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There were 60 youngsters, and a few adults, wearing Subban-branded T-shirts Sunday in Montreal, six teams of 10 young ball-hockey players taking part in a fundraising, day-long tournament on Westbury Ave. in Côte-des-Neiges.

The sort-of general manager of these half-dozen teams, Canadiens defenceman P.K. Subban, had one less worry than Habs GM Marc Bergevin:

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“I have no salary-cap issues at all!” Subban joked from his offseason home in Toronto.

Sunday’s fourth annual Hockey de rue tournament raised roughly $250,000 for the Montreal Canadiens Children’s Foundation and the YM-YWHA. The two are partners in the event that features teens and adults in friendly if spirited competition, vying for the tourney championship while encouraging fitness and activity for all, especially among kids.

Subban had prepared a bit of a training/rah-rah video for his teams, buoying them with a few tips and words of encouragement. Each of his clubs, assembled from six grade schools around Montreal where the Canadiens have built outdoor community rinks, had corporate backing to raise funds for the tournament, played on five rinks on Westbury Ave. in front of the Y.