- My next essential is...
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All right. Ready?
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What's up GQ.
I'm Evander Kane, and these are my essentials.
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My golf clubs.
These never leave the back of my trunk.
They are always in it.
You never know when I'm gonna go to the driving range
or play around golf, and it's always good to have them.
I've become a big lover of golf and it's an essential game
for me because it's a great stress reliever
and it gives me a mental break away
from everything else going on my life,
so I love being on the golf course
and obviously I have to have my clubs with me.
I'm a member of Marine Drive here in Vancouver,
definitely my favorite course here.
Love just getting out there
and enjoying the nice weather here in the summertime
in Vancouver and playing golf with some good buddies.
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My phone, it...
I think it's everybody's number one essential.
I got my phone case with my newborn daughter
on the back of it so it's always a nice reminder.
With everything that's been going on in the world
and COVID taking a massive effect,
the phones become even more important,
social media is becoming even more important
and I've been on it more than ever.
My go-to social media app,
I would probably have to say is Instagram.
I don't even need that app that comes with the iPhone
to tell me how many hours I spent on it,
my wife does a pretty good job of letting me know
how much time I spent on my phone
so, I mean, I use my phone for pretty much everything.
It's key.
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I got my Beats headphones.
These are great because I use them obviously
to listen to music.
They're essential for that, but they're also essential
for making phone calls.
I'm on my phone quite a bit these days
and they're a great way to block out the noise.
When I'm warmed up for a game, I got these in,
I'm usually listening to Drake, Little Baby,
Future, Pop smoke, like I was gonna be a star
so also on the team bus, after games
sometimes you just wanna zone out
and you put the headphones in so I use these quite a bit
and always right by my side.
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Cash is essential, cash is king.
I always have cash on me at all times.
It's what makes the world go round. [laughs]
I think having cash on you is essential. For me it is.
I think even if you have your credit card, your debit card,
you're paying on your phone, it's always good to have cash
on you because you never know when you might need it.
I always got at least 500 bucks on me in cash, always,
every time I leave the house.
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My daughter's soother.
This thing is probably the most essential thing
in my life right now.
It prevents her from getting upset, prevents her from crying
and it can really quiet things down in the house
and it also puts her to sleep,
so this thing right here is something
that I probably didn't think I was gonna be showing today,
but within the last couple of months,
it's become essential in my life.
I've been getting very little sleep,
but it's been worth it, it's been fun,
it's crazy how quickly they grow up,
it's crazy to see how much she's changed already
from when I saw her, when she was a day old.
I got my trusty face mask here, obviously with COVID
and being in the U.S, these are essential
and mandatory in California
so always have one of these with me at all times
and obviously it helps continue to keep me safe
and along with my family.
I have probably gone through over three or 400
of these face masks.
As much as you can reuse them,
I rather throw them away because when you're out and about,
you're around people, it's probably better to get a new one.
Staying on brand, my Lysol Wipes.
I've always been OCD and super anal
about keeping things clean and disinfected
within my own house.
Whether it's wiping down a remote, light switches,
doorknobs, my phone, my steering wheel, my car,
I always have these in the house.
And with COVID, nothing's really changed for me
it's just mind the way I normally live
so these Lysol Wipes are key.
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My next item, I have my Tour V4 Slope Edition Rangefinder.
I play a lot of golf and this is a hundred percent
essential for me on the course,
because if you don't know how far
you are away from the hole,
you have no idea what club to hit.
I got the golf bug probably five years ago
and if I could, I play every single day.
This thing right here is a lifesaver on the golf course,
helps me keep my score low.
This is essential.
This is a bottle of Johnny Walker, Blue Label.
I held my first annual golf tournament in Las Vegas
at Shadow Creek and one of my good buddies, Michael Markan,
he got this bottle with my logo at the time
engraved into this bottle for me
so I haven't drink in this bottle yet,
but it's definitely essential cocktail for me.
As I've gotten older I've started to appreciate
Scotch and whiskeys
and those are definitely my drink of choice.
Yeah, Johnny Walker, Blue Label is by far the best.
So right here, I have my trustee golf ball marker.
This was given to me for Father's Day by my best friend.
It says, "Kick putt dad love Eva and Kensington.
Kensington is my daughter.
Eva was my daughter who my wife
and I lost at six months into her pregnancy.
So very meaningful for me.
It was a very nice gesture by one of my very good friends
and it's something that I love
having on me on the golf course.
My next essential is my hockey stick.
Always have it in my car.
You never know when I might go play some ball hockey
with some friends in the off-season
or it's also a good weapon just in case
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I need to be able to cross check somebody
or slash somebody to defend myself or my family
so it's always a good thing to have a hockey stick
in the vehicle, and it's something that I always keep.
- [Interviewer] You surprise people by showing up
and playing pickup games with kids or whoever's there?
- I have done that in the past actually,
yeah, I did it in my first year in Atlanta.
I showed up at a school and they were getting introduced
to hockey for the first time
and I showed up and surprised these kids
and was able to have some fun with them
and played a little tournament.
You never know who you might roll
into especially up here in Canada,
and it's also something that we have taken a stick
out of my car, sign it for somebody and giving it away.
So I always keep one with me.
Thanks everybody for watching
and checking out my essentials.
Can't wait to see you next time.
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