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Calgary4LIfe · 10-27-2015, 01:23 AM

I really dislike Evander.

I see a young punk. I don't see a young black punk. I just see a young punk.

I used to love Big Buff too, and now I don't. It isn't because I suddenly discovered he was black. I just see him running guys a bit too often at times.

Nobody that I can think of has experienced more adversity in the NHL recently than Simmonds. Who doesn't love that guy and respect the player that he is right now?

I get that perhaps it has come up a few times in the NHL. It more than likely came up a LOT on his way to the NHL - and that is something that I hope doesn't happen for other young visible-minorities - but the same thing has happened with Iginla, Fuhr, Subban, etc., and they are all pretty much universally loved (or were at one time or another).

I used to HATE Subban because I thought he was a young punk. I never saw him as a young black punk. I hated him because he was a punk who I thought looked at himself as bigger than the game and had no respect out there. After getting to know him (in that manner of speaking anyways) through his various interviews and media availabilities, I look at him as a really great human being. I don't look at him as a really great black human being. Just a human being.

That is just me though. But I hate Evander Kane because Evander seems so full of himself, and if he doesn't get the accolades he thinks he deserves (for being mediocre) than he pulls out a race card? Makes me dislike him more.

10-27-2015, 01:23 AM	#42
Calgary4LIfe Franchise Player Join Date: Jun 2010 Exp:	I really dislike Evander. I see a young punk. I don't see a young black punk. I just see a young punk. I used to love Big Buff too, and now I don't. It isn't because I suddenly discovered he was black. I just see him running guys a bit too often at times. Nobody that I can think of has experienced more adversity in the NHL recently than Simmonds. Who doesn't love that guy and respect the player that he is right now? I get that perhaps it has come up a few times in the NHL. It more than likely came up a LOT on his way to the NHL - and that is something that I hope doesn't happen for other young visible-minorities - but the same thing has happened with Iginla, Fuhr, Subban, etc., and they are all pretty much universally loved (or were at one time or another). I used to HATE Subban because I thought he was a young punk. I never saw him as a young black punk. I hated him because he was a punk who I thought looked at himself as bigger than the game and had no respect out there. After getting to know him (in that manner of speaking anyways) through his various interviews and media availabilities, I look at him as a really great human being. I don't look at him as a really great black human being. Just a human being. That is just me though. But I hate Evander Kane because Evander seems so full of himself, and if he doesn't get the accolades he thinks he deserves (for being mediocre) than he pulls out a race card? Makes me dislike him more.