Comments on: Winnipeg Jets Morning Papers http://illegalcurve.com/2012/12/20/winnipeg-jets-morning-papers-508/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=winnipeg-jets-morning-papers-508 The Illegal Curve Hockey Show provides the most comprehensive coverage of the hockey world. 9AM CST Saturdays on Sports Radio 1290 Winnipeg. Podcast available after on iTunes. Tue, 21 May 2013 15:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: David Minuk http://illegalcurve.com/2012/12/20/winnipeg-jets-morning-papers-508/comment-page-1/#comment-9834 David Minuk Wed, 26 Dec 2012 05:34:00 +0000 http://illegalcurve.com/?p=50731#comment-9834 Some good points Jay. This would likely have been a non-story if NHL hockey was being played but with fans starved for hockey, attention fastens onto anything hockey related. Perhaps it gets magnified more than it should but once Kane is back on the ice, fans will quickly forget this incident.

And of course not all fans reacted negatively to the picture. Usually the most vocal are the ones who will speak out but that doesn’t indicate that they represent the majority.

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]]> By: Jay Steyer http://illegalcurve.com/2012/12/20/winnipeg-jets-morning-papers-508/comment-page-1/#comment-9831 Jay Steyer Mon, 24 Dec 2012 06:49:00 +0000 http://illegalcurve.com/?p=50731#comment-9831 I don’t get the Kane backlash. Did anyone ever think that maybe Kane WON the money he was holding up? If I had won that much, I sure as hell would be taking a picture. All these people that are outraged by this photo need to get a grip. The kid is 21 years old. If taking a picture with a bunch of cash is the worst thing he’s done, then he’s not doing too bad. God knows at 21, I WISH that was the worst anyone could say I had done. I live in Georgia, so I haven’t read a lot of Gary Lawless’ articles, but if this guy thinks the Jets are going to trade a 21 year old 30 goal scorer, he’s out of his friggin mind. Who exactly are the Jets going to replace Kane with? For the Jets to get someone of Kane’s ability they would have to pay through the nose. Winnipeg isn’t exactly at the top of most free agents lists. Winnipeg is the type of place that will get the over the hill veteran free agent(such as Jokinen) who will sign a one, maybe two year deal on the cheap looking for a rebound season or a second chance, or they will get a decent free agent but will have to overpay(like the Thrashers did with Hainsey and Antropov), which the Jets ownership up to this point doesn’t seem keen on doing. Kane is going to be in Winnipeg as long as he wants to be. I sometimes wonder if the Winnipeg fans and media are their own worst enemy. I was a Thrashers season ticket holder and not once did we ever hear of Kane being a problem with management or around town. The Canadian fans/media seem to have a TMZish thirst for news on their hockey players in places like Toronto, Montreal, and Winnipeg. From the outside looking in, it seems like the fans/media are wanting to dislike Kane for things that, from what I understand, are false, or in the case of this picture, overblown. For fans in Winnipeg, you’re getting hockey back if not this season, then next. Enjoy watching a kid as talented as Evander Kane. Enjoy watching him mature into a superstar that you can call your own. As a now former Thrashers fan, I wish I could do the same.

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