- Editor's note: Sheng Peng will be a regular contributor to NBC Sports California's Sharks coverage for the 2021-22 season. You can read more of his coverage on San Jose Hockey Now, listen to him on the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast, and follow him on Twitter at @Sheng_Peng.
Evander Kane had a personal message for me, when I asked him why things didn’t work out with the San Jose Sharks.
“We’ve continued to beat this dead horse over and over and over again. You seem to continue to want to talk about it over and over again, I’m not even part of the team anymore. You probably write more articles about me than you write about anybody else on the team,” Kane said on the eve of his first game at SAP Center since he signed with the Edmonton Oilers last month. “So I don’t know. I’m not going to get into that. I’m here to play hockey, and you’ll continue to make those judgments and write reports.”
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For what it’s worth, I’ve never asked Evander Kane that question, and the last time I think he was asked, this was what he said to Oilers media two weeks ago: “There’s certain things that have happened, the majority of them outside of hockey, that have obviously been well-documented whether they’re accurate or inaccurate. For me, like I said, I take responsibility for things that I’ve done wrong but I’m definitely not going to take responsibility for things I haven’t done.”