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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- P.K. Subban certainly knows how to make an entrance, especially with a team more than happy to help manage his arrival in Music City.The Nashville Predators took their new All-Star defenseman on a whirlwind trip around town that featured Subban jumping onstage at a renowned honky-tonk to belt out Johnny Cashs Folsom Prison Blues. Then the Predators introduced Subban to reporters and a few fans Monday in their first chance to show off the man they picked up last month in a big trade with Montreal.Subban said the past few weeks since last months trade have been filled with mixed emotions.Theres no question that Im head-over-heels excited about this opportunity to play here in Nashville, Subban said. Im excited about our team. Im excited about our city and Im most importantly excited about the opportunity to win a Stanley Cup. Thats what this is all about. Coming here is not a popularity contest. Coming here is about helping this team to win and win a championship. Thats what Im here to do.The Predators and Canadiens stunned the NHL on June 29 with Montreal swapping Subban for Nashvilles captain and fellow All-Star defenseman, Shea Weber. Nashville has been lauded for getting the better end of the deal with Subban having just turned 27 in May while Weber turns 31 in August. Montreal has been criticized for trading away the 2013 Norris Trophy winner and a fan favorite who pledged $10 million to a childrens hospital last year.Subban said he had an amazing relationship with the Montreal fans but promised they will learn to love Weber as both a great hockey player and person.Obviously leaving Montreal is emotional for me, Subban said. I have a lot of relationships there, a lot of great ties, and Ill be connected to that city forever. Now its time ... Christmas Day is over, its Boxing Day and its time to move on.Subban was vacationing in Europe when the trade occurred. He used this quick trip to Nashville to meet general manager David Poile and some of the teams employees. He has yet to sit down with coach Peter Laviolette and his assistants to find out what they want from him. Subban ate lunch Monday with new teammates Ryan Ellis and Mike Fisher and now has all his new teammates phone numbers.Nashvilles new defenseman lacks Webers size at 6 feet and 210 pounds. But Subban has more points (202) than the 6-4, 236-pound Weber (180) over the past four seasons. The Predators wanted to add Subbans offensive skills to Laviolettes scheme in which defensemen are encouraged to join the attack offensively to better compete in the Central Division, where they finished fourth.The Predators lost to San Jose in the second round of the playoffs in seven games.Hopefully, were either creating more offense and scoring more goals but for sure not spending as much time in our end, Poile said.Subban already has had fans asking for his autograph and coming up to talk to him. He was in Nashville for All-Star weekend last January, which gave him a chance to get to learn about his new home a bit.I remember leaving, saying, Wow! I didnt know people were so passionate about hockey here, Subban said. It is a hockey city. Im really excited to be playing here right now. Its different. Its definitely different from Montreal but different in a good way. 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Blake Wheeler Jersey . -- San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks was fined $15,570 by the NFL on Wednesday for his hit on Saints quarterback Drew Brees last Sunday.FRISCO, Texas -- Days from his Dallas debut and cleared by prosecutors in Ohio in a domestic violence case, Ezekiel Elliott still had to answer questions Wednesday about conduct away from the field.The same report citing insufficient evidence to support a womans claims against him included documents that had a text exchange between the two indicating concern over Elliott passing a drug test.The report was released less than two weeks after video surfaced of Elliott in a legal marijuana shop in Seattle, which led to admonishments from owner and general manager Jerry Jones and coach Jason Garrett.I feel like there have been some damages done, but the past is the past, said Elliott, the fourth overall pick of the draft out of Ohio State. Im focused on the now.Heres the now: Elliott is set to do something Hall of Famers Tony Dorsett and Emmitt Smith didnt by starting the opener as a rookie running back for the Cowboys on Sunday against the New York Giants.The last Dallas running back with that distinction is more trivia fodder than anything. It was Derrick Lassic in 1993, when Smith was holding out after helping the Cowboys win the Super Bowl following the 1992 season. The other two rookie starters for Dallas in their openers were Calvin Hill (1969) and Ron Springs (1979).At the moment, though, Elliott is having a hard time outrunning distractions. His first training camp was clouded by the domestic violence investigation, although his father strongly denied the allegations in a statement the day they surfaced.While the outcome of the investigation matched the claims from Elliotts representatives, the text exchange raised more doubts.Honestly I have no idea what youre talking about, Elliott said when asked about the texts. I havent seen those.Elliott also said he was confident he had done nothing wrong.Im a targett, thats what Ive realized from all of this, said Elliott, who rose to stardom in college with four rushing touchdowns when the Buckeyes won a national championship on the Cowboys home field two years ago.dddddddddddd Ive got to conduct myself that way so I cannot have any distractions and I can just focus on ball.While the NFLs investigation into Elliotts domestic case continues, a league spokesman said any decisions about placing players in the drug program is up to an independent panel of medical advisers jointly approved by the NFL and the union.Garrett brushed aside questions about Elliotts off-field issues.I know his commitment every day has been really, really good and hes learned quickly what were asking him to do, Garrett said. Again, his focus, and our focus, is on the Giants.After the video from Seattle surfaced, Elliott apologized and said he realized he had made a mistake. But he wasnt much interested in talking about the domestic case a day after he was cleared.I want to talk about football, Elliott said. I want to talk about why Im here.Elliott missed most of training camp with a hamstring injury, but says hes healthy now. While he took just 14 snaps in one preseason game, he has no concerns about conditioning.And the 21-year-old did acknowledge chatter in the running backs room Wednesday over the NFLs rookie rushing record -- 1,808 by Eric Dickerson in 1983, 12 years before Elliott was born.Thats something I do want to accomplish but its not a priority, Elliott said. What is a priority is going out and winning ballgames every week.---Online:AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow Schuyler Dixon on Twitter at https://twitter.com/apschuyler ' ' '