Patrick Kane underwent hip resurfacing surgery today and will have a 4-6 month recovery time. (Friedman)
Kane’s agent told Elliotte Friedman that Kane wants to play “for a long time” and that the doctors are “optimistic” that can happen. (Friedman)
Category: Patrick Kane
What Patrick Kane said on Thursday
1:36 PM: Patrick Kane spoke today and said (NYR):
- What has this all been like for you, “obviously a whirlwind past week here and I think just excited now to get to the rink and meet everyone and be around the team and get things going.”
Patrick Kane will debut on Thursday against Ottawa
Patrick Kane will NOT play tomorrow night against the Flyers and will make his Rangers debut on Thursday against Ottawa. (Larry Brooks)
Rangers officially acquire Patrick Kane from Chicago
The Rangers have officially acquired Patrick Kane from the Chicago Blackhawks.
The official trade is:
- Rangers: Patrick Kane, Cooper Zech
- Blackhawks: Andy Welinski, Conditional 2023 Second Round Pick, 2025 4th Round Pick. Retaining 50%.
- Arizona: Conditional 2025 3rd Round pick. Retaining 25%.
The latest on Patrick Kane and the Rangers on Tuesday
8:03 PM: The Rangers have officially announced the trade. The Fourth round pick is in 2025 and the third-round pick to Arizona is conditional.
3:46 PM: Arizona will get a 2025 Third Round Pick for their role in retaining 50% of Kane’s cap hit.
2:53 PM: Emily Kaplan says that the Rangers are trading a conditional 2023 Second Round Pick and 2023 Fourth Round Pick for Kane.
The Second Round Pick can become a first round pick in either 2024 or 2025 if the Rangers make the Eastern Conference Finals.
Arizona will be the third team involved to retain salary.
The latest on Patrick Kane and the Rangers on Monday
3:19PM: CapFriendly notes that with Braden Schneider in Hartford, the Rangers have enough cap space today to acquire Kane.
Making the trade today would not leave the Rangers with enough cap room to call Schneider back up. It’s believed that the Rangers can both make the trade and call Schneider up on Wednesday.
11:40 AM: Friedman added, “if you look at some of the reports out there, and I’ve heard similar, it doesn’t sound like the return is going to be overwhelming and when I see reporters tweeting that Blackhawk fans better be prepared for an underwhelming return, you know what that says to me, they are being prepared to really get an underwhelming return.” Continue reading