Learning to hate the Chicago Blackhawks: Patrick Kane

Gave one of my friends in New York his autograph!

“Hey Kane, Belak has your 20 cents!”

this should be fun

We need to have as many people as possible on the boards before the games with signs about Kane and the cab driver incident. Also, let’s change the “Chelios is a sissy” chant to a Kane chant, and let’s use it every single time he takes the ice. I think there needs to be a clapper giveaway for a game; those things are loud!

My kids and I have some sign ideas already. TI agree with Matthew: this is gonna be fun…

Oh, excellent, Dirk. Very, very good. I’m already brainstorming for more.

Seriously, my little brother could grow more facial hair than Kane.

I do find this to be quite humorous and all but as a Patrick Kane fan I do have to make one point. He may have a baby face and an inability to grow facial hair, nor may he look strong or be built like an NHLer, but when he takes the ice he is going to be the best pure scorer on either team in this series. I don’t think there is any denying this

I agree with you that beating up a cabbie was ridiculoulsy stupid. All I’m saying is that he’s going to be the best scorer on the ice in this series. I’m not at all making excuses for him because it was stupid beyond belief, but I’ve heard of alot worse from drunk 20 year old kids; but not much worse lol

I’m all for ripping on Kaner’s immaturity and other personality fails, but do some research before you call him a Thorton choke.

Actually, I would argue that Kane is a clutch player. Kane took criticism for his production early in the Olympics. Of his 5 points, 4 came in the last two games – the Gold medal game, and the Gold medal qualification game. Kane had a 2 point night in the Gold medal game (there were only 2 goals scored – batting 1000), and 2 goals in the game before to help the US reach the Gold medal game. Kane still cracked the top 30 scorers list (tied for 19th, and 14th in scoring and goals respectively {there were a lot of ties} ) and didn’t get an extra day to pad his stats because of a first round bye.

There’s also “HatTrick Kane” in last year’s Vancouver playoff series, and his near point per game post season scoring. THN’s Ken Campbell also has something to say on the matter (whether you take stock in his quasi-metrics is another story): http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/32534-Campbellnomics-March-30.html

So yeah, Kane is most certainly lazy, but has a propensity for showing up when it counts.

He’s also considered in some circles to be a spoiled brat who can disappear in big moments (he was mostly invisible for Team USA at the Olympics)

He is actually quite the opposite, and only seems to turn it on for the big moments.

You don’t need to learn to hate 20 cent…it’ll come more naturally than yout hink.

“…but delivering in the clutch when the stakes are at their highest? I’m not so sure he’s earned that reputation just yet.”

I’m wondering if any of you folks in Nashville watched last year’s Game 6 of Vancouver @ Chicago? Kane scored his first career hat trick on Roberto Luongo, reducing him to a crying excuse for a man in a post game interview.

Apart from that, what else would it take for him to prove he’s a clutch player?
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I voted for Kodos