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I believe today is the official start of maple leaf joke season.

If chimes in and tells us the leafs are making the playoffs this year will know for sure

Rounder

Pat Kane saga is getting interesting.

Yumcha

Would not be surprised if he gets traded...

black label

He is dumb, he is so dumb, fo' real. And you can run and tell that, homeboy.

Yumcha

Yup. Even if he's proven innocent, I have to wonder if Chicago will keep him...similar to Boston with Seguin -- who was guilty of way less silliness -- it's very possible the Hawks will send Kane somewhere if he's not going to comply with the team's principles and expected behavior.


The League should suspend him until the case is settled as they did with Moog's beloved Slapya Titsov.

97BlackAckCL

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imj0257

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What's the update on the Kane thing?

Yumcha

Nothing.

But, the Sun-Times had an article about how teams have called inquiring about his availability...There's also some in the press that are advocating the Hawks move him given the distractions he's bringing to the club with the case.




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srika

rumor mill.................

he was traded.

97BlackAckCL

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^That's interesting considering he has a no move clause

Yumcha

I heard from a goot source that Kane was traded for a bagful of Brady's destroyed phones and deflated balls. Yup.

srika

maybe there is a special rape exclusion

Yumcha

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement to have Slapya Titsoff at an immigration hearing...ruh oh.

Joneill44

Why would any team trade for Kane? He's obviously top 5 talent put it would be a pr nightmare. And worse case he ends up getting charged you'll lose all your trade pieces for nothing

black label

Your information sucks. It was Luongo who was traded to NE to make sure Brady's balls are, as always, properly pumped.

It cost 2 handguns Hernandez asked Kraft to "hold" for him

Yumcha

I would suspect the trade proposals, if any, are all contingent on him being cleared. No one is trading for Kane NOW.

The question is when this case is cleared and IF Kane is not charged, IF the Hawks will trade him. There are 2 camps: those who believe the Hawks brass, rightfully so, are past their limit with his stupidity because his shenanigans in 2012 was already strike 3 and before he signed his new contract that is about to kick in, he had sworn to clean up his act...obviously, regardless of rape or not, he relapsed because he again, has put himself into an idiot's corner.

There is the other camp, if Kane is cleared, well, moving his salary is one challenge and can the Hawks even get anything remotely close in fair value? History says no. Look at most of the trades of star players (i.e. Seguin and etc.), the former team always does not come out ahead.

Anyhow, this will be interesting. I am not against Kane being traded because frankly, he does not show signs of ever growing up and being a professional and well, his off-ice actions are embarrassing to the franchise.

dom

There's no joking about the off season they just had. Will it mean playoff's? Of course not this season. But it does mean Lord Stanley won't have the leave the city in a few years.

e30cabrio

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Jeepers what madman saw this coming?

e30cabrio

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Looks like more than a meet:
https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nh...233407035.html

Slava Voynov’s North American hockey career appears to be in jeopardy.

The Los Angeles Kings defenseman was taken into custody Wednesday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement according to the Los Angeles Times.

The Russian born Voynov had been serving jail time in Seal Beach Police Detention Center since July 7. He pled no contest to misdemeanor “corporal injury to a spouse” on July 2.

After Voynov's release in Seal Beach, ICE took him into custody and is holding the Russian citizen at an unspecified detention facility pending a hearing by an immigration judge, an agency spokeswoman said Thursday.

Because of the violent nature of Voynov's legal entanglement — which brought him to the attention of ICE in the first place — the agency didn't set a bond.

Initially, Voynov was charged with felony of “corporal injury to spouse with great bodily injury for his part in a late October altercation with his wife.

Voynov got 90 days in jail and three years probation as part of the plea.

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According to trial testimony, Voynov caused a laceration over his wife’s left eye and red marks on her neck. It was also said that he pushed her to the ground multiple times, kicked her and choked her three times.

Voynov has been suspended with pay by the NHL since the initial arrest. His salary cap hit is for $4.167 million which currently doesn’t count against LA’s cap. Voynov is also suspended by the Kings for suffering a torn Achilles during a recreational activity.

Yumcha

At the rate hockey is going with these off-ice incidents, we may as well mix them in with the NFL and NBA. Thug life foh life yo.

e30cabrio

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Yaaa we have a guy that roots against his team & admits it in public. (not sure which is dumber)

Antti Raanta rooted for Blackhawks playoff loss, ‘pissed off’ about treatment

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nh...m_campaign=nhl

As the Chicago Blackhawks ascended to the Stanley Cup, goalie Antti Raanta was dropped down the depth chart. The goalie had been seen as a potential challenger to Corey Crawford’s status as a starter; instead, he was practicing with the Black Aces, as journeyman sensation Scott Darling had won the backup job.

Naturally, this didn’t sit well with Raanta, and he spoke about it to Finnish paper Satakunnan Kansa with stunning candor: The Chicago Blackhawks goalie was rooting against the Chicago Blackhawks in the playoffs.

From reader Ju Pa, via Iltasanomat.fi (currently down):

“I was really hoping Nashville would beat us in four games and I could get back to Finland. I was [so pissed off] about how Chicago was treating me.”

According to Raanta, Blackhawks were suffering of weak team spirit and head coach Joel Quenneville didn't seem to like him.

“I noticed that coach didn't like me, in that position it is pretty difficult to fight the windmills,” Raanta said

Raanta played 25 gamed for Chicago in 2013-14, posting an .897 save percentage. He played 14 in 2014-15, with a .936 save percentage. But he lost the backup gig to Darling and didn’t see any postseason action. Raanta was traded to the New York Rangers in June for forward Ryan Haggerty.

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As Vesa Rantanen writes on Tuesday, this is an oddly harsh, even for a Finnish goalie, as Finnish goalies make other goalies look nutty, which as you know is a real talent.

At least Raanta stuck to his guns and didn't, like, party with the Stanley Cup back in Finland after rooting for the Blackhawks to lose in the Nashville Predators in four games, making him a total hypocrite.

Yumcha

^

Yeah, read that...not sure if it's true or not since it's been denied and refuted now. But, if yes, well, he's now no longer Chicago's problem.

Yumcha

From here: Patrick Kane investigation to be presented to grand jury, report says

dom

Where's the 2015/16 Season News and Discussion Thread?

Yumcha

It's there...but, the title is tricky. Look for the 2015 Thuggery and Rape Thread.

dom

Isn't that thread specific to Chicago Sports?

Yumcha

Correct. And LA. Let's not forget that. West Coast thuggery is more into the drug-smuggling and spousal abuse.

Central-Coast is all about the rapeage.

dom

Not every organization can be as classy and perfect as MLSE.

Yumcha

True. I've taken up to following curling even more closely.

No thuggery, beatings, raping, and drug smuggling that I can think of. And no one is deflating rocks or attempting to cheat like those awesome Patriots!

black label

I thought rob ford got caught smuggling crack in hollowed out curling rocks?

dom

I'm hoping and praying Trump wins the Presidential Election. You thought the Rob Ford era was comical...

's revenge.

black label

He's gonna build a giant wall on the border to keep you murdering rapist drug dealers in your own damn country.

dom

He'll only need to build the wall on the Alberta border. All the crazies in Canada live there.

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Yumcha

I'll have you all know, I've moved to Quebec to be with them Frenchies.

Joneill44

Kane grand jury postponed, sources say - BN Hockey

Looks like Kane preparing for some hush money

Yumcha

Kaner also needs to prep for some intelligence/common-sense money.

Although, not sure if getting a clue can be bought...

dom

So since Kane is essestislly admitting his guilt, how many games suspension will you be asking for Yumchah, and how many posts on the subject? I expect nothing less that what you've done with Brady and the Pats.

Fibonacci

Indeed, the organeyezashun needs just a few more cooks in the kitchen to find the magic recipe for the hockey greatness.

Fibonacci

I heard a rumor from a very well connected source that as of late last week the alleged victim already turned down a $3 million settlement. This probably doesn't go away for anything less than $10 and he can likely say sayonara to the NHL. What an