Tender Rip
Wears long pants
I do agree that we could improve a lot simply by removing the dead weight. The biggest wart I see in Evander Kane is that he needs a really good center to play with so he isn't always the main focus of the defense.
Trust me, I would love to have Evander Kane. However, he is also certain to be super expensive due to being the main draw in Winnipeg, young and projectable and all that..... and he simply has issues in terms of hockey IQ.
Being another left shot, there are also some things he just cannot help us with wrt the PP, and if we pay a huge price for anyone, I think that person should be a perfect fit. Like, you know, Bobby Ryan would have been.... or a Corey Perry had he not extended.
To be honest, while I certainly think Kane is the better player in a vacuum, I would prefer to get Wheeler for the Pens. I think he would improve us more than Kane would.