NHL Investigating Evander Kane After Jilted Wife Claims He Bet On His Own Games

The NHL is sounding into claims San Jose Sharks forrad Evander Kane wagered on his possess games after his wife, Anna, levied the accusations on Instagram earlier today.

In response to what appears to follow a asking from the NHL player to his married woman to organize visitation with their daughter and to enquire her to vacate a property, Anna took to Instagram claiming her husband suffers from a gambling habituation and that he wager on games in which he participated.

Drafted inwards 2009, the Canadian River born player started his life history with the capital of Georgia Thrashers, the dealership that later became the Lake Winnipeg Jets. He was traded to San Jose inwards 2018. Anna’s social media posts don’t define when her hubby bet on games.

“How does the NHL net ball a determined play nut ease drama when he’s plain throwing games to win money? Hmm maybe someone needs to computer address this,” she said inward single post.

She followed that upwards with “Can someone require (NHL commissioner) Gary Bettman how they let a player adventure on his possess games? Bet and win with bookies on his own games?”

There is some rattling serious accusations beingness made past Evander Kane’s wife saying that Evander is play on his own games #SJSharks pic.twitter.com/D63zufsdI1

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NHL, Sharks Respond

The NHL and the Sharks apace issued statements following Anna’s Instragram posts.

The League was made aware this eventide of a post on societal media alleging that San Jose Sharks Player Evander Kane bet on NHL games,” according to a statement. “The unity of our gritty is paramount and the League takes these allegations real seriously. We designate to carry on a full investigating and will have got no further comment at this time.”

This isn’t Kane’s first off run-in with gambling-related issues. Earlier this year, he filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. At that time, courtroom documents revealed he’s $26.8 trillion in debt and that he lost $1.5 zillion in the month leading up to the filing.

The bankruptcy filing came simply years after a Everglade State camber sued Kane for $8.3 billion after the player defaulted on a loan secured past his contract.

In May, he was impinge on with another $15 one thousand thousand suit after another cant made similar claims. All told, his bankruptcy filing indicates nearly 50 creditors are pursuing him despite his $7 one thousand thousand yearly salary.

“The Sharks have got been inwards impinging today with the (NHL) well-nigh the serious allegations made against Evander Kane. We keep a full and transparent investigation into the situation to maintain the integrity of the gamey and body with our team up values,” according to a statement issued by the team.

Sordid History

In 2019, Kane was sued by the Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip over $500,000 in volunteer(a) markers. But that judicial proceeding was dismissed the followers yr — presumably because he paid the tab.

If his wife’s allegations are proven accurate, Kane’s situation hearkens back up to perhaps the to the highest degree famous representative of an athlete betting on games in which he participated — Pete Rose. The all-time hits leader in John Roy Major League Baseball (MLB) is banished from the spirited and the Charles Francis Hall of Fame because he wager on games in which he played and managed, though he denied that claim in his 2004 book.

It isn’t yet all the way if Kane would human face such abrasive penalization if the accusations are true.

The NHL is the to the lowest degree wagered-on of the Little Joe major domesticated leagues — NFL, NBA and MLB are the others — and the conference is notoriously tight-fisted when it comes to hurt selective information and goalie assignments, making lifespan firmly on sportsbook operators and bettors alike.

The league’s reputation for silence on those fronts would, however, high spot potentiality advantages for Kane, assuming it’s straight that he wagered on games inwards which he played.