More AUs where Shane isn't a player but everyone loves him anyway:
He's a speed skater and he has athletes of all types in his DMs begging him to teach them how to move like him
He's an architect and after Hayden brags to anyone who'll listen about how well built his house is, his phone is primarily filled with hockey vets
He's a zamboni driver and the early birds of the league make him an urban legend by saying they saw an angel on the ice before their games.
He runs a sports magazine and directs his own shoots. He's had way too many players get hard throughout them and is mind boggled when his peers tell him, no, the hockey players do not get hard when we tell them to sit down or tell them they're doing well
He's a model and coach for a kids team. As a result of his success for his side job, they take field trips often. When select teams notice a man with an army of kids sitting front and center, they begin to think of them as their good luck charms. They always win when they're there.
He's a stripper and the amount of teams that hired him as a prank is ridiculous. Jokes on them that a majority of the men they targeted ended up enjoying their time with him and he almost always left to silence as not even the pranksters themselves were immune to his ass.
He's a musician and almost stops going to games when players start giving themselves whiplash as they spot him.
He's a gym trainer and every athlete that prioritizes not being a giant bruise as they age follows every tutorial he posts and hire him if they can.
David ended up going pro and Shane has been hockey's darling from the jump. When it's revealed he won't be entering the draft but instead attending college, everyone's bummed but he still gets cheers from teams when they spot him in a crowd.
He becomes Ottawa's youngest coach Pre-Wiebe and singlehandedly transforms them without anyone noticing. He makes more than one person shit their pants, but most teams are smart enough to beg him to join them, even if he nearly laughs as he declines.