Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban has some fun with the media. Jared Silber/Getty Images

P.K. Subban says announcers can 'just start calling me Denzel'

By Chelena Goldman | Last updated 12/16/15

Every once in a while in a postgame media scrum, there's an off-the-wall question that takes a turn away from talking about the actual game.

Such was the case when a reporter asked Montreal Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban how he felt about the way that French-language broadcasters pronounced his name.

Not that the question is that far out of left field, given recent news that a French-language group wants his name permanently pronounced en francais (PAY-kah) instead of the English way.

Some were less than amused by this line of questioning.

Can we please stop paying attention to the people telling other people how they should say someone's name?
— Аrpon Basu (@ArponBasu) December 16, 2015

Subban himself, however, took the quirky question particularly well. He said that he though the pronunciation was "tres bien," even "kinda sexy." Then he said through a big smile: "Just start calling me Denzel."