P.K. Subban is taking his talents to Smashville as part of a major trade of two of the NHLs top defensemen.The Nashville Predators acquired Subban from the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday for captain Shea Weber, the face of their franchise for nearly a decade.In Subban, the Predators got one of the most dynamic players in hockey, an offensive-minded superstar with a larger-than-life personality. And the Predators also hope he can help them get over the hump and win the Stanley Cup.I just feel good knowing that a team has moved someone to bring me in because they want me, Subban said on a conference call.Im just happy to be in a situation where I can excel and feel good coming to the rink every day about myself, about the team, about my position. More importantly I just look forward to trying to win a Stanley Cup. Thats your ultimate goal and I feel that I got a whole lot closer to doing that today.Nashville and Montreal each feel that way after the straight-up deal that made the Edmonton Oilers swap of Taylor Hall to the New Jersey Devils for Adam Larsson look like childs play. Subban and Weber are All-Stars and were teammates on Canadas 2014 Olympic gold medal team.They are both defensemen, but Subban and Weber play different styles. The 27-year-old Subban is risk and reward, with 63 goals and 215 assists in his 434 games, while Weber is the big, strong dependable defender with one of the heaviest shots around.Marc Bergevin trading Subban was one of the most difficult decisions he has had to make as Canadiens general manager. Subban was not always the favorite of coach Michel Therrien and others in the organization despite his playmaking ability, but Bergevin said friction with teammates and the staff had nothing to do with the deal.What we got back is an elite defenseman, Bergevin said, adding that fans will soon learn to appreciate Shea Weber. Hes a different type of player, but hes a very good player.Bergevin applauded Subban for his contributions in the Montreal community, which included a $10 million donation to Montreal Childrens Hospital last year. Subban said he always felt wanted in the Montreal community after he was drafted in the second round in 2007, but stopped short of saying he felt unwanted by the Canadiens.Weber, who turns 31 on Aug. 14, had been with Nashville since the start of his NHL career in 2005. He signed a $110 million, 14-year offer sheet with Philadelphia as a restricted free agent in 2012, but Nashville matched it to keep him.In 763 games, Weber has 166 goals and 277 assists for 443 points. Hes signed at a cap hit of $7.86 million for 10 more seasons.Subban said he was not surprised by the trade because there had been so many rumors since he signed a $72 million, eight-year contract in the summer of 2014. Subbans no-movement clause that wouldve allowed him to block any trade was set to kick in on Friday.With a lot of the chatter that kind of happened over the little while, Im a firm believer that usually where theres smoke theres fire, Subban said while on vacation in Paris. Obviously its a little bit surreal, but it happened.Nashville GM David Poile said the trade was first discussed at the draft last weekend in Buffalo. It was worth it for Poile giving up Weber for Subban.Every game Ive ever watched, P.K. Subban, I mean the guys will probably kid you in hockey operations, they will say, P.K. Subban is my favorite player, Poile said. Im sitting there going, `Did you see that, did you see that? Im a general manager but someday, I would like to be a fan. And this is a guy that I would pay money to see.Getting Subban meant giving up Weber, who Poile said was blindsided by the trade.Obviously I was a little emotional this morning, Weber said from his home in Kelowna, British Columbia.Thats obviously one of the first things that goes through your mind is that somebody actually wants you that much that youre excited. Im so thrilled and excited to be joining a great group of guys.---Follow Stephen Whyno on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/swhyno Jermaine Gresham Jersey . Andreas Johnson had a goal and two assists while Jacob de la Rose also scored for Sweden (2-0-0). 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Note: The Calgary Flames announced Tuesday that Sean Monahan would not be made available to Canadas World Junior team. BATON ROUGE, La. -- Les Miles turned down an offer to coach at his alma mater, Michigan, in 2011, according to former LSU?athletic director Skip Bertman.Les Miles turned that job down for more money at Michigan. He turned it down, Bertman said Wednesday during a two-hour interview on the Sports Today radio show on Baton Rouges ESPN Radio affiliate, 104.5 FM. He would never say that because hes a very humble guy. But I was there; he turned it down.Will-he-or-wont-he Michigan rumors surrounded Miles LSU tenure for many years, with his name popping up each time the Wolverines had a coaching vacancy. Miles famously denied interest in the job at an impromptu news conference before the 2007 SEC championship game, and he remained at LSU for 11-plus seasons through his firing on Sunday.Then-Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon -- previously the CEO of Dominos Pizza -- indicated at the time that he opposed hiring Miles, but Bertman reiterated that Miles truly could have returned to Ann Arbor, where he played and coached under the legendary Bo Schembechler.I swear to God thats true. He turned it down, Bertman said. LSU had just given him this new contract, and the president of Dominos Pizza flew down on a Dominos plane and offered him [the Michigan job], and he says, Youve got to tell me tonight, Les, because if you dont say yes, Im going to get Brady Hoke. And sure enough, he took off and the next day you read in the paper that he hired Brady Hoke.The Miles-Michigan connections were among the subjects Bertman covered in a wide-ranging interview that offered insight into his seven years as LSUs athletic director -- a period that included Nick Sabans time as football coach in Baton Rouge and Bertmans 2004 search to find Sabans replacement. Bertmans account was particularly relevant, given that LSU is now in the middle of another coaching search, and names such as former LSU offensive coordinator Jimbo Fisher and even Saban himself are being floated.When Saban arrived at LSU in 2000, he was not the coaching heavyweight he is today. Bertman called Saban LSUs miracle man for turning an underperforming Tigers program into the 2003 BCS champion.Bertman said the Miami Dolphins offer to Saban in 2004 was too lucrative for LSU to match, and the coach departed for the NFL despite not wanting to leave LSU.I went to Nick and we spoke and I said, Look at Bobby Petrino, Steve Spurrier, Lou Holtz, said Bertman, who won five NCAA titles as LSUs baseball coach. I gave him all the coaches. I said, I could never do Major League Baseball, because Im a screamer like you are. ... I tried my best. You know what he said? He said, If I dont take this offer, Ill never get another one, because this is the best offer ever given to a college football coach. Although Bertman said he is fond of Saban and his wife, Terry, he admits Saban was not the easiest person to work with. That made the sunnier Miles, who had a young family when Bertman hired him in late 2004, a stark change of pace.[Saban] deserves a lot of credit in his five years. He did what we asked him to do, and we did what he asked us to do, and he asks a lot, Bertman said. I would say at the end of five years, he can wear you down. At the end of five years, I knew exactly what was going to happen: I couldnt get another guy like Saban. That wasnt going to happen. But I needed a guy that had the maturity to [ignore] where somebody says, Hes not Saban, and [Miles] handled it.dddddddddddd?And Les is a wonderful family guy, hes got a lot of maturity, hes got great character. And no, he didnt change the offense, OK, enough to make those people happy. On the other hand, he did do a wonderful job for 12 years.Bertman rattled off a long list of candidates that LSU considered in some capacity when Saban left for the Dolphins:* Louisville coach Bobby Petrino rubbed him the wrong way.* Bertman liked the idea of hiring Steve Spurrier if Saban left, but Spurrier was impatient and accepted the South Carolina?job in November, a month before Bertman hired Miles.* Virginia Tech?coach Frank Beamer did not seem interested in the job.* President George H.W. Bush personally called to vouch for ex-Texas A&M?coach R.C. Slocum, but Bertman didnt consider him a viable candidate.Other possibilities he mentioned included Houston Nutt, Rich Rodriguez, Bobby Williams and Jack Del Rio. In fact, Bertman said he finally sold LSU search committee members on Miles while they sat waiting for Del Rio to gain permission from Jacksonville Jaguars owner Wayne Weaver to even speak with LSU.I said, Lets drop the football for just a second and lets just take character, so we dont have an incident or a scandal like theyve had at Alabama and Arkansas and many other places, Bertman said. In other words, Gary Barnett had just been in this scandal, and I said, This guys not going to run away with a cheerleader, and couple other examples that I used. Well, everybody liked that. I said, This guys promised me that hes going to graduate players. Hes going to discipline those that [misbehave]. So I had a chance to speak for him.Bertman said he angered Fisher, who was LSUs offensive coordinator at the time, by not interviewing him to replace Saban because he wanted a candidate with head-coaching experience. However, he remains fond of Fisher and said, If they can get him to come back, its worth every penny.Bertman strongly advised Miles to retain Fisher as his offensive coordinator in 2005, although he now believes that was an error in judgment. Fisher worked under Miles for two seasons before leaving to become Florida States offensive coordinator and, later, head-coach-in-waiting, after the 2006 season.It didnt work well because they were two offensive guys that had different offensive philosophies, which was my mistake, Bertman said.As for LSUs job opening, Bertman expressed doubt that athletic director Joe Alleva could lure heavyweights such as Saban, Fisher, Ohio States Urban Meyer or Michigans Jim Harbaugh to the school.He said, though, that LSU will almost certainly aim for a sitting head coach, adding that it would be complicated to pursue a coach such as Houstons Tom Herman or any other prospective candidate with so much time left in the season.Im certainly not second-guessing this move -- Im for whatever LSU does -- but in this case, Joe will make his own decision based on the people who are available, Bertman said. Now, you may not know, I may not know, who all those people are because they dont want their names out there. So if Tom Herman is the guy, he doesnt want to hurt the Houston backing by saying, Im looking for this, and then not get the job and go back. So its a very hard thing to do. NFL Jerseys From China Stitched Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys From China Jerseys From China Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys ' ' '