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A Test For Kane
by Paul on 10/06/09 at 01:00 PM ET
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from Steve Rosenbloom of RosenBlog at the Chicago Tribune,
Patrick Kane has been getting time on the penalty-killing unit. Yes, the most offensively magical Blackhawk is hopping over the boards on the most thankless unit.
What gives?
Here’s what gives: This is Kane’s career at a crossroads.
I don’t care if it’s early in the professional life for the kid who’s still not old enough to drink (even if he’s old enough to allegedly beat up a senior cabbie). And I don’t care if Hawks coach Joel Quenneville is underplaying the move by saying it’s just a “way of getting him a little bit more ice time in the course of games.’’ This is a career-defining opportunity that Kane needs to master. Adult skate, kid.
At least, it has been that way with players Kane grew up watching, if not idolizing: Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Steve Yzerman, Mike Modano and Joe Sakic. The greatest offensive forces took shifts on the most defensive unit.
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Yup! All true. Otherwise, he’d just be a designated hitter…
Posted by Laydownthelaw from Gatineau on 10/06/09 at 04:29 PM ET
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Good for Kane. The real leaders, those who are most valuable to their team and those who understand what it’s like to play selflessly instead of the opposite? They play on the PK.
Posted by IwoCPO from Washington, DC on 10/06/09 at 12:19 PM ET