'Do I chopper in?': Evander Kane jokes about grand entrance vs Florida Panthers

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Evander Kane is joking about making a grand entrance to Edmonton's first game in Florida for the Stanley Cup Finals.
Kane caused a stir when he arrived with teammate Connor Brown in a Rolls Royce for Edmonton's first game against the Dallas Stars in Dallas.
Now he's musing about arriving to the big game in a helicopter.
'I did it in Dallas,' Kane said of his Rolls Royce arrival on the Snipes and Stripes podcast with Hall of Fame player Jeremy Roenick and former NHL ref Tim Peel.
'In Game 1, right? I brought Brownie. So I don't know if that's why we lost or what not. So I gassed the Rolls for Game 2. I said, 'I'm getting back on the team bus on the road. 'And we won Game 2, so then we won Game 2, was back on the team bus. So on the road right now, I'm sticking with the bus. Guys were talking like, 'Do I chopper in in Florida? Like, do I chopper in?' So the Rolls is parked until further notice. We're sticking with the Lambo for Game 1 (in Edmonton).'
However, Kane arrives he'll have a hard time beating Oilers Now host Bob Stauffer's entrance to Florida on the tarmac last Stanley Cup Final.
On the hockey side of things, Kane said he's healthy this year, unlike last year in the Final when he was too banged up to play the final four games, so he and the team are ready to face up to Florida's physical play.
'We have more than enough guys that can match that, no problem.'
A moment later, Kane added: 'It doesn't really matter what other teams do, whether they're physical or not. We're going to play a certain brand of hockey, and that's just what it is. You know, if another team doesn't want to hit us, great… If another team is playing their game, that's fine. We're going to play our game.'
Kane said he's ready for all the on-ice heckling and hitting. 'I'm very familiar with a lot of their players and how they are. And I think just trying to push the right buttons out there at the right times. And that's kind of like the game within the game that, you know, they do a really good job of as well. But, you know, we have some, some guys, such ad of myself and Perrs (Corey Perry) and even a guy like (Vasily) Podkolzin and, you know, he's fiery…. He's a workhorse… There's no fear in his game. And he works just as hard as anybody I've ever played with. He's like a bull in a china shop. And this, this is a series that, you know, there's going to be a few bulls in there. I think he's going to be, especially with a guy like (Zach) Hyman going down, just that element of the game, you know, he could really step up and be a big contributor.'