The Chicago Blackhawks should be so proud of how Patrick Kane has grown up over the years. He has truly developed into a great leader for this franchise.
The Chicago Blackhawks owned the National Hockey League for about eight years. It was a lot of fun to watch the growth and development of all their star players which allowed them to win a boatload of hockey games. In particular, Patrick Kane developed into one of the greatest players who ever played. It was a bumpy ride off the ice at first but he has developed in that area of his career as well and it has been wonderful to see.
There was the Cinco de Mayo pictures, the cab driver, and alligations against him early on that made people wonder about his character but it has all turned out well for Kane. He is a tremendous leader on the ice and off the ice which makes him an even more valuable asset to the organization. He is the face of the franchise and he is going to be for a long time still. There might be a time in the past where nobody ever would have thought that Kane deserves an “A” on his sweater at all but here we are.
He has 1022 points in 973 games played for the Hawks and is on his way to being known as the all-time greatest Blackhawks player. He is also headed towards being known as the greatest American born player in the history of the sport. All of that is fine and dandy but his character off the ice is important too and that has really come a long way from where he once was.
Kane recently appeared on ESPN’s “The Return of Sports” special version of SportsCenter. He just speaks so eloquently now and is a great representative of the Chicago Blackhawks and National Hockey League as a whole. He talked about getting back to playing hockey and how he is a guy that needs to be skating regularly and working on his craft in order to be ready. It makes complete sense that Patrick Kane is addicted to practicing hockey because of how good he is.
At this point in 2020, it is fair to go into the playoffs (whenever they happen) with a bit of confidence that the Hawks will be able to at least make it interesting. That is because of the fact that Patrick Kane is there with some other experienced veterans like Jonathan Toews and Duncan Keith to lead the way.