An Update on the Subban Rumours

Is P. K. Subban an Oiler yet?

No.

Will he be by the end of the weekend?

Maybe.

Last night Kris wrote about the Subban rumours. I also wrote yesterday about the difficulty of acquiring an elite defenceman. If you lack a true number one defenceman and one becomes available, you try like heck to get him.

So is a Subban-to-the-Oilers trade a real possibility?

Bob McKenzie threw cold water on the idea this morning:

Bob McKenzie just now on Subban: "I don't think he's gonna be traded." #TSN690

— Conor McKenna (@mckennaconor) June 24, 2016

Say it ain’t so, Bob!

But then we got this from Darren Dreger:

https://twitter.com/NicholsOnHockey/status/746328920782307328

When McKenzie and Dreger disagree, I’ll usually side with the more reliable McKenzie. But then Kevin Weekes tweeted this:

I'm told @EdmontonOilers making strong push for @CanadiensMTL Subban for Draisaitl and swap of 1st Rd picks,return sounds low.@NHLNetwork

— Kevin Weekes (@KevinWeekes) June 24, 2016

Hmmmm. That’s even better than the rumoured deal of Leon Draisaitl and the 4th pick for Subban. To be honest, it’s in the realm of being too good to be true.

We wait.

I’ll be here at my computer refreshing Twitter all day.