What happened to Jordan Subban?



It’s a worthwhile question.



He led the lowly Belleville Bulls in points (52, eighth among all OHL defencemen) and goals (25, tied for first among all OHL defencemen) in his final season in junior hockey. Then the youngest Subban got off to a promising start with his pro career in back-to-back standout seasons with the Utica Comets. As a rookie in 2015-2016, Subban’s 11 goals and 36 points ranked first and fourth respectively among all under-21 AHL defencemen behind players like Shea Theodore and Julius Honka, who’ve both since graduated to the NHL. A year later, as a sophomore, his 16 goals and 36 points ranked first and sixth in the AHL’s under-22 age bracket.



He looked like one of the more promising young defencemen outside the NHL.



That is, until last season when everything began to fall apart. He was dealt from Utica to Ontario, where he struggled enough that the L.A. Kings didn’t want...