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San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane has gone public about accusations against him that he gambled on NHL games. The forward appeared on ESPN's Outside The Lines, where he expressed his belief that he will be cleared during the NHL's investigation of those accusations.
Kane told ESPN's Linda Cohn on Outside The Lines that "Obviously the accusations are incredibly false. It's unfortunate that transpired, and it's unfortunate that those false allegations were made. I understood the magnitude of them immediately. I know they're not true. I know none of what she was saying was true. I was very confident, comfortable with knowing that I was going to be exonerated and am going to be exonerated of those allegations."
The accusations were first levied by Kane's wife Anna, on Instagram in July. At the time, Kane immediately denied them, as he still does now, and the NHL announced an investigation will take place effective immediately, which they hope to wrap up before training camp starts, which is imminent.
Despite being steadfast about his response that he never placed a bet on an NHL game in his life, Kane did admit to Cohn that he did have a gambling problem, which led to him filing for bankruptcy earlier this year. He played the entirety of this past season after filing for bankruptcy.
Kane said to Cohn in the interview that "When you have a problem, sometimes you can't control your decision-making at that time. I think that was an example of my problem getting the better of me. I had a gambling problem. And when you have a gambling problem, just like a drinking problem or a drug problem, sometimes you can't control your actions."
Kane's contract with the Sharks has 4 more years and $28 million left, with a $7 million AAV. There is a modified no trade clause that allows Kane to be traded to 3 teams of his choosing, with reports surfacing that the Sharks having attempted to trade Kane this offseason, with no success so far.
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