World Class Hockey Pro Donates $10 milions to children hospital
 

P.K. Subban donates $10M to Montreal Children's Hospital

The Montreal Children's Hospital has received a boost from one of the city's favourite Habs.

The hospital has named its atrium in honour of P.K. Subban, after the Canadiens defenceman made what the health-care facility described as "the biggest philanthropic commitment by a sports figure in Canadian history."

"Montreal has become my second home," said Subban, who was born in Toronto. "I hope to remain here, here in Montreal, here in Quebec, for a very, very long time."

Subban, 26, has played for the Canadiens since 2009.

P.K. Subban donates $10M to Montreal Children's Hospital - Montreal - CBC News

Talk about having a big heart and proper values :thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup

All the more impressive since he makes $9 million a year.

Sure is :thumbsup

Wow classy move

Very impressive indeed. Subban seems like a pretty good guy, I saw a couple of documentaries he is in and he's always smiling, laughing, joking. I know there was a bit of a situation with him a season or two ago about his contract but in the end it seems to have worked out well.

Class act. Instead of buying mink coats, grillz and possies he actually helps community! :thumbsup

Way to go Suban.

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Not really a fan of some of his on-ice antics but this was a really classy and generous move by Subban. If only more sports stars and celebrities would follow suit.

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I once read a quote that seems to regularly be proved pretty accurate: "Soccer is a gentleman's game played by thugs. Hockey is a thug's game played by gentlemen."

this guy really dindu nuffins.....he didu sumthins amazing. congrats to him!

Great read : P.K. Subban of Montreal Canadiens makes $10 million hospital donation - NHL.com - News

To bad sites like tmz/sports rather glorify zero's than hero's

He must have needed a huge tax write off

Maybe, but I think he has genuine philanthropic heart.

Wow, what a great guy! :thumbsup

Wow,not many athletes would do that.that is very generous

He's trying to buy the "C"...

Habsolutely NOT... He knows Pacioretty is going to be the C, Subban is a kind hearted person that's it that's all.

Funny how when someone does something very good, people are always trying to spin it around.

But this move will have HUGE positive financial impact on his career on the Sponsor level. I can imagine he's already been thrown major deals from Sports companies :2 cents:

Sorry to upset, but I'll call it how I see it. Poor timing if nothing else. Why not wait a couple of weeks and make the announcement...

I will agree though that Patches gets the C.

I am not upset at all. I'm from Montreal and we know our players. Subban doesn't need the C on his shirt :winkwink:

Good on him

I've watched the Hab's since #4 was captain. PK is a piece of the puzzle, but the "C"...yikes.

He's got a long way to go to fill #4's shoes, but trotting out his widow was a good start.

Make no mistake about it, he wants the coveted "C".

Thats humanity

Believe what you want but I and MANY others think his donation was pure generosity and philanthropy

Maybe I am wrong... Who knows :upsidedow

Classy move! He's a great hockey player and really, other than some stupid stuff on the ice once in a while, he seems like a super classy guy all around. Stopping to play street hockey with kids etc is another example of something he has done.

Even if it's 100% tax deductible at his tax rate it's $5,000,000 out of his pocket - which is amazing. Did Steve Jobs who was 1000 times richer than PK Subban ever personally donate $10M to a charity?

This is how it works in Canuckstikan land : If you or your spouse or common-law partner made a gift of money or other property to certain institutions, you may be able to claim a federal and provincial or territorial non-refundable tax credit when you file your return. Generally, you can claim all or part of this amount, up to the limit of 75% of your net income.

Even though I am never happy until I know the Habs have been sent to the links for the summer, I like Subban and think he makes for entertaining hockey. Every great player gets negative backlash of some sort, even ironically for doing good and great deeds.

I agree. And he has integrated himself into nicely Montreal and made it his home. It's also the other little things he does, like popping in on a bunch of kids playing street hockey. He's a class act, good guy :thumbsup

So basically anyone could donate something without donating out of the pocket, but rather donating their tax money which would be paid anyways?

I wonder how many scam charities are made just for that :)

I'm going to donate all my tax money to the "sbj's Beer fund- cause there are sober kids in Ethiopia "

Wait, he is going to be the C? Really? Big shoes to fill in.

That 10 million donation will be spread out over 7 years and it will come from his foundation. They mentioned that he will be donating a nice chunk of that money himself.

So lets assume he'll donate 5 million. That is around $800k/year over 7 years with a salary of $9million per year.

Plus he gets to write much of it off.

Not as impressive as it seems but still a nice gesture.