from Sean Gordon of the Globe and Mail,

Some of the received hockey wisdom about Subban is deserved; he occasionally exaggerates in order to influence the refs (he does it far less than in the past). This does not differentiate him from his peers.

But when 6-foot-9, 270-pound Zdeno Chara tumbles theatrically to the ice after having his sweater tugged by the much smaller Lars Eller, as happened in 2013, it’s a penalty, not a dive.

Chara, you’ll have surmised, is not That Kind of Player.

Subban evidently is. And the Habs are, apparently, That Kind of Team (tune in to a Bruins broadcast and they will helpfully inform you of this).

The barrage of accusations from Massachusetts, New York, and elsewhere has been effective.

Subban has been assessed 24 minor penalties this year, tied for fifth in the NHL; it’s the same total as his former world junior teammate Marchand, a gifted diver who memorably cartwheeled to the ice last season after a trip, and promptly grabbed the wrong leg.

Marchand hasn’t yet been fined this year, but it seems inevitable he will be.

His reputation precedes him.

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