Jets put Evander Kane on injured-reserve list

The Winnipeg Jets have called up PatriceCormier from the St. Johns IceCapsThursday afternoon after announcingforwardEvander Kane hadbeen placed on the injured-reserve list.

Kane has been injured most of the season andwasn't on the ice for the team's practice on Thursday two days after being benched in Vancouver.

Kane was kept out of the 3-2 overtime loss to the Canucks by head coach Paul Maurice because he wore a track suit to the arena, a violation ofthe clubs dress code, CBC has learned. It has been reported thatByfuglienlater threw those clothes into the shower.

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Reports saidKanemissed apre-gamemeeting, and thathe couldn't be reached until approximately an hour before the start of the game, when Kane answered his cellphone and said he wouldnt be playing against theCanucks.

According to Maurice on Thursday, Kane missed practice because he was at the doctor's office.As far as how injured the player is, Maurice saidhe won't know until Thursday afternoon and will address the media on Friday.

As for Kane's response to being scratched, Maurice said they talked but thatchat is private and he'snot willing to go into detail about the incident.

Other players said the issue is not a distraction, and they just need to focus on winning games.BlakeWheeler and MathieuPerreaultsaidteam rules are team rules and theyneed to be followed.

"There's a standard that everybody needs to live up to. We're professionals, we make a lot of money," Wheeler said.

"That's the code we live by. If you don't like it then there's other places you can go. This is the way we do things."

That's just the rule inside any respectable hockey room, he added

Dustin Byfuglien, who will likely be shifted from defence to forward, said that'snot his preferencebut he's part of a team and willing to do what he is asked.

Off-ice antics

Its the second time Maurice hasmade Kane a healthy scratch due to disciplinary reasons.

He has also been in the media spotlight for his off-ice antics, including earlier this season when he posted a photo on hisInstagram accountin which he appears to bedoing pushups with bundles of U.S. currency on his back, while part of the Las Vegas skyline is visible in the background.

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The photo was a sequel of sorts toKane's"money phone" picture from 2012, in which he's shown holding bundles of cashto his ear, also in LasVegas.

Twitter has been lit up since Tuesday with speculation about a rift between the coach and the power forward, and potential trade rumours.

Kane is in the middle of a six-year, $31.5 US contract that expires in 2018. The 23-year-old Vancouver native has scored 10 goals and added 12 assists in 37 games this season.