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The inevitable happened early Saturday afternoon when San Jose Sharks severed offside winger Evander Kane, giving him an absolute resignation to terminate the contract.
When Kanen was found to have intentionally avoided COVID-19 vaccination by giving his employer a fake vaccination card, it was only a matter of time before he would be rejected by a team that couldn’t find him in the store. market.
The 30-year-old scored 22 goals and 49 points in 56 matches at Sharks last season, which is solid enough to justify an $ 7 million annual salary cap. But there was tension in San Jose’s locker room last season, and Kane was at the center of it.
“He plays the chip on his shoulder, but it carries the locker room and the outside world,” an NHL agent said in August when he spoke to Kane on the condition that his name not be used. “He never does services to himself when he lets his ego rule the day, and he does so most days.”
“One of my clients at Sharks just hates him, he hates the negative energy he brings into the room,” another agent who also asked for anonymity told THN.com in August. “Some guys think they’re bigger than the team, and I think it helps drive (Kanea) personally, but in the team structure, it doesn’t play well at all.”
For the sake of clarity, Kane was acquitted of serious charges of assaulting his estranged wife. However, his plan to circumvent the NHL COVID protocols gave Sharks all the material they needed to get out of under his hat and continue rebuilding.
You know the Sharks management has been trying to replace him. The fact that they didn’t get the deal to work is all you need to know about Kane’s reputation right now. NHL teams are carrying out repair projects all the time, but no other NHL team wanted to be the next guy to take a risk with Kane and end up poisoning his team. The next team to get him is the Fifth Game Series, where he has played in 13 NHL seasons. That’s not a good turnover.
Kane started playing in Atlanta (now Winnipeg) and lasted six seasons in that series. He then went to Buffalo for two and a half seasons. He then moved to San Jose, where he has spent the last three and a half seasons. The contract, which is being canceled by Sharks, has three years left after this season, and Kane will lose more than $ 22 million. Kane now has no choice but to accept a sharp pay cut and a one- or two-year contract. He has to show that he can be an effective part of the champion challenger, and stay out of the spotlight to the best of his ability.
If bringing Kane to the NHL even causes trouble, the GMs will not hesitate to remove him. His reputation has hampered his career, and perhaps part of that setback has been unfair. But continuing his journey as a traveler, even though he has scored at least 20 goals in each of the last six seasons, says something about him. And nothing good.
Kane can now take his talent to Russia with the continental league. He will certainly get more than one bidder, but his past year’s demeanor has taken away all the real leverage possible from him. He has repented in his statement, but now he must allow his actions to speak louder than any word. He has a chance to make GM happy that he grabbed him here, at the bottom of his professional hockey career.
But it’s not on his terms. His job is to show that he can make a positive impact. If not, we can look at the end of his NHL career.
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