Bankrupt Gambler. Vaccine Card Forger. NHL Superstar.
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🗓️ 9 February 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Evander Kane is a complicated person. The NHL veteran has been a force within the league ever since he was drafted #4 overall back in 2009. He's known for doing community work, he co-founded the Hockey Diversity Alliance, and he has been one of the NHL's most vocal players when it comes to issues of race and racism. But then, there are the controversies. Massive debts and bankruptcy. Multiple accusations of domestic violence and sexual assault. A long suspension over a faked vaccination card. And reports that he is a toxic presence in the locker room. So why did the Edmonton Oilers, who have arguably the two best players in the world, sign him? And how is this experiment likely to end? The Athletic's Daniel Nugent-Bowman joins us to discuss.
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| 0:07.0 | Hi there, Wondry listeners. Hannah and Sruti here from TrueCram Podcast Redhanded. |
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| 0:46.0 | Just a heads up that this episode contains some graphic descriptions of violence. |
| 0:58.0 | For years, Evander Cain has shown that he can be one of the very best players in the NHL. |
| 1:04.0 | He sets you scores! Evander Cain right out of the penalty box right into the net. |
| 1:12.0 | For years, trouble has also popped up all around him. |
| 1:17.0 | An NHL player is denying accusations that he has gambled on his own games. |
| 1:22.0 | A wife of San Jose Sharks Evander Cain made the accusations against him on Instagram yesterday. |
| 1:28.0 | This morning we're learning San Jose Sharks player Evander Cain is under investigation |
| 1:32.0 | accused of submitting a fake COVID vaccination card to the team. |
| 1:36.0 | Sources confirm police are investigating Buffalo Saber Evander Cain. Sources tell News 4 Cain is accused of an alleged sexual offense. |
| 1:45.0 | Today the athletics Daniel Nujin Bowman on the stunning series of scandals around one of hockey's brightest stars |
| 1:51.0 | and why the Edmonton Oilers are giving him another chance. |
| 1:54.0 | I think this is a very critical year for the Oilers were in the primes of Phonomic David and the Andrai Settles careers. |
| 1:59.0 | Missing a blasters arm and option plus whether the Cain experiment is more likely to end in disaster |
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