VANCOUVER -- For an NHL player with carefully cultivated fashion sense, P.K. Subban was unprepared for his trade to the New Jersey Devils.
"I got no merch. I got no memorabilia with New Jersey Devils on it," he said during a reaction video posted on social media, picking up a red and black water bottle as the next best thing.
The Devils, meanwhile, were prepared. Team president Hugh Weber told the ESPN On Ice podcast that the Devils called in extra help in their ticket department on Saturday morning in anticipation of the trade and to take advantage of the buzz after the team drafted American center Jack Hughes first overall in the NHL draft on Friday.