Kane arrested for cab driver run-in
by James Mirtle on Aug 9, 2009 2:31 PM CDT
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Fighting over money is common -- but does $0.20 even count as money?
Two dimes (or four nickels) was allegedly the cause of a fight between NHL star Patrick Kane and a cab driver in Buffalo, NY. According to the Buffalo News, Kane (along with his cousin) were arrested after they allegedly roughed up a cab driver who couldn't give them the required change.
I think that's the first time I've been to the TMZ website.
Well, this Kane story isn't likely to go away any time soon, as we're in the dog days and when something happens — remember Stefan Legein's "retirement?" — it'll get more than its fair share of play. I'm not sure what else there is to be said, other than I'm surprised it's him, but I'll let you guys take it away in the comments.
Over on the Calgary Puck boards, they're already calling him "20 Cent."
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Innocent until proven guilty, of course, but damn this is more bad news the Hawks did not need. What an awful off-season for them.
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by Resolute on Aug 9, 2009 2:37 PM CDT reply actions 12 recs
That is probably the funniest thing I’ve seen all weekend.
by GoWild on Aug 9, 2009 2:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
20 Cent.... AKA Dime Pair Patrick
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by John Fontana on Aug 9, 2009 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
During my days as a waiter I discovered the richest people are usually the cheapest.
I also wouldn’t be surprised if alcohol were a factor also.
by Jo4nny on Aug 9, 2009 2:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I know he’s underage, but that almost seems to go without saying.
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by James Mirtle on Aug 9, 2009 2:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
for those not familiar with buffalo “getting a ride from Chippewa Street” pretty much makes the assumption that they are drunk…
by Ebscer on Aug 9, 2009 6:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not to mention that there’s more underagers on Chippewa than people who are of age…..
by Afino on Aug 9, 2009 6:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, no kidding. Stories like this I always check at the end for the nearly inevitable “participants had been drinking” or “alcohol is believed to be a factor.”
I wonder if the richer people are more likely to be cheapskates because they don’t recall what it is like to have a job like that themselves, and how important tips are. If you have more empathy with a waiter or maid or someone like that, you might be more likely to tip generously because you remember how much you appreciated generous tips.
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by Baroque on Aug 9, 2009 2:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Somewhere, “Dollar” Bill Wirtz is smiling.
by mc keeper on Aug 9, 2009 2:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
“20 Cent”…awesome. Great nicknames are sorely lacking in hockey these days.
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by self loather on Aug 9, 2009 2:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Being a cab driver is dangerous enough without douchebag rich kids punching you in the head over chump change. What a dick if this story is accurate.
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by saskhab on Aug 9, 2009 3:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Suddenly, this offseason has taken a turn for the better.
I've seen enough to know that I've seen too much.
by Smoboy41 on Aug 9, 2009 3:46 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Nice to know I’m a better tipper than this jerk …
by Max Currie on Aug 9, 2009 3:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Just a warm-up for fun stuff with the US Olympic Team.
by skatehack on Aug 9, 2009 4:41 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Hotels of Vancouver, bolt down your furniture.
I've seen enough to know that I've seen too much.
by Smoboy41 on Aug 9, 2009 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Not to worry – he’ll probably just rummage for loose change under the cushions.
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by Baroque on Aug 9, 2009 7:56 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Next year?
Our cap troubles may just have become one-third less troublesome. If you’re stupid off the ice, eventually you’re stupid on the ice; a player’s brains always ultimately affects what the hands can do.
by ChicoMaki on Aug 9, 2009 6:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The EA Curse works in mysterious ways. Think they’ll pull his cover shot like they did with Heatley? Not as bad, obviously, but still terrible press.
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by saskhab on Aug 9, 2009 6:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I hope so. I hope he gets slammed in every possible way.
by ChicoMaki on Aug 9, 2009 6:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
According to the cabbie, Kane pulled out the classic “Don’t you know who I am?” line:
by Resolute on Aug 9, 2009 6:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
You’re only indignant because you don’t know who he is.
by ChicoMaki on Aug 9, 2009 6:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s really sad that the bar for busting out “Don’t you know who I am?” has sunk this low.
Sheesh, kids these days…
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by Dominik on Aug 10, 2009 10:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Frank D put this link up in the comments at Second City Hockey. Doesn’t look like they ship to Canada, sadly.
by Robert Cleave on Aug 9, 2009 7:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Perhaps $13.80 would be a more appropriate charge….
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by WpgMikos on Aug 9, 2009 8:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No exact change, though.
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by self loather on Aug 9, 2009 9:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Taco Bell are kicking themselves for not using Kane for that 89 cent burrito promotion.
by Arenacale on Aug 9, 2009 7:37 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
They should suspend him.....
to the harshest punishment possible. The NHL needs to set the ground for what is acceptable and unacceptable. The NHL needs to take a page from Roger Goodell and law down the law.
by docescobar07 on Aug 9, 2009 7:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I’m beginning to think that may be what happens here. We still need more details, and he is innocent until proven guilty. The cab driver interview is disturbing, however.
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by James Mirtle on Aug 9, 2009 7:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you do that here, then you really have to give Burrows a similar suspension.
On the bright side, no NHL player has shot himself with his unlicensed gun in a busy club yet.
by Resolute on Aug 9, 2009 7:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
How are these two incidents even remotely similar?
I've seen enough to know that I've seen too much.
by Smoboy41 on Aug 9, 2009 8:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Burrows may be charged with assault, I believe…
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by Karina on Aug 9, 2009 8:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s fine and dandy, but what’s the “harshest punishment possible”?
I didn’t see anything in the CBA about this except for merely the commish can punish players for off-ice behaviour (see the Mark Bell situation).
by Afino on Aug 9, 2009 8:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Too much fame combined with not enough maturity. Who’s really surprised? Twenty years old is still a pretty stupid time for normal folks. He took it to a new (low) level. (ya I know – innocent until ….etc.).
His punishment will likely be in the form of lost sponsorships as it should be. He is the wrong role model now.
by hockeycountry on Aug 9, 2009 8:17 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow, talk about a WTF moment.
He goes from a likeable kid from a solid family with ridiculous hockey skills, to (allegedly of course) an underage-drinking idiot with self-entitlement and violence issues.
The capacity of human stupidity never fails to amaze me.
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by stucky on Aug 9, 2009 9:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Not to defend what he did in any way,
because he still needs to take the heat for it, but I’m not sure that the two are mutually exclusive.
A week or two in jail, come community service and some heavy fines (funding and helping coach a league for underprivileged kids for a season springs to mind) may be appropriate to remind him, but I dare say most of us did dumb stuff when we were that age. He just needs a cuff to the back of the head to clear his thinking.
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by Hopfenkopf on Aug 9, 2009 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You can’t seriously believe Kane’s going to spend a minute in jail, do you?
I've seen enough to know that I've seen too much.
by Smoboy41 on Aug 9, 2009 9:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nah, I said that’s what would do him good, not what I expect to happen.
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by Hopfenkopf on Aug 10, 2009 12:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
See, this is what we need more of. Avs fans and ’Nucks fans, united against the scourge that is the Black Hawks.
I've seen enough to know that I've seen too much.
by Smoboy41 on Aug 10, 2009 12:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Someone needs to call Gordon Bombay to defend Kane.
by krcampbell on Aug 10, 2009 8:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
funding and helping coach a league for underprivileged kids for a season springs to mind
I thought Emilio Estevez already did that?
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by hawksfan21 on Aug 12, 2009 12:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kane has “handlers” and others who advise him. He makes more money than most people at any age from playing a game…. I didn’t do this kind of dumb stuff when I was his age so don’t pass this off as boys will be boys… It’s what you do when you think people aren’t watching that reveals your character, your integrity.
by observr on Aug 9, 2009 9:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I was reading on Inside College Hockey (or maybe it was listening to their podcast, can’t remember) and one of their writers, James V. Dowd, was saying that Kane had been getting a big head or an inflated sense of worth over the past year. I didn’t really believe it cause of all the great stuff that was posted everywhere about he and Toews being such good guys, but I guess it was at least partially true.
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by fetch9 on Aug 9, 2009 11:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Look at it this way
He’s ready for the Olympics in Vancouver now. Team USA 1998 approves of his cabbie-handling ways although they’re disappointed he wasn’t able to make this situation unfold in an olympic village or hotel.
by HockeyJoe on Aug 10, 2009 12:10 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
I sense a series of public speaking engagements in Patrick Kane’s future. “Remember kids, if your drunk and rich at five am hire a limo so your not tempted to punch a cabbie”
by ChrisBat on Aug 10, 2009 1:10 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
"Remember kids, if your drunk and rich at five am hire a limo so your not tempted to punch a cabbie"
Patrick Kane has yet to receive the fax of such heady advice.
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by bkblades on Aug 10, 2009 1:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
On the bright side, no one can say Kane’s a two bit choker; reportedly, he’ll do it for twenty cents.
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