{"id":556743,"date":"2026-04-20T15:09:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/556743\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T15:09:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:09:47","slug":"p-k-subbans-insane-pants-distract-espn-viewers-during-nhl-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/556743\/","title":{"rendered":"P.K. Subban\u2019s \u2018insane\u2019 pants distract ESPN viewers during NHL playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

P.K. Subban\u2019s pants stole the spotlight during ESPN\u2019s coverage of Round 1 of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs on Sunday. <\/p>\n

The former 13-year defenseman, who played for the Montreal Canadiens, Nashville Predators and New Jersey Devils, donned a pair of oversized wide leg pants and the internet had a field a day.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou could park a Chevy Suburban in each one of PK Subban\u2019s pant legs right now,\u201d wrote Rob Gucci, a social media personality and podcast host, in a now-viral X post.<\/a> \u201cThis is insane.\u201d <\/p>\n

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy added<\/a>, \u201cTotally normal pants on @PKSubban1. Find a new slant.\u201d <\/p>\n

In a reply tweet to Portnoy, Subban wrote: \u201cF\u2013king rights Dave! Wooo! u can borrow \u2019em anytime.\u201d<\/p>\n

Subban, known for his eccentric fashion style, paired the pants with a long sleeve black fitted shirt. <\/p>\n

P.K. Subban\u2019s pants stole the spotlight during ESPN\u2019s coverage of Round 1 of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs on Sunday. X<\/p>\n

While his pants were a hot topic online, Subban was posting Instagram videos of his live reaction during Sunday\u2019s games. <\/p>\n

The NHL analyst was a part of an ESPN doubleheader, with the Boston Bruins taking on the Buffalo Sabres and the Utah Mammoth facing the Vegas Golden Knights.<\/p>\n

P.K. Subban arrives for the 2024 Navy Federal Credit Union Stadium Series at MetLife Stadium on February 17, 2024 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Former player P. K. Subban skates during the 2023 NHL All-Star Skills Competition at FLA Live Arena on February 3, 2023 in Sunrise, Florida. Getty Images<\/p>\n

The Sabres defeated the Bruins in a 4-3 thriller, while the Knights beat the Mammoth 4-2 in the\u00a0best-of-7 first-round series.<\/p>\n

There are plenty of storylines across this year\u2019s Stanley Cup Playoffs. <\/p>\n

Buffalo is in the postseason for the first time since 2011. <\/p>\n

Utah Mammoth center Nick Schmaltz (8) and Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Jeremy Lauzon (5) battle for the puck during the third period in Game 1 of a first-round NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series Sunday, April 19, 2026, in Las Vegas. AP<\/p>\n

Utah is making their first-ever postseason appearance after joining the NHL in 2024. <\/p>\n

Boston are making their 16th postseason appearance in 20 years,\u00a0while Vegas are making their eighth postseason appearance in the past nine seasons. <\/p>\n

For the first time in NHL history, the Rangers, Islanders and Devils all failed to qualify for the playoffs<\/a> in the same year. <\/p>\n

Since the Devils entered the league in 1982, at least one of the three local teams has participated in each postseason.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"P.K. Subban\u2019s pants stole the spotlight during ESPN\u2019s coverage of Round 1 of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":556744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5,4,1286,43,353,3612],"class_list":{"0":"post-556743","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-nhl","10":"tag-p-k-subban","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-sports-entertainment","13":"tag-sports-media"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116437673836599196","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}