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I took a look into the Around the League and OT thread but couldn't find it anywhere so I made a new thread.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/evander-kane-problem-child/
Pretty interesting read.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/evander-kane-problem-child/
Pretty interesting read.
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KANE HAS BEEN called a lot of things. Cocky. Selfish. A jerk. In hockey circles, “distraction†is the popular term. But that’s not how teammates characterize him. In December, Scheifele was delivering straight-faced hockey talk until the “#pushups†photo came up. “He got a little ribbing for it,†Scheifele said, grinning. Thorburn brought up the time Kane “carved†the acronym for “Young Money Cash Money Billionaires,†into his hair. (Thorburn thought it said “YMCA†at first.) And the guys in the room had recently given Kane a new nickname: “Cocktails,†the origins of which Kane called a “long, long story.†Thorburn got into it: “We’ll say, ‘Let’s go for drinks or for a beer,’ and he’ll always use the term ‘cocktails.’ ‘Let’s go out for a cocktail.’ And it’s just likeâ€â€”Thorburn paused to laugh—“you only hear that in movies, you know? He’s trying to be fancy and play along with his persona. We shut that down pretty quickly.â€
It all seemed like playful mocking. And it continued even after he was gone. In February, while Kane was calling his situation with the Jets “unique†and welcoming a “fresh start†in Buffalo, his former team was making light of the track suit incident. When coach Paul Maurice showed up to a scrum without a suit jacket on, he told reporters that despite his dress code violation, “My clothes aren’t wet.†Of course, only the guys in that room know the inner workings of Kane’s relationship with his teammates and how it may have changed after the shower episode and the healthy scratch. Zach Bogosian, dealt with Kane to Buffalo, refers to it as “the incident,†and that’s about all he’ll say. This is as far as Kane goes with the details: “Was I wearing a track suit?†he said at his first press conference as a Sabre. “No.†Then he laughed.
Fair or not, fans associate that wet track suit and those stacks of money with Kane. But if you talk to friends and teammates, at least half the picture’s not accurate. In December, Thorburn laughed when asked whether the money pictures posted to Instagram are a good representation of who Evander Kane is. “No, that’s not who Kaner is,â he said. “He’s a very caring guy, a good friend to have. But he does wear his flashy suits, his sunglasses, his headphones. He puts on a show.â€
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