Evander Kane broke his silence Monday night, and the San Jose Sharks rumors are exactly why.
Kane still hasn't signed anywhere this offseason, and the noise around his name has only grown louder in recent days.
It started with a tweet from his former teammate Kurtis Gabriel.
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Kane's answer landed at 7:14 PM Monday, and it wasn't subtle at all.
"I can't wait for the day I decide to share my truths. The only difference? Mine will come with facts, receipts, and the actual truth," Kane wrote.
He didn't stop there, either.
Kane added a line aimed squarely at anyone who's spoken publicly about him recently, saying too many people have gotten comfortable while he stayed silent.
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Kurtis Gabriel details the exact moments Kane's warning targets
Kane never named a source directly, and he didn't need to. Anyone following the story connected the dots within minutes.
For a guy still hunting his next contract, picking a fight over old locker room grievances is a strange hill to stand on.
Teams already weighing whether to call Kane's camp now have this exchange sitting next to everything else in the file.
Then Tuesday morning, the specifics Kane's warning was clearly aimed at started spreading fast.
Former Sharks forward Kurtis Gabriel told PuckEmpire that Kane was constantly getting "ripped by everyone" on the team over his gambling issues.
Gabriel says Kane got so frustrated one time that he buzzsawed Tomas Hertl and Erik Karlsson's sticks before a game.
He claims Kane then hid from the team entirely, eating a Domino's pizza instead of preparing, before barely competing on his first shift as a protest.
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None of that is confirmed by Kane. But it's exactly the kind of story he warned was coming his way, just from the other side of the fight.
Do you believe Kurtis Gabriel's story about Evander Kane's Sharks meltdown?
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