Throughout his career, P.K. Subban has been accused of being many things. But for all his perceived faults, he has never lacked self-awareness.



Subban being at the center of trade rumors is a rite of summer. With Predators general manager David Poile promising change in the wake of the team’s first-round loss, that chatter has already started to pick up around the NHL.



Subban gets it. As he acknowledged before leaving Nashville for the summer, such speculation comes with the territory of being him.



“I’ve been lucky enough, and I say lucky because not everybody is able to get that experience, but I’m lucky enough to have been traded in my career and understand the business side of it,” Subban said. “But that doesn’t change the emotional part. Playing in Nashville, this is a place that I’ve talked about with teammates and friends (of being) a place that I would love to continue my career. Your career is long, but...