A small and conspiratorial part of me wonders if it was from Bedard’s camp. "Bedard is the face of this franchise now and from a PR point of view we don't want the old regime here anymore".
The Kane shit happened before Bedard.
They traded him for the tank. After we got Bedard and Levshunov there’s not a huge difference in bringing back Kane or Teravainen.
The statements about "moving on" and all that bullshit from Hawks brass. That was before they even drafted Bedard. The "not bringing him back" was present before that.
The Hawks decided to move on from Kane and Toews well before they knew they were getting Bedard.
i really doubt he has that kind of pull, and i don't know that it makes any sense from his perspective. is being the only recognizable face on the team worth trading all the points he's missing out on for not having a winger that can play on his level? just doesn't add up for me. i also can't imagine davidson wouldn't offer kane at least what tt and bert are making. most likely ownership just doesn't want anything to do with anyone connected to the ancien regieme.
People need to get their timelines straight. Kane was traded in Feb. 2023. Bedard was drafted on June 29th. There were rumors that the Blackhawks had no desire to sign Kane and bring him back well before Kane was traded. It had absolutely nothing to do with Bedard.
