywhere he has played. While in Montreal, the PK Subban Foundation donated $10 million to the Montreal Children's Hospital. Even since being traded, Subban still fines time to visit the Montreal Children's Hospital, and his foundation continues to raise funds.
Then once he got to Nashville he set up another charity called "Blueline Buddies". This provided tickets at every Nashville Predators home game for a member of the Metro Nashville Police Department to attend a game with one of the Nashville's underprivileged youths. The night also included a meet and greet with P.K. Subban and dinner at one of the restaurants in the arena.
When Subban was traded to New Jersey, he then started a "Blueline Buddies" progam there as well. But when the pandemic hit, Subban decided to also make the program available to front-line workers. P.K. Subban also teamed up with the Montreal Children's Hospital again. With the war in Ukraine and many displaced sick children, Subban announced that he would match donations up to $100,000 for Ukrainian cancer patients at the hospital.
As much of a polarizing figure as Subban can be, there is no doubt in the contributions he has made in helping the communities he has been a part of.
| POLL | ||
Did PK Subban deserve this award? | ||
| Yes | 45 | 38.1 % |
| No | 73 | 61.9 % |
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