[Wastedyouth]

Maybe because I am more sensitive with the times. But man if there isn't some veiled/subtle/unconcious racism going on in some of these comments in this thread.

Would you guys be making similar comments if this player was say, a white guy with a drug or alcohol addiction?

Gambling addictions are no joke. Regardless of what you think of the player on the ice, this is still a guy who is struggling off the ice.

Some of the comments on here are downright ignorant.

People need to listen again, and many times, to the stories of Akim, Evander, Dumba, Iginla, et al, and the #### they went through growing up in hockey, their home lives, and realize that the sterilized version you think you know about them isn't who they are and what they've had to deal with.

Have a little compassion. Maybe the same compassion a few of you seem to have for Jack Johnson, a white guy. There is very little information about what is going on with Kane, but there is a lot of terrible conclusion jumping going on in this kinda gross thread.