Contract Termination: Evander Kane

[McJedi]

This guy was a very good player last season. I understand his practice habits suck, that he’s a POS off the ice, that teammates don’t like him for several reasons. But on the ice, he’s big, fast, strong, high skill level, big shot and he hits. He’s a legit and rare power forward type. Someone is going to sign this guy and if he plays focused, they could get a Tony DeAngelo outcome.

I really doubt Carolina is regretting signing DeAngelo. He’s been extremely productive for them at his tiny cap hit.

I’d support the Avs signing him for $1mm to finish out this season.

 

[jonlin]

Good luck with that. LA is still paying mike Richards and will be for another decade.

Completely different story. If Kane has actually braken covid-protocol - AGAIN. And also other contract-obligations, there is no way NHLPA even defends him and wins

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

The Sharks were going to find any way to get out of the contract and Kane probably knew that. I wonder which covid protocol he broke?

I was wondering if he did this on purpose because the bankruptcy. He can go broke now and sign new contract and start from zero?

Not familiar enough with the bankruptcy laws in US, but it would make sense.

 

[Sinistril]

Kane is vaccinated. In fact I'm pretty sure he was as well when he used a fake vaccination card

I love it.

 

[Darren McCord]

$10 says someone signs him cheap, he shockingly acts like a clown, and gets dumped again to the minors.

Not this year . He wants his money. He will got to arb and fight it. So he wont be playing while that happens.

 

[TheWayToRefJose]

Remember when people thought SJ would have to retain and give up a first round to move him?

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

Who knows where he ends up now. No NHL team wants him at this point.

My guess is somewhere in Europe, maybe KHL.

Whether or not he's in or out of the NHL, this won't be the last we hear from him.

 

[Sun God Nika]

ya this has to go through the PA.

 

[paulhiggins]

I don't think even Perry Mason could win with a case like that.

 

[CycloneSweep]

This guy was a very good player last season. I understand his practice habits suck, that he’s a POS off the ice, that teammates don’t like him for several reasons. But on the ice. He’s big, fast, strong, high skill level, big shot and he hits. Someone is going to sign this guy and if he plays focused, they could get a DeAnglo outcome. Because I really doubt Carolina is regretting signing DeAngelo. He’s been extremely productive for them at his tiny cap hit.

Except Deangelo was only a prick and has caused some problems in the locker room. That’s just where it STARTS for Kane. Add his gambling addiction, all the trouble and garbage shit he does with and to women, to him FORGING his vaccine info and sounding like he did it AGAIN.

Comparing him to Deangelo is ridiculous.

 

[one2gamble]

This guy was a very good player last season. I understand his practice habits suck, that he’s a POS off the ice, that teammates don’t like him for several reasons. But on the ice, he’s big, fast, strong, high skill level, big shot and he hits. He’s a legit and rare power forward type. Someone is going to sign this guy and if he plays focused, they could get a Tony DeAngelo outcome.

I really doubt Carolina is regretting signing DeAngelo. He’s been extremely productive for them at his tiny cap hit.

Dudes a first line power forward, you just need to give him his own closet as a locker and keep him away from the team off the ice.

 

[Oleksiak]

Remember when people thought SJ would have to retain and give up a first round to move him?

Even that probably wouldn't have gotten it done if they'd had to trade him. No one in their right mind is going to bring in this locker room cancer.

 

[Canuck86]

Only Evander would be smart enough to f*** up and have 22.885m taken from him! Guy is a disaster and will have a real hard time paying off his debts now...

 

[surixon]

No way that's going to fly. This is 100% going to arbitration.

I mean he was given a second chance on the COVID thing. Given this is his second offense on that front I think the Sharks likely have a pretty strong case.

 

[SomeDude]

Just in time for the olympics.

 

[Gnome17]

In coming Jake Paul vs Evander Kane in 3,2,1…

I think that ship has sailed for Kane, considering Jake has been facing previous top mma fighters for the past year.

 

[BWJM]

Evander Kane is a poor mans AB!

 

[tucker3434]

I can’t imagine the PA will like that, but this has seemed inevitable for a while now.

 

[SensontheRush]

Nothing clear cut about this.

"COVID protocols"? You mean the rules that change pretty much every second second, and are different for each team at different times?

Sharks have to feel confident about the move to go forward with it though.

 

[BMOK33]

I highly doubt that is grounds enough to terminate it. They’ll likely be freed from the contract but he’ll still get paid

 

[WSS11]

Buh bye

 

[Canadian Game]

Kane is vaccinated. In fact I'm pretty sure he was as well when he used a fake vaccination card

First I’ve read this, which just seems like a bizarre rumour. What’s the purpose of faking a vaccination and taking a lot of risk if he’s already vaccinated? If he got vaccinated, he’d have a valid proof of vaccination.

 

[SomeDude]

In coming Jake Paul vs Evander Kane in 3,2,1…

Kane doesn't have that kind of pull. More likely Evander Kane vs Antonio Brown Celebrity Boxing on VH1 Classics.

 

[Pavelski2112]

I highly doubt that is grounds enough to terminate it. They’ll likely be freed from the contract but he’ll still get paid

It must be something pretty bad, considering they didn't try to terminate the first time he violated protocols

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

Only Evander would be smart enough to f*** up and have 22.885m taken from him! Guy is a disaster and will have a real hard time paying off his debts now...

I may be giving his thought process far too much credit (any credit at all might be too much), but doesn't this potentially benefit him financially in the long-run? Wasn't the reason he couldn't discharge his debts via bankruptcy due to his Sharks contract? If that is terminated, does that present the possibility of the remaining debt being discharged and, 6 months to a year down the line when a team offers him a new contract, he'll be making money that won't be stripped away to his creditors any longer? I recognize I may (or am even likely to) be misunderstanding the ramifications of bankruptcy or the type of bankruptcy he declared.