Evander Kane

[germanshark1311]

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[LeftHeartInSF]

He is one of the few Sharks playing hockey this season.

 

[stator]

He started off great, seemed like he turned a new leaf to focus on scoring, rather than sitting in the penalty box. However, this month, he's reverted back to his old self and takes too many PIMs. This has hurt his scoring production.

He only has 2 goals this month, and there's only 2 games left. One is against the Red Wings, so he might eclipse his worse full month performance. He's tied right now with a month from last season.

He knows he's struggling to get back to scoring at the level he should. That's leads to "Lone Ranger" skating which some here probably mistaken as playing good hockey.

 

[jabelskey]

He’s got heart for sure, but it’s a team game so yeah...

 

[themelkman]

Started great, now looks pretty meh

 

[The Nemesis]

Started great, now looks pretty meh

You can say that about a lot of guys though. At what point does the issue become less one of any individual and more of a team-wide malaise that feeds off itself in a self-sustaining cycle of terribleness?

 

[JoeThorntonsRooster]

He’s definitely not our best forward.

 

[jarr92]

He’s definitely not our best forward.

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death, taxes, and you posting negatively about Evander Kane

 

[Pavelski2112]

He’s definitely not our best forward.

This year, no one's our best forward, just least worst.

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

Would like him to shoot the puck more and play more Lone Ranger hockey actually. The team is short a couple of top-6 FWs so we need him to just shoot it. There is no 'team game' here anymore, we need aggression.

 

[JoeThorntonsRooster]

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death, taxes, and you posting negatively about Evander Kane

Lol, what a lame personal attack. How is saying that Kane is definitely not better than Hertl and Meier even posting negatively about him? It’s just clear as day. You really think there is an argument for Kane>Hertl AND Meier?

 

[jarr92]

Lol, what a lame personal attack. How is saying that Kane is definitely not better than Hertl and Meier even posting negatively about him? It’s just clear as day. You really think there is an argument for Kane>Hertl AND Meier?

Where is this personal attack you speak of? I didn’t say anything about you personally. Kane is obviously not your favorite player based on your post history, so I was just making a joke. You need to lighten up a bit.

I would argue only Hertl has been better more consistently then Kane this season. Meier has unfortunately looked worse then last season. Couture is putting up points but not much else. That’s why saying Kane is “definitely” not the Sharks top forward is a bit of an exaggeration.

 

[LA Shark]

Lol, what a lame personal attack. How is saying that Kane is definitely not better than Hertl and Meier even posting negatively about him? It’s just clear as day. You really think there is an argument for Kane>Hertl AND Meier?

Yes, without a doubt I would take Kane's body of work this year over Meier's. Hertl no. But Kane has been better than Timo this year imo

 

[JeremyTB]

I wonder if Kane's actions in that pre-season game vs Vegas and his off ice issues with the gambling debt has been a distraction. You should never put yourself in a position get suspended from an incident in a meaningless pre-season game. And then ofcourse gambling during a playoff series and piling up a big debt. So while Kane on the ice has been better than alot of our forwards I wonder if that cancer label is rearing it's ugly head again.

 

[BlueSeal]

The team in general looks bad. They need to do more than fire a coach to fix the problems. Kane looks good and is definitely a positive force on the ice and I'm not even a fan of the team. What the Sharks need is a plan that fits the skillsets of the players they have and they need to demand far better netminding from Dell and Jones. Kane is the least of their problems; at least he's struggling to change and improve and the fans are being rewarded with seeing it slowly happen. Can't say the same about a handful of these players.

 

[WTFetus]

He’s definitely not our best forward.

Both Hertl and Kane had their peaks and troughs this season, so I could see an argument either way. Meier has been awful this season.

 

[themelkman]

Id say Hertl is the better forward for sure, but at his best Kane is the second best.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

Hertl is our best forward at this point in time. I think Kane is a close second. The only reason why it's close is because Kane dropped off in the past month and Hertl has had injury and defensive issues this season. If Hertl stopped puck-watching defensively and marked his man in the middle, he'd run away with best forward since Kane can't match Hertl defensively if Hertl is playing the way he can.

 

[Fistfullofbeer]

Both Hertl and Kane had their peaks and troughs this season, so I could see an argument either way. Meier has been awful this season.

Is awful better or worse than invisible?

 

[WTFetus]

Id say Hertl is the better forward for sure, but at his best Kane is the second best.

At his best, Hertl is the better forward. But the OP was clearly referring to only this current season, which Hertl isn't "definitely" the best forward. I would personally give Hertl the edge for this season too, but I could see the argument for both.

 

[KirbyDots]

It goes:

Hertl>>Kane(when on his game) ≥ Meier(when on his game)>Couture>Kane(off his game) power gap... >everyone else>>>>>Meier(off his game)

 

[sharks_dynasty]

I loved Kane’s game tonight! He was a passing machine! Really enjoying how his game is rounding out from just being a goal scorer to dishing it out to others.

 

[tiburon12]

I loved Kane’s game tonight! He was a passing machine! Really enjoying how his game is rounding out from just being a goal scorer to dishing it out to others.

was that pass to Timo for the hattrick a shot or pass

 

[one2gamble]

was that pass to Timo for the hattrick a shot or pass

Yes

 

[Le Grand Quebecois]

I loved Kane’s game tonight! He was a passing machine! Really enjoying how his game is rounding out from just being a goal scorer to dishing it out to others.

That's a really weird take since his entire career he's been equally dangerous at sniping goals as he has at making plays.