Speculation: So where does Patrick Kane end up now?

[Space umpire]

Interesting comments, especially about his hip especially because there seems to be polarity here with what is fact and fiction. 'Doing right by the franchise' technically would entail getting traded for some futures and re-signing in the offseason to a retirement deal to usher in the next group

Coming back is probably 50/50 at best.
His whole family is there now and he’s spoken about chasing some team records.
However with a team this bad those records seem more distant.

My dream is he accepts the trade then comes back on a 1 year 10 mill deal and is moved again at next years deadline.

 

[skygodz187]

Stars would be better suited to aim for Bertuzzi or Meier.
Cans age plus health isn't really what I think they would aim for

 

[Eternal Leaf]

Kinda unique for him to say that out loud.

Maybe he can look at New Jersey? I suppose Toronto is close to home too.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Boston

 

[Chainshot]

Sounds like he thought the Rangers were the eventual landing place.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

Sounds like he thought the Rangers were the eventual landing place.

A vs. The

 

[StewieP19]

Kane are not happy about Tarasenko trade. My bet he will leave at the last minute to a team contender in western conference. It will be probably Dallas. Colorado can play underdog @ the last minute.

 

[The Hockey Tonk Man]

My guess is, he's so unhappy he's gonna retire now

 

[The Wahligator]

I think he stays put.

 

[landfill]

Canada bound

 

[Sasha Orlov]

After his diva comments I hope he stays in Chicago and wastes the rest of his career

 

[Flybynite]

Kinda unique for him to say that out loud.

Maybe he can look at New Jersey? I suppose Toronto is close to home too.

Not that unique.... He's always been a spoiled little cretin.

 

[Unbiased Fan]

Likely he says in Chicago, gets shutdown for the season, receives surgery, re-signs in the offseason, but spends the majority of next season on LTIR

Why would he ever consider resigning in Chicago when they are awful rather then going to a team like Tampa or Colorado and especially his hometown in Buffalo where his parents only have a few years left and he probably wants his child to be raised with his grandparents.

 

[abo9]

I get that, but from personal experience...
You can have the "support", but that doesn't equate to lack of consequences.
Ask my ex-wife

Am I the only one who thinks people overstate the importance of the potential "move" for him and his family?

Idk, these guys are already on the road 41 games a year. Him playing in another city for 3 months max isnt uprooting his and his family's life outside of Chicago.


Obviously, theres tons of reasons for him to block a trade or not, but 3 months away from Chicago being too much seems like a pretty unlikely reason

 

[Rob Brown]

Sounds like he thought the Rangers were the eventual landing place.

This is pretty silly of him. He hasn't decided what he wants to do and therefore hasn't been moved, but he's now unhappy that one of the teams he may have wanted to go to has decided to move on and not wait? lol.

 

[Freaky Styley]

Coming back is probably 50/50 at best.
His whole family is there now and he’s spoken about chasing some team records.
However with a team this bad those records seem more distant.

My dream is he accepts the trade then comes back on a 1 year 10 mill deal and is moved again at next years deadline.

or just continue to sign 1 year deals and get moved at the deadline to return to Chicago in the offseason

 

[BruinsFan37]

It's very difficult to trade players with 8-figure contracts, especially if they have a NMC/NTC and will only waive it to go to a contender.

I think he stays put. Chicago's asking price is likely too high and what other teams are willing to counter with (beyond a 1st Round Pick) Chicago won't want. A contender isn't going to be willing to give up any major talent for a 5-million dollar rental and Chicago isn't going to want to pickup a bunch of garbage contracts, especially if they run longer than this year.

 

[TGWL]

This is pretty silly of him. He hasn't decided what he wants to do and therefore hasn't been moved, but he's now unhappy that one of the teams he may have wanted to go to has decided to move on and not wait? lol.

I'm guessing it's more NYR didn't want to part with what Hawks wanted for Kane and less about Kane not making a decision to be traded.

 

[Rob Brown]

I'm guessing it's more NYR didn't want to part with what Hawks wanted for Kane and less about Kane not making a decision to be traded.

Or both. He did come out and say he was going to decide in 10 days.

 

[TGWL]

Or both. He did come out and say he was going to decide in 10 days.

Could be both. I really think Hawks wanted a young core piece that NYR weren't parting with.

 

[HogtownSabresfan]

Rangers

 

[Lion Hound]

Sounds like he thought the Rangers were the eventual landing place.

That’s some real honesty there. Feel like you normally don’t see that after trades. Much respect for Kane.

Hope he rehabs and comes back to kill it. Would be amazing if he came to NY via free agency but they literally might not even have $700k in space after the RFA’s

 

[Riverfront]

kane & toews to the leafs. ( salary retained by chicago % ?)
kerfoot, lillegren, nies to chicago
Lines :
mathews, kane, bunting
tavares, marner, nylander
toews, holmberg, jarnkrok
kampf, engval, austin reece

 

[Hawkaholic]

kane & toews to the leafs. ( salary retained by chicago % ?)
kerfoot, lillegren, nies to chicago
Lines :
mathews, kane, bunting
tavares, marner, nylander
toews, holmberg, jarnkrok
kampf, engval, austin reece

lol no thanks

 

[Canuck86]

Kane to Carolina is my guess, unless Carolina is willing to part with a bigger package for Meier...