Kai Uchacz has been a controversial figure in the past. He made a racist taunt towards a Black teammate on the Seattle Thunderbirds named Mekei Sanders. What did he do? He made racist taunts and waved a banana in front of him.
Soon, Sanders' agent, Scott Norton, said the WHL didn't do enough and blasted the league's zero-tolerance policy.
Yikes.
Imagine that red flag in an evolving world. That's enough to diminish a player's overall value, drawing controversy to the team itself.
Still, that didn't stop the Red Deer Rebels from naming Uchacz as their captain.