The fault lay not with Kane's character but with fan's conception of what a Canadian hockey player ought to be, and the media, PR consultants play that fictional hero persona out in high definition hoopla. Kane the hockey player in our conceptual imagination ought to embody the virtuous Canadian values such as being a: team player, hard worker, taking one for the team, wakes up early to practice, drinks beer, makes the pp goal, eats meat and potatoes fixes the toilet with the plumber duck tapes the antenna and donates a puck to Billy in the hospital..you get the picture. Kane's not like that but most hockey players aren't either
Yep. For sure. He had his faults, but I never really had any time for all the winging about what he posted or didn't say. I think a lot of it was trolling anyways. I hoped he could eventually mature, grow his game, and enjoy being a Jet, and equally some Jets fans could learn to appreciate that not all early 20-something Hockey players will grow the same way. In the meantime, as long as he followed the plan on the ice and played hard, I was happy with Kane, and it seemed as though he generally did just that. For all the times I rolled my eyes at some of his shot selections, or lack of use of his teammates, I was never unhappy to see him on the ice for the Jets.
I'll have no hate for the guy when he comes to town next year... I could see him tweeting something leading up to the game to change that perspective though.