Kane was #1 in jersey sales last year. yeah, i was gonna say...as an outsider, that's the exact opposite impression i have. toews the better overall player who as thought of as sort of boring (like tim duncan) while kane is the more popular (and flashy) one. I swear this isn't a shot at a hockey, buuuuuuuut....doesn't it kind of speak to hockey's relatively insular popularity compared to the other big sports with how little coverage this has gotten? Who are good players to compare him to in other sports? In terms of baseball, would it be safe to safe he's kinda been the Mike Trout or Bryce Harper of hockey, or is that overstating his talent? I just thought he was considered one of the very best in the game, and if it was someone of that stature in the other sports ESPN alone would be going nuts with hourly updates and the like. he's very good and exciting but he's not best player in the game good (like trout or harper). his teammate just might be, though. either way, you're right about how much more attention this would get if he played another sport. It feels like even if it was a super popular young NASCAR driver there would be more uproar. Hell, maybe even a golfer. [expletive], hockey.