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Originally Posted by activeStick
Yeah, the race thing was weird for the writer to bring up. Not denying that more can and should be done around making hockey truly accessible to all communities, but fans and the media aren't defaulting to some racist lens through which they observed Kane. There was once another guy who looked similar to Kane in Iginla and is one of the most popular Canadian hockey players ever among fans and media across North America and still consistently gets a ton of love, admiration and respect whenever his name comes up in conversations.
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Not one of the top 100 players, though.
Iginla was also just about as perfect as can be. I don’t think “look how Iginla acted, just be like him!” is a necessarily fair bar for most average players to reach. Very few do in general.