2021-22 Hockey Discussion

 Good Luck, the Goals he scores come with a high cost!

nhlrumors.com/nhl-rumors-maple-leafs-hurricanes-oilers-panthers-lightning-and-golden-knights-interested-in-evander-kane/2022/01/11/

Anywhere but Vegas!

LOL Holland talked about 'second chances, second opportunity'..  actually wouldn't this be Kane's 3rd or 4th chance at rebounding from a fuck-up?

Playing with Eichel or playing with McDavid, Kaner will be doing it for MY fantasy team. Sorry Fug and Danville, snoozers

Yep that is the state of things. The world is upside down. Let woke go broke.

But of all the unsavoury decisions executives are forced to make as they feverishly race against their own expiration dates, few will compare to adding Evander Kane on the cheap.

TSN's Darren Dreger posited on Monday that as many as 20 teams have expressed a level of interest in the endlessly embattled forward, who had his contract terminated by the San Jose Sharks over the weekend for allegedly breaching the terms of his deal by travelling across the border from California to British Columbia while limited under COVID-19 protocol.

We all know the problematic layers to Kane's story. Before the alleged trip to Vancouver, it was the fake vaccination card. Before it was the fake vaccination card, it was an ugly, allegation-laden split between Kane and his ex-wife, Anna, which forced the NHL to launch two separate investigations. Before those matters were attended to, it was loan-shark debts, bankruptcy court, and a gambling addiction that was putting immense stress on a family.

And before all that, it was a cancerous reputation in locker rooms.

Though Kane's non-hockey issues are most certainly the most serious, we know those can and will be excused. NHL teams and sports organizations in general have a long and storied history of setting morals aside in the interest of winning.

Sports is where second chances happen — deserved and otherwise.

What's most surprising about the rush to inquire about Kane is his history of harshly grating at the players and organizations he's worked with in the past.

Not one active player has a deeper history of committing the cardinal sin in hockey, which is to choose one's best interests over the team, time and time again.

Kane was basically thrown out of the Winnipeg Jets organization after a long-running spat with teammates reached a boiling point many years — or showers — ago. It's been reported that his current Sharks teammates were adamant that he wasn't welcome back this season after his personal issues escalated.

The 30-year-old hasn't earned the insulation that being part of a hockey team has historically provided, because he continues to operate independently, and problematically, outside of it.

What Kane can offer, and what's being whispered into the ears of general managers across the league, is cheap production. Kane was a reliable and consistent scorer in his three-plus seasons in San Jose despite all his issues, piling up 87 goals and 166 points in 212 games.

After arguably meeting (or maybe flirting with) the expected value on a contract that paid him $7 million annually, Kane should, in theory, deliver massive value on the bargain-bin deal that's most appetizing to him through this vast and somewhat dirty courting process.

Even then, this reeks of either desperation, arrogance, naivety, or a nasty elixir of all three, on the part of the many teams expressing interest.

Because to blissfully ignore Kane's transgressions, and his long list of misplaced priorities and incendiary history inside locker rooms, teams either have no other option but to address their on-ice issues or believe that they are special enough to reform an individual who has shown to be beyond repair — at least in the context of both professionalism in hockey and many others aspects of his life.

Buyer beware. Don't tell us you weren't warned.

Sad, but true. 

Possible on the Kane subject but there can be no doubt that one political view is allowed to be voiced and anything else is not.
If a player wears a thin blue line shirt/hat do you think that would not be called out?

Yes, the temptations would be great and he clearly lacks the character. On the other hand, it would be bad to have him in the division.  You have to figure he is gunning for Logan, and maybe a few others, sooner or later.  The more tilts per season, the sooner there might be felony on ice. 

It’s not a new tactic for the boys, but for everyone to plead the 5th for every Kane question is super lame. Especially from the captain and because evander is officially gone for good now

Know this though,Kane will light it up against the Sharks no matter what Team he lands with! The gift that keeps on giving!!

via Elliotte Friedman tweets,

Hearing NHL has notified teams it is investigating process of Evander Kane crossing border from US into Canada on Dec. 29. (1/x)…

Kane tested positive for COVID on Dec. 21, and flew to Vancouver on the 29th. In termination notice from SJ, it was alleged he did not have proper medical clearance. NHL is now doing full investigation…(2/3)

This will likely prevent a Kane signing in the short term, as teams await the results.

Ha Ha, F U Kane!