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[ElLoboBlanco]

Sounds like something an angry wife after too many bottles of wine would post on social media.

Kane needs proper counseling and addictions help. And most likely being surrounded with healthier and positive people. Can just imagine the dirt bags he rolls with currently.

She's pregnant so I'm hoping not....

 

[jokesondee]

I find it sad he is such good player. He is Exactly the kind of player I like and the type of personality I really dislike.

I don't take pleasure from others misery I hope he gets his life together if only for his child's sake.

Lol

 

[hockeyarena]

Evander will fit right in as a World Financial Group consultant.

 

[cbcwpg]

Since this is a sports forum I will stick to that.... but didn't Pete Rose deny betting on baseball games for years and years ( after he was out of the game ) before finally coming clean and admitting it? Kane is still under contract technically for 4 more seasons, he obviously has an issue dealing with finances , and absolutely needs the money coming in from the Sharks... so no way in hell would Kane ever admit to gambling on hockey. He will deny this until he is no longer employable as a player. And even after that for years.

 

[Daximus]

Since this is a sports forum I will stick to that.... but didn't Pete Rose deny betting on baseball games for years and years ( after he was out of the game ) before finally coming clean and admitting it? Kane is still under contract technically for 4 more seasons, he obviously has an issue dealing with finances , and absolutely needs the money coming in from the Sharks... so no way in hell would Kane ever admit to gambling on hockey. He will deny this until he is no longer employable as a player. And even after that for years.

Yeah that's a black mark that will follow you around for the rest of your life and well after. He will never admit to it.

As someone said in another thread it's very likely he used a bookie and there isn't much of a paper trail. But if he did do it, he's likely going to put a lot of pressure on people who don't want that kind of attention which is dangerous in it's own right. If he was betting on games it's likely he was betting on individual stat lines. Most Sharks fans say he was the best player on the team last year but it would be very easy to bet on yourself not putting up any points. He had 26 games without a point last year. If you bet on every single on of those and your betting hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars that can add up quickly.

 

[ps241]

Tough situation. EK9 has had a cloud follow him wherever he goes. Defiant kid with a cocky personality and obvious gambling problems. Liked him as a player on our team but was happy when we shipped out the drama that came with him.

 

[Jetfaninflorida]

Based on publically available information about Evander and his past, my guess would be that Evander, yes, is being an irresponsible dickhead to his wife (and therefore his kids too). Gambling on his own games, none of us could possibly know. It will eventually come out to be true or false.

I hope Evander and Anna can get their shit together so the children have a decent chance at a somewhat normal upbringing. They will be so disadvantaged if not.

Last comment. I am not the least bit surprised by this incident. Can anyone say they are?

 

[AlphaLackey]

Not surprising he denies any and all accusations of sports betting on hockey games. Looking like a messy divorce at the very least.

Notice that he doesn't deny being overseas shtuping his ex while his estranged pregnant wife and daughter are going through something traumatic -- and make no bones about it, it's CLEARLY going to be hard on his daughter. So that kind of makes his "Dad of the Year" comments a bit hollow.

Is it POSSIBLE for a winger to play so bad that it is guaranteed his team will lose? Of course not.

Is it possible for a winger to play so bad that certain bets in hockey become +EV? Sure.

Kane doesn't need to set a chance of a Sharks win to 0% to make a bet against them profitable, he only needs to play bad enough to lower it by a few percent.

Here's a very interesting summary of Kane's performance this year in games where the Sharks lose by 2+ goals. That is obviously a significant number as the standard goal spread is +/- 1.5 goals.

Let me be clear that this is absolutely NOT an assertion that Kane DID throw games, nor any estimate of the probability that he did throw them. This is me only establishing that yes, I believe it *is possible* for a star player to take a night off, so that fading "Sharks +1.5" is now a +EV play. Sharks down by 1 with 2 minutes left and an empty net, guess who's gonna be out there? All it takes is one "oopsie" at the blueline and now they're down by 2.

Again, this is just 'proof of concept', my way of saying it's POSSIBLE for a star player to make a bet against his team +EV with a bad performance.

Know what else is trivial? Be a star offensive player, take a night off, and bet the "Under".

 

[CorgisPer60]

The fun ride never stops around here.

 

[Neuf]

We're literally doing celebrity gossip here now, with team Evander and team Anna

Evander statement was mostly fine, but he definitely should have left this out:

 

[BigZ65]

Given what Kane owes to legal gaming venues, you have to wonder how far he is in to people who are operating in the shadows. This is exactly what his wife is alluding to. This is where the leverage will be pushed on him to make amends and money for those people.

 

[sipowicz]

 

[Arthur Fonzarelli]

Yeah that's a black mark that will follow you around for the rest of your life and well after. He will never admit to it.

As someone said in another thread it's very likely he used a bookie and there isn't much of a paper trail. But if he did do it, he's likely going to put a lot of pressure on people who don't want that kind of attention which is dangerous in it's own right. If he was betting on games it's likely he was betting on individual stat lines. Most Sharks fans say he was the best player on the team last year but it would be very easy to bet on yourself not putting up any points. He had 26 games without a point last year. If you bet on every single on of those and your betting hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars that can add up quickly.

You're assuming he could find a prop bet on NHL games.

It's possible, but the NHL isn't really popular enough for bookies to be offering those lines, and even less so on a player of Kane's stature, whose not well known outside of the NHL circles.

I still think the story has legs & his NHL is finished, just unsure exactly how he went about betting on himself / the Sharks / the NHL

The over/under theory that @AlphaLackey suggested is one such way. That's a bet he may not always win, but he'd certainly have an edge over the house which would have him up in the long run.

 

[WolfHouse]

Whoa - Kane is getting lit up.

 

[JetsUK]

The fun ride never stops around here.

Well, the NHL finally makes it onto the front page of a quality UK broadsheet over here in London Town.

Unfortunately, it's via yet another stop on the Evander Kane crazy train...

NHL’s Evander Kane denies wife’s allegations that he bet on games

 

[Romang67]

Without taking sides in the Eichel debacle, I will admit to being slightly amused that the Sabres probably are fine with Eichel sitting out demanding a trade which increases their odds of picking up Wright in the draft.

 

[Jets 31]

Wow , if any of this is true Kane is truly a horrible person.

 

[RustyCat]

Without taking sides in the Eichel debacle, I will admit to being slightly amused that the Sabres probably are fine with Eichel sitting out demanding a trade which increases their odds of picking up Wright in the draft.

That organization has a real disorganized approach to asset management. There seems to be certain teams where the Owner(s) influence has a considerable impact on the management and culture of a team, and Buffalo is like a poster boy for nonsensical leadership.

 

[sipowicz]

Wow , if any of this is true Kane is truly a horrible person.

Kane is horrible person even without any of it being true!

 

[Guardian17]

The fun ride never stops around here.

Geez, this could be really bad.

 

[None]

Without taking sides in the Eichel debacle, I will admit to being slightly amused that the Sabres probably are fine with Eichel sitting out demanding a trade which increases their odds of picking up Wright in the draft.

The Sabres are probably fine with it but players around the league are watching and deciding they never want to play for that team. Players in junior are looking on and thinking that they don't want to go there before they're even in the system. Their problems are going to stretch far beyond the immediate future because they're scorching earth they haven't even stepped foot on yet.

 

[Aggie204]

I met Kane a few years back, guys a mess. I didnt like him back then, and this does not surprise me (if its true). Man up guy, you have kids.

 

[sipowicz]

I met Kane a few years back, guys a mess. I didnt like him back then, and this does not surprise me (if its true). Man up guy, you have kids.

no wonder he was skipping out on paying for meals when he played here, guy has no money despite making millions!

 

[Buffdog]

Am I the only one unwilling to judge someone based on dirty laundry being aired out in social media?

I never felt any love for EK, but man, I refuse to watch this train wreck.

I feel bad for the little girl

 

[AlphaLackey]

Geez, this could be really bad.

The story here is the second time she’s suggested Kane is counting cards when he plays. Sorry to rehash my favourite story but I assure you, Kane does not count cards. This is either a lie he’s told to her (and to himself) to justify his continued abysmal play, or she’s assuming as much based on the layman’s assumption that counting cards is illegal, and since he’s going to the casino with bad people, that must be what they’re doing.

The fact is that even if you’re super famous, if you’re a sharp, you’ll eventually get backed off. Ben Affleck can tell you about that.