Breaking: Subban reveals shocking details of his time with the Canadiens.

Despite the fact that it has now been some time since National Hockey League superstar P.K. Subban was traded by the Montreal Canadiens to the Nashville Predators for former Predators captain Shea Weber, the fact that the trade ever happened at all continues to baffle fans, pundits, and even the players involved. 

With the Canadiens set to visit the Predators on Wednesday night the questions surrounding the trade bubbled up to the surface once again, and for the first time Subban provided some legitimate insight into when his problems with the Canadiens organization may have began. 

Subban was asked by The Athletic's Arpon Basu if the arbitration battle that occurred between the two sides in 2014 may have played a role in the rift between him and the Habs. The answer he gave suggests that the Canadiens really dropped the ball when it came to those negotiations, a pattern that seems to fit with what happened to Andrei Markov and Alexander Radulov,

From The Athletic:

Subban: I think the part about arbitration that probably makes the most sense is that it never had to happen. I think it was 32 cases were filed and I’m the only guy that goes after the year that I had and the playoff run that our team had, what I had accomplished in Montreal to that date. I think everybody would be in agreement that it didn’t have to get to arbitration.

A lot of people forget that negotiation was in fact a two-year negotiation because I signed a two-year deal. It wasn’t a full two years because it was a lockout year. So in 2013 I had won the Norris, we had all year to negotiate, we didn’t. We had all summer to negotiate, we didn’t. My final year, I don’t know if we had much talks, there was nothing put across my table other than maybe something small in December, but nothing significant that I’d be looking at. The rest of the year nothing happened, that whole summer not much happened.

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The fact that the Habs never so much as attempted to make Subban an offer is frankly shocking, and has been described as "crazy" by members of the mediaincluding Sportsnet's Andrew Berkshire.

It seems somewhat obvious that Subban may know more than what he is saying here but due to his desire to be a professional he will keep those things to himself likely until long after he has retired from hockey. It also has to be said that this is just his side of the story, and there Canadiens and general Marc Bergevin may have another story of their own. 

The timing for Bergevin could not be worse however, at an all-time low in his popularity this won't be winning over any Habs fans.