Patrick Kane, quietly trudging along
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Deebs
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goldenbladz1
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Kane is a beauty but you have to watch their games. Colliton has this team working very hard. A lot of very young players all fighting for spots and buying in. Still lots of talent on the team. Having Dcat returning to form has helped immensely.
sandyfalkirk
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Dcat is great and team is working hard.
But its missing Toews and Dach a lot. Don't move away from OP's point though. Patrick Kane is an incredible talent. Play him with ordinary guys and they get points. Play him with Panarin....
Boom....Art Ross baby .
But its missing Toews and Dach a lot. Don't move away from OP's point though. Patrick Kane is an incredible talent. Play him with ordinary guys and they get points. Play him with Panarin....
Boom....Art Ross baby .
Kaners Bald Spot
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The Blackhawks aren't as garbage as you think. There's some talent there.
Rabid Ranger
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I was just going to create this thread-LOL. Amazing performer year in/year out. He also seems to have matured a lot. Wearing the "A" and did I see this right, playing the PK last night? For my money, he's the best American forward of all time.
You mean its possible for a rebuilding team to buy in, play well, and have a positive and competitive environment for young players? Thats news to red wings fans
TheMoreYouKnow
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Kane's career has been kinda weird. It seems like the first half dozen years of his career or so he was in the constant limelight and one of the most talked about players. Back when the Hawks were the talk of town basically. Last 5-6 years that progressively faded away to the point where you're sometimes surprised to hear his name as in "wait that guy's still around?" and then you look at the stats and see he's actually been pretty damn productive.
Genuine joy to watch night in and out
What?!
Kane leads all NHL players in points when you go 6 seasons back: NHL Stats
Kane has played the best hockey in his career since Toews dropped the ball...
Uncle Scrooge
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Kane is amazing. It never ceases to amaze me how competitive the guy is.
Would've been an easy season to come in and sleepwalk through the games.. yet it's all positive attitude.
Not to mention his play on the ice.
Would've been an easy season to come in and sleepwalk through the games.. yet it's all positive attitude.
Not to mention his play on the ice.
MuckOG
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Growing up a North Stars fan, I hated the Black Hawks with every fiber of my being (and still do). But Kane is one of my favorite players to watch of all time...and it's really hard for me to reconcile these two facts.
TheMoreYouKnow
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What?!
Kane leads all NHL players in points when you go 6 seasons back: NHL Stats
Kane has played the best hockey in his career since Toews dropped the ball...
I'm talking about public attention. The focus seems to have shifted toward other players no matter how many points Kane puts up. Let's face it, being a scorer on a non-contender is only interesting if you're young and up and coming. The Hawks climbed the hill early in Kane's career and then start falling off just as his personal productivity ramped up.
Not true. If you score a lot it's always interesting. It doesn't matter how your team does. When Joe Sakic put up 100 points on a terrible Avalanche team at 37 it was huge! And when Martin St Louis won the Art Ross at 37 it was even huger! Both players missed the playoffs but nobody cared.
The last 5-6 years has been the prime of his career lol
Rabid Ranger
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You look at TSN's recent top NHL players list and Kane is listed as the 4th winger: Still No. 1: Connor McDavid tops Top 50 NHL Players list for fourth straight year - TSN.ca
I think you can make the case he's still the # 1 winger in the NHL. I also think he could move ahead of some other players on the list. Probably about the right range though which is pretty good.
I think you can make the case he's still the # 1 winger in the NHL. I also think he could move ahead of some other players on the list. Probably about the right range though which is pretty good.
TheMoreYouKnow
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It's been 5 years since he's won the Art Ross. If he won the Art Ross again this year I'm sure he'd get a higher profile again.
TheMoreYouKnow
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Yes, and that's what makes it unusual. His prime did not align well with the contention window of the team he stars for. Probably because the prime performance levels of Duncan Keith, Jonathan Toews and Maria Hossa worked out somewhat differently in timing.
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It is a real shame he's "stuck" in Chicago.
It would have been nice to see him be relevant after 2015.
It would have been nice to see him be relevant after 2015.
boboche
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I've watched a few Hawks game just because I have Kane in my pool, and like others are saying, you are underselling the Hawks, they are playing better than they look on paper. They were definitely not outclassed by Carolina in the last two games.
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I'm a Habs fan but he's my favourite player, he's so shifty, dirty hands and clutch in playoffs. The best American forward in modern hockey (as far as I'm concerned).
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