[Willie] Mitchell may have given the Hawks some bulletin board material when he dissed Kane, who scored two goals in Thursday night's 5-3 Vancouver win.
"He was Johnny on the spot," Mitchell said of Kane, a 70-point player for the Hawks in the regular season.
"That's his thing, he got a gift on a turnover on one in front of the net and the other one was just a power play and it was kind of a rebound that went right to him. That's kind of his game, he's kind of like [Sidney] Crosby that way. Crosby will stand off to the side of the net and not really be involved in things and get a lucky rebound and put it in the net. He kind of has that puck luck.
"Like I said, I think he got a gift on both goals and he was really quiet, I thought, and for the most part their team was really quiet. He's a fine player, but I think where he is going to do his damage is on the power play. He is not a guy who is really going to hurt us even strength, so that is kind of where we have to be aware of him."
Later that night, Patrick Kane responded with deeds instead of words:
| Per 3 | Time 5:48 | Str EV | Team CHI | Goal Scorer 88 P.KANE(5) | Assist 19 J.TOEWS(5) | Assist 22 T.BROUWER(1) | VAN on Ice 1, 8, 13, 17, 38, 55 |
How's that taste, Willie?
