The video ended with Subban celebrating a goal and his longtime defense partner Andrei Markov, acting as a surrogate for Canadiens fans everywhere, kissing him on the helmet.
By the time the video ended and the scoreboard cut to a shot of Subban on the Predators blue line, there were tears streaming down his face as he raised his stick to acknowledge the standing ovation he was receiving, stone faced as he tried unsuccessfully to contain his emotions.
There was no smile.
"I wasn't really sure how I was going to feel," Subban said. "I played a lot of hockey games in this building, a lot of great things happened in this building and in this city while I was here, and all those memories come back. Whether it's stuff to do with the hospital or kids or family, teammates, hockey games, emotional games.
"I felt that I shared that with all the fans and the community here, and I guess that's how it all came out."
Those tears provided some degree of closure for Subban, who still doesn't know why the Canadiens traded him to Nashville for Shea Weber on June 29, and probably doesn't want to know at this point.
Subban got to spend two days in Montreal, during which time he received a Meritorious Service Decoration from the Governor General of Canada, David Johnston, visited the hospital with teammates Roman Josi and Mike Fisher, something he never did with his teammates in Montreal, and ate dinner at his favorite restaurant.
The one thing left to do was reacquaint himself with those fans who fell in love with his million-dollar smile and never got a chance to give him a proper goodbye.
The last game Subban played in a Canadiens uniform was a week shy of a year earlier, March 10, 2016, when he left the ice on a stretcher after he injured his neck, ending his season and, though no one knew it at the time, his career in Montreal.