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 Kr55
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Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
6 Cups
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| welcometotheOC wrote on Tue, 12 March 2024 20:33 |
Well, to be fair - in Kane's case there is the matter of a very serious, potentially life threatening injury (at the occurrence at least) followed by a long, not necessarily linear recovery and strength progression. That also coincides with that dip in the graphic. Not to say there are no issues, but given what occurred, I think he has done reasonably well.
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I honestly am not trying to kick a guy while he was down because of injury. IMO the Kane we got in 21/22 has never returned. It seems so long ago now, but I think ppl forget how hard he played that year for us. He was not at all the same player to start 22/23. The injury obviously screwed his season up even more, but that doesn't excuse the constant lackadaisical play on our side of the red line, and long periods of invisibility.
His shooting % is right back to his career average, so hopefully his wrist is not too bad anymore. The rib injury, that was bad, and he probably would have been far better off last year if we had the balls to pull a Vegas and keep him out until playoffs. He definitely was not 100% for much of the end of last season, rushing him back was a mistake.
Guy has an unfortunate history with long term deals. I hope for the best, but if he does end up getting moved and we find out he fell out of favour with his teammates, again, I wouldn't be surprised.
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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