P.K. Subban has missed Nashville’s last five games with an upper-body injury, an ailment that will now cost him the final two games of 2016 as well.
So what about that big tilt on Jan. 3, when he’s set to face his former Habs team for the first time since this summer’s blockbuster trade?
Doesn’t sound promising.
Per the Tennessean, Subban didn’t practice today and, after meeting with doctors, the decision was made to hold him out of Thursday’s game against Chicago, and Friday’s tilt in St. Louis.
This comes after Preds GM David Poile told a local radio station he “thought that there was a good chance” Subban would skate on Tuesday, “with the idea of maybe playing later this week.”
Obviously, none of that happened.
Subban hasn’t seen game action since Dec. 15, when he racked up over 25 minutes in a 5-2 loss to Minnesota. Given this latest development, he’ll have gone two full weeks without playing when the Preds enter their mini-break over New Year’s, and it could be tough to jump right back into action for the aforementioned Habs contest.
This development is a tough ending to what’s already been a difficult month of December. Nashville is just 4-5-3 over its last 12 games, and is coming off back-to-back home defeats to Los Angeles and Minnesota.
Subban won't play tonight. Poile said they'll meet with him and doctors tonight. Didn't really confirm or deny herniated disc @1025TheGame
— Robby Stanley (@RStanleyNHL) December 27, 2016