Sharks coach reportedly tried to fight Evander Kane in team locker room

In case you missed it, there are multiple insider reports online today that Evander Kane will indeed join the Edmonton Oilers. While the deal won't be official until tomorrow, multiple NHL insiders have reported that Kane has indeed agreed to a prorated $2 million annual deal for one year.

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These reports all came out prior to the NHL concluded its investigation that Kane allegedly violated the league's COVID-19 protocol for the second time this season. However, the NHL just issued its ruling stating essentially that did nothing wrong and will face no punishment.

Now Kane is doing damage control ahead of officially joining the Oilers and sat down with TSN's Kayla Grey for an exclusive interview in which he clears up exactly what happened that ended his time with the San Jose Sharks.

In this wide ranging interview Kane admits to making several mistakes over the years and also addresses many of the rumors that have followed him around this season specifically. Unfortunately, he doesn't really offer up as much insight into what happened behind the scenes as most hockey fans would like. Frankly, he kinda of plays the "I can't comment on that" card a bit much.

One interesting bit that stood out to me though was when Kane told a story of how one of the Sharks' assistant coach's challenged him to a fight last season.

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"We were in a powerplay meeting just giving our opinions on what we can do better. I gave my opinion and I think our assistant coach maybe didn't agree with it. The meeting was over... and he comes back into the locker room with his shirt off, flexing and kind of being all hyped and whatnot and challenging me to a fight. So it was... interesting. I actually didn't respond, some of the guys were laughing and thought it was funny. I thought he was joking to be honest but... I left the rink."

- Evander Kane

I'm guessing there's more to this story than Kane lets on...

I mean... what did he say that sent this coach over the edge? Chances are it wasn't a polite disagreement that the coach blew out of proportion. Oh... and if you're wondering who the Sharks' assistant coaches were last season look no further than former NHL tough guy Rocky Thompson and Stanley Cup champion John Madden. While Kane may be 15 years younger than Thompson, I would 100% put my money on Rocky winning that fight every day of the week.

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