Evander Kane Lost His Fight With Ryan Reaves, But Won The War of Words by Unanimous Decision4/16/2019
--------- Oh. My. God. My jaw just about hit the floor right around halfway through that transcription, and it was still left looking down at how low Evander Kane went in ripping Ryan Reaves' entire on-ice existence limb from limb. That interview, in its totality, is far and away the most disrespectful you'll ever see one NHLer be towards another publicly. Of course, that's mostly due to professional hockey players biting their own tongue so often you'd think it satisfied some sort of sexual fetish. Still, the fact remains that the oft-enigmatic San Jose forward damn near made up for decades of dumbed-down diplomacy in going below and beyond to emasculate the impact of Las Vegas' resident goon. And ya know what, seeing as he already faced both the literal and figurative music by being played off to 'Baby Shark' following his decision to fight up a weight class and down a skill level, Evander Kane should say whatever he damn well pleases...
Ryan Reaves' primary role is to intimidate, and the player he invested his little amount of playing time in targeting certainly doesn't sound as though he was too phased by the experience. Evander Kane losing both the fight and the game is a moot point in the discussion of how much his opponent actually contributes to winning. Him feeling comfortable enough to call it exactly how he sees it is in the aftermath of answering the bell points directly to the irrelevance of the antiquated, WWE-esque role he just verbally ran over thrice while cutting a Game 4 promo that would make 'The Rock' proud. I say the following as someone who doesn't even particularly like Evander Kane. If you want to drop the mitts and start swinging with an exponentially more talented player just to prove your place then you better make sure you connect well enough for the message to get through his admittedly thick skull. Either that, or he has every right to give a middle finger to personality-less political correctness by not showing you an ounce of respect as the type of player whose best skill is supposed to be in pounding it out of opponents.
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