Evander Kane

[STL Shark]

Things are toxic on this team. Nobody looks motivated. Nobody looks happy to be here. Why can’t DW just blow it up like AZ?

We haven't seen anyone in like 3.5 months. Don't try and confirmation bias BS this take into existence now if you weren't pounding your chest about it prior to the Kane stuff.

 

[weastern bias]

My gut feeling:

The findings from the NHL's investigation are inconclusive

Kane plays next year and is our best player again by far

We miss the playoffs anyway

Players on the team still bitch and moan about him even though they aren't pulling their own weight

The org buys him out next summer leaving us with cap penalties through 2028

That pisses Meier off so he demands a trade

We get an underwhelming return since he'll be on the last year of his contract

Hertl walks in UFA, couldn't blame him

Good things don't happen anymore

 

[Shark Finn]

My gut feeling:

The findings from the NHL's investigation are inconclusive

...

Good things don't happen anymore

When have good things happened anyway?

 

[weastern bias]

When have good things happened anyway?

Good things do happen

Rarely, but they do happen

 

[tealzamboni]

My gut feeling:

The findings from the NHL's investigation are inconclusive

Kane plays next year and is our best player again by far

Kane settles his case, but rumblings of being the worst player off the ice persist.

We miss the playoffs anyway

Players on the team still bitch and moan about him even though they aren't pulling their own weight

The org buys him out next summer leaving us with cap penalties through 2028

That pisses Meier off so he demands a trade

We get an underwhelming return since he'll be on the last year of his contract

Hertl walks in UFA, couldn't blame him

Good things don't happen anymore

added one point

 

[tealzamboni]

If Kane threw games, he sure seemed like the least obvious forward on most nights.

I also have a hard time imaging how he would've shaved points because his effort was pretty consistent and the game is too fast. Maybe he demotivated enough players at the right moment? But, in that case, the coaching/front office could've crushed morale far easier, so maybe they're the ones shaving points and cashing checks.

 

[STL Shark]

If Kane threw games, he sure seemed like the least obvious forward on most nights.

I mean there is no telling how far back the allegations span. This idea that it's tied to last year is probably false. I would guess that if there was anything like that going on it probably is not just related to his time in SJ. Would have been very easy to bet on his Buffalo teams to lose most nights when he was there. Just because the allegation came out now, does not mean it is a super recent occurrence necessarily.

 

[TheBeard]

I wonder who the players are that said if he comes back they don’t want to. I hope it’s Vlasic. Maybe we can trade him then.

 

[Cas]

I wonder who the players are that said if he comes back they don’t want to. I hope it’s Vlasic. Maybe we can trade him then.

Who would want Vlasic? Maybe Edmonton will send a first for him.

 

[tealzamboni]

I wonder who the players are that said if he comes back they don’t want to. I hope it’s Vlasic. Maybe we can trade him then.

Make Kane captain and the ensuing exodus should be interesting.

 

[TheBeard]

Who would want Vlasic? Maybe Edmonton will send a first for him.

After seeing some of these ridiculous contracts handed out to defencemen I’m feeling like getting rid of him with retention obviously is not as difficult as i thought.

 

[Mafoofoo]

At this point I’d keep Vlasic over Kane.

A loveable but surly pickle is better than someone who seemingly most of the roster hates.

Plus Vlasic will better help the team get a franchise player in the draft. Kane seems to be doing everything possible to push us out of the top 10.

 

[Negatively Positive]

We know Boughner didn't do shit about Kane but I wonder if Deboer did a better job of reining him in, at least for a while. Deboer mailed it in at the end of his Sharks' tenure and maybe he got sick of dealing with Kane and the toxic locker room and was actively trying to get fired.

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

DW's plan is starting to come together

"So Logan, Erik, Marc.....Edouard. You guys don't want to play with Kane anymore? Well since his game fixing allegations just so happened to come up now I can't trade him so here are the papers for mutual contract termination."

We get a top pick this year, buy out Kane, use the cap space from all the contracts we are now free of to have almost no competition in FA market, bring in Eklund, Bordeleau and Weissblatt and finally sign Pavelski as player coach

 

[TheWayToRefJose]

DW's plan is starting to come together

"So Logan, Erik, Marc.....Edouard. You guys don't want to play with Kane anymore? Well since his game fixing allegations just so happened to come up now I can't trade him so here are the papers for mutual contract termination."

We get a top pick this year, buy out Kane, use the cap space from all the contracts we are now free of to have almost no competition in FA market, bring in Eklund, Bordeleau and Weissblatt and finally sign Pavelski as player coach

Hell, based off last year, Pavs would be our best forward besides Kane and maybe Hertl. Screw being a coach, we need him on the ice.

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

Hell, based off last year, Pavs would be our best forward besides Kane and maybe Hertl. Screw being a coach, we need him on the ice.

You didnt see the player part? I put it before coach

 

[Stewie Griffin]

After 2 years of the league mocking us for being handed games, terrible contracts, and coming 3rd last without a first round pick in a deep draft...this has to happen.

As a sharks fan...as soon as I got happy when we drafted Eklund, I should've known something bad was going to happen.

 

[weastern bias]

plot twist: the allegation is actually a chess move orchestrated by Kane to trigger an investigation that will expose other Sharks who were throwing games, and now those teammates are trying to throw Kane under the bus in panic mode

HMMMMMMMM IT ALL MAKES SENSE

 

[tealzamboni]

We know Boughner didn't do shit about Kane but I wonder if Deboer did a better job of reining him in, at least for a while. Deboer mailed it in at the end of his Sharks' tenure and maybe he got sick of dealing with Kane and the toxic locker room and was actively trying to get fired.

I suspect DeBoer might've had similar issues. IIRC Wilson had to step in and address the locker room in the beginning of the 2018-2019 season. So, things were probably shaky, even with Pavelski and Thornton's presence.

The thing I wonder is if DeBoer and Boughner are caught between being pro-player and pro-front office. I think both have gotten kudos for being player friendly at some point, so I imagine they do have a pulse on what the players need and are capable of communicating with them. But, judging at the on-ice schemes and PP, it looks like they are rolling out whatever the front office gives them. If they don't follow the master plans, then the front office is unhappy. But, if they follow the plans and keep losing, the players lose trust. Then, the front office makes another bad plan to fix things. Kind of a rock and hard place.

 

[LadyStanley]

Update on bankruptcy

 

[Doctor Soraluce]

That's only 1 part of the equation. Motivated Kane x teammates who dont want to play with him = 0 (maybe)

Honestly this situation is more embarrassing than icing Jones. what happened to our model franchise?

Guys hate teammates all the time. If they can't move Kane the other players need to be pros and do their job. They're all getting paid a shit ton to play a Childs game. Figure it out. If they wanted him gone so bad maybe they shouldn't have been shooting off their mouth to hack reporters making it nearly impossible to move him. They made their bed with him.

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

Guys hate teammates all the time. If they can't move Kane the other players need to be pros and do their job. They're all getting paid a shit ton to play a Childs game. Figure it out. If they wanted him gone so bad maybe they shouldn't have been shooting off their mouth to hack reporters making it nearly impossible to move him. They made their bed with him.

A childs game? what in the f***

 

[slocal]

A childs game? what in the f***

My 9 month-old can put you through the boards, pal.

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

My 9 month-old can put you through the boards, pal.

Better be willing to drop the gloves then

 

[Mafoofoo]

Good things do happen

Rarely, but they do happen

1. Led to losing to Crosby and watching him dance around with the cup while my dudes Pinkfloyd, Jumbo and Pavs looked on with sadness
2. Led to the Refs forever marking the sharks on their penalize on sight list
3. Nick Petrecki draft; also Dustin Brown


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