Confirmed Signing with Link: [DET] F Patrick Kane signs with the Red Wings (1 year, $2.75M)

[cjeagle]

I am surprised he didn't join the Toronto Maple Leafs so he could the Stanley Cup.

How long have they been saying that in Toronto whenever they get a new player or coach? 55 long years.

 

[Woodrow]

Not much risk for Detroit but I don't expect Kane to be good at all coming back from hip resurfacing surgery.

 

[Dotter]

Kane might not be the Patty Kane of the old, but Debrincat might score 50 goals just from smelling Kane's pheromones....

They've done studies, you know. Sixty percent of the time, it works every time!

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

Not really surprising for Yzerman to still give Kane this shot.

"Yzerman is the first hockey player to attempt to return from such a surgery. Yzerman, who had undergone previous knee ligament surgeries, suffered from the wearing away of the surface on his knee joint and the loss of cartilage, which acts as padding. It was as if the tread on a tire went bald and began to tilt to one side, making even walking a painstaking event.


Fowler cut a wedge of bone out of Yzerman's knee and realigned it to redistribute stress evenly, a temporary solution that is likely a precursor to knee-replacement surgery. Yzerman knew there were no guarantees, but never considered retirement.


"It never really occurred to me," Yzerman said. "Had I decided to [retire] after last year, a year from now or this summer, after going through rehab I would start feeling good, the leg would feel better and I would be like, 'I want to try it again.'


"I'm just not ready to retire. Whether it's due to my knee condition or one day I just lose the desire to play, I'll know that then, but I don't have that now. I definitely haven't lost any desire to play. Until I get out there and know that I can't play anymore, then I'll stop."

Yzerman Nears Unprecedented Return From Knee-Realignment Surgery

Very old story had to find an old archive, but I remember this from around the time. They kept alleging that Yzerman was the first to really attempt a comeback from the procedure, Stamkos would later have the same thing done. I think you're far more likely to surmount the massive odds by being a star player, they have more runway to adjust their games. Kane is by far the most talented of the guys we have listed to go through this. While certainly there were other front line players, I understand taking this chance and I think to Yzerman it is finding the first doctor to do this correctly and first player to overcome it. He draws on that from a pretty personal place and is likely why he wouldn't care about the pages listing Backstrom, Kesler and Jovo over and over.

 

[canuckslover10]

Vegas proved you don't really need top end forward talent to win, granted DeBrincat & Larkin is definitely a step below Stone & Eichel.

They also have elite depth and their goaltending and defense are top 3 in the league, Detroit is a long ways away from being Vegas IMO.

 

[Hivemind]

Not really surprising for Yzerman to still give Kane this shot.

Yzerman Nears Unprecedented Return From Knee-Realignment Surgery

Very old story had to find an old archive, but I remember this from around the time. They kept alleging that Yzerman was the first to really attempt a comeback from the procedure, Stamkos would later have the same thing done. I think you're far more likely to surmount the massive odds by being a star player, they have more runway to adjust their games. Kane is by far the most talented of the guys we have listed to go through this. While certainly there were other front line players, I understand taking this chance and I think to Yzerman it is finding the first doctor to do this correctly and first player to overcome it. He draws on that from a pretty personal place and is likely why he wouldn't care about the pages listing Backstrom, Kesler and Jovo over and over.

I don't think anyone is faulting Yzerman for signing Kane to what is essentially a zero-risk contract, given that it's only for this season and the Wings have plenty of cap space to play with.

I do think people are signalling to Wings fans to rein in their expectations. You say Kane is the most talented of the guys to go thru this procedure. I say he's also the most dependent on his skating ability to go thru this procedure, and we've seen the past examples how this surgery negatively impacts skating ability. Even a cerebral player like Backstrom, who's game was never built around blowing away guys with speed or shiftiness like Kane's is, couldn't overcome the issues that plagued him as a result of this surgery.

 

[DelZottoHitTheNetJK]

If he can still play that contract is getting moved at the deadline @ 50% zero doubt about it

 

[Maurice of Orange]

Detroit needs to sign Artem Anisimov to get the band back together.

Anisimov tried out with Detroit and Grand Rapids but failed to convert his PTO to a standard contract in either league.

 

[Kevin Musto]

 

[FissionFire]

Watch Kane pull a Chelios and wind up playing another decade in Detroit.

 

[CokenoPepsi]

Watch Kanw pull a Chelios and wind up playing another decade in Detroit.

So if he is similar to Chelios means he will be a Hart finalist next year then will win a couple Cups...ugh

 

[Nogatco Rd]

“They dislocate your joint,” Jovanovski said to Custance. “Pull it out of your leg. Then shave the femoral head down to a certain size and cap it with titanium. Then do the same for your socket, shaving out the socket and hammering in a new socket where everything kind of joins together.”

Professional athletes that get hip resurfacing surgery typically do not have successful returns

Just speculating but would it be possible for someone to go to the game with a big enough magnet that it would interfere with his movement? If they were sitting on the glass? Is there anything in the rules that says you can't do that?

 

[norrisnick]

Just speculating but would it be possible for someone to go to the game with a big enough magnet that it would interfere with his movement? If they were sitting on the glass? Is there anything in the rules that says you can't do that?

Titanium isn't magnetic.

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

If Detroit misses they could always trade him to Toronto or Boston. Maybe sign as a free agent with Montreal before getting traded to one of those teams then call it a career.

 

[Artorius Horus T]

Kane might not be the Patty Kane of the old, but Debrincat might score 50 goals just from smelling Kane's pheromones....

They've done studies, you know. Sixty percent of the time, it works every time!

The cat was going to score 50 goals this season with or without Kane
now we are talking about a bigger number.

 

[theYman]

I just wanna know what number is he gonna choose?

 

[saska sault]

I just wanna know what number is he gonna choose?

88.

 

[theYman]

Nope. That's Sprong's number

 

[Mike C]

I’m surprised he didn’t sign one year with a SC contender. Interesting…..

Short flight back and forth to Toronto where the beer flows free and the young girls are named not Mrs. Kane

 

[bleedgreen]

Nope. That's Sprong's number

I would be pretty shocked if he didn’t give up the number.

 

[RRhoads]

Nope. That's Sprong's number

He has already said he would be happy to give up his number

 

[Zalos]

If the surgery went well, this is like adding a first line player for a meager 2.75m. Nice job, Yzerman!

 

[Oddbob]

Nope. That's Sprong's number

Sprong already said Kane can have 88. Now it is up to Kane to either say he will or not.

If the surgery went well, this is like adding a first line player for a meager 2.75m. Nice job, Yzerman!

If it went really bad, he will still be faster than Petry.

 

[JPE123]

Should’ve signed Kessel

 

[Konnan511]

Should’ve signed Kessel

Why not both? I hear Perry is a UFA.