Rumor: Patrick Kane to NYR

[EdJovanovski]

Rangers focused on Patrick Kane reunion as NHL free agency looms

The Blueshirts have been publicly attached to a number of high-profile impending free agents, but their eyes are trained on a reunion with one player in particular.

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[Blackhawkswincup]

So, what has changed in a year?

Rangers didn't seem to show any desire to retain him

 

[RangersFan1994]

So the Rangers get another soft player that they don't need. Pass. Been there done that

 

[Kcb12345]

Damn wanted him in Dallas

 

[TehDoak]

But how, they cannot speak to him until 7/1!

 

[EdJovanovski]

So, what has changed in a year?

Rangers didn't seem to show any desire to retain him

They were probably worried about his surgery recovery & were still holding out hope for Kakko. Then Kane went on to outscore Zibanejad at 5v5 in 32 less GP.

From what other reports said recently, Kane felt he let ranger fans down and felt he had unfinished business here

 

[biturbo19]

Maybe if they try the same thing again, it will work better this time.

 

[Number8]

An effort to get Panarin to do something in playoffs? He was a very timid player in PO’s this year for NYR.

 

[Mike C]

Maybe if they try the same thing again, it will work better this time.

And the opposite of maybe IS? ______________

 

[JKG33]

So the Rangers get another soft player that they don't need. Pass. Been there done that

Unlike the Rangers existing soft & overpaid forwards, Kane actually shows up in the playoffs

 

[Alluckks]

Can't see it unless it is a cheap 1 year deal like Wheeler was

 

[Leviathan]

My guess is this means Kane is willing to take less to go back. As good as he can be, I'm not sure he's what the Rangers need. But sure, I think they would take him in a heartbeat if they got him well below market value.

 

[biturbo19]

And the opposite of maybe IS? ______________

Let me consult my carefully constructed future prediction device...

 

[KevinRedkey]

Maybe if they try the same thing again, it will work better this time.

I know Dubas went to the Metro, but I could have sworn it was Pittsburgh...

 

[Moist ReadOnly]

Just what the Rangers need.. to get older and smaller!

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Cabbies are on high alert….

 

[LavalPhantom]

Cabbies are on high alert….

Astonishingly original

 

[Petes2424]

This would be the most Rangers thing ever, and prove once and for all, no manager can ever escape the temptations of Broadway.

Kane is great. He’s fun to watch, and he can still be an exciting player (in moments) at 35.

He’s a “cherry on the top” type signing though, and that’s NOT what the Rangers would be signing him to be. They’re targeting him to be the player to take them over the top!! AGAIN??

His perfect destination is Dallas or Vegas, where he’s not being depended on to put anyone over the top, but just be another player, playing his role.

Detroit is in nowhere near the position the Rangers are, and they see that Kane isn’t “that” player anymore, and are only willing to give him secondary type money, and a secondary role. Proven by the stretch Larkin was injured. Kane went MIA. It was Lucas Raymond who put the team on his back. Same down the stretch. Kane scored some big goals but it was Raymond driving play and pace. Exactly why Detroit isn’t willing to give Kane what he seems to want.

If this is true and the Rangers are actually thinking Kane is their answer to win in the playoffs, and to put them “over the top”, the hockey Gods will strike again. They will make the Rangers look like the Rangers we knew for 25 years again…

It’s silly week in the NHL, so you have to be careful what you read and hear, and believe, but this was making the rounds yesterday. That the Rangers are gonna play stupid with Kane, handing him what Detroit isn’t even willing to hand him. The keys to the ship.

For the sake of their fans, hopefully that’s not what’s ready to go down, but if if does, Drury will deserve his walking papers after next season, when it crashes and burns.

 

[MartyOwns]

i love it! the rangers truly never learn, do they?

 

[JaegerDice]

I fail to see how a player that has never driven 5v5 possession or xGF%, even at his absolute peak, is going to help NYR with their biggest obvious issue, but ok, go for it.

 

[AirGut]

I fail to see how a player that has never driven 5v5 possession or xGF%, even at his absolute peak, is going to help NYR with their biggest obvious issue, but ok, go for it.

3 rings and the passionate heart of a deity, where else can you find a player like that on the market right now? The bigger issue is finding a proper LD but the Rangers still have a serious need for a true veteran presence on the team, Kreider and Zibanejad haven't had a proper linemate to work with since Buchnevich either as it's just been cycling through Kakko/Vesey/Roslovic, it's not working. Stamkos & Kane are the two options that's a no-brainer for NYR to fill the 1RW hole but I don't see Stammer leaving Tampa just yet.

I think it's easy for people to forget that Kane forced his way to a Gallant Rangers team that was a sinking ship in early 2023, a lot has changed since the 23' deadline. Laviolette and the new coaching staff will better know how to utilize Kane imo and it will be a much better situation for Patrick to start fresh from training camp in NY.

 

[Kranix]

3 rings

lmao.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Yeah that should be the solution for the Rangers lmfao

 

[The Crypto Guy]

So, what has changed in a year?

Rangers didn't seem to show any desire to retain him

Wasn't there a question mark how he would be able to play after the surgery last year? That's pretty significant.

Still don't want him unless he is taking a Wheeler contract.

 

[Clint Eastwood]

Any chance Toews goes with him as 4C? I know there he took the year off but said he wasn't retiring. I haven't been keeping up with him since though.