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The first thing that strikes you about P.K. Subban is his positivity.

There he was Thursday night at his gala fundraising dinner at the Old Port, looking oh-so-dandy with his big, black cowboy hat and a neat checkered jacket, talking about how important it is to him to continue to maintain his pledge to the Montreal Children’s Hospital to raise $10 million for them.

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He also talked about what life has been like since he was traded by the Montreal Canadiens to the Nashville Predators in the summer of 2016, a divisive trade that is still causing much angst among some Montreal hockey fans two years later. When I asked how he was feeling, with a little hindsight, about making the move from Montreal to Nashville, he refused to put a negative spin on it. Professional hockey in Montreal is in a negative place with a team that has been struggling since Subban left town. But he also isn’t ready to take potshots at the managers — team president Geoff Molson and general manager Marc Bergevin — who decided he wasn’t part of their plans for the future. Yup he takes the high road.