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

[TS Quint]

And if we go by his last 13 games he is on pace for 18 goals and 44 points.

He is struggling right now..

Just pick whatever small sample that fills your narrative.

 

[Ainsy01]

you were saying?

haha - I doubted you - i will not do that again !

 

[deca guard]

ide run kane on all 3 top lines for every o zone face off i could get him on ice for . and obviously every power play minute . the hired gun method . though i just might run him on 2 and 3 because brinx-larks-ray line already rockin , though kane with brinx on pp . then play kane in a 6 player group that includes jt-perron-fabbri-sprong-copp(net front) to create highest level of offense .

 

[Pavels Dog]

Hip looks great in this clip:

 

[theYman]

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

Oh ok. I always thought that that was a weird touchy subject with players sometimes. It doesn't always happen a guy gives up his number. But if both players are cool with it I'd prefer Kane have 88.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

Hip looks great in this clip:

Sarcasm, right?

He's walking lol.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Wings going all in this year. Didn't see the Pat Kane in Detroit connection.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

Wings going all in this year. Didn't see the Pat Kane in Detroit connection.

Spending open cap on an aged superstar coming back from a serious injury isn't really going all in lol.

They're putting forth a concerted effort to compete while not damaging the overall rebuild by blowing through futures to do it.

Has a team ever given up on a rebuild quite like this edition of Detroit?

I mean, retools aren't always the worst idea and this looks like a bubble playoff roster but for a team that was deep in the trenches of a rebuild they just decided f*** it and filled out 80% of their roster with veteran free agent signings.

Remind me which major prospects and picks they've traded to indicate they gave up on their rebuild?

You can name one: The pick they got from Boston for Bertuzzi and then flipped for Debrincat... A 25 year old 40 goal scorer.

 

[Realgud]

Seeing Kane in a wings jersey is wild

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

Titanium isn't magnetic.

Irrelevant. We called Wakanda and paid top dollar for a Vibranium hip.

Now when you go to hit Kane he does this:

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Spending open cap on an aged superstar coming back from a serious injury isn't really going all in lol.

Well Kane is going to get more ice time and opportunity to produce offensively in Detroit than he did in NY last year. Plus he already has chemistry with Debrincat.

He adds another dimension to the Wings team that they currently lack. I think he produces at PPG once he gets up to speed.

 

[KrisLetAngry]

If you have the cap space taking a flyer on a free Patty Kane isn't a problem

 

[ricky0034]

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

a decade is obviously a stretch since he's 35 but if he can recover well from his injury then I do think something like half of that becomes fairly likely

 

[SimonEdvinssonAtSix]

Spending open cap on an aged superstar coming back from a serious injury isn't really going all in lol.

They're putting forth a concerted effort to compete while not damaging the overall rebuild by blowing through futures to do it.



Remind me which major prospects and picks they've traded to indicate they gave up on their rebuild?

You can name one: The pick they got from Boston for Bertuzzi and then flipped for Debrincat... A 25 year old 40 goal scorer.

Save yourself the headache. A lot of fans from other teams don't get it. To be fair, from an outsiders perspective it probably looks like giving up on a rebuild. Until you dig into the contract structures and prospect pool which most fans of other teams aren't going to do.

 

[PaulD]

Sure it's been a while but they were huge rivals while Kane was winning cups, that's enough that I would understand Blackhawks fans not being happy he went there. I miss the good ole days of sports where the players weren't all buddy buddy off the ice/court/field and when a guy like Kane would hate the wings his entire career and never even consider joining them. But it's a business and they can make whatever decisions they want, doesn't affect me I just am not a fan of it

this has always happened
Chelly went to hated Wings
Espo went to hated Rangers
Guy went to hated Nords
Lapointe went to hated Bruins
Lucic went to hated Flames from Oilers
Corson went to hated Leafs
Wendyl went to Wings
etc etc etc

 

[lakai17]

I imagine Patty Kane could have cleared 3 million somewhere else. Nice job by Stevie Y once again.

 

[biturbo19]

So who goes to LW? Doubt Kane. Perron or Raymond? Do you want to mess either of those though? Or just run 3-deep with scoring lines?

 

[WF19]

Kane is wearing 88 and Sprong changed to 17 and I'm sure he got a nice new rolex out of it.

 

[aylib]

Vision? How long does he think he is going to play (there)?

 

[CornKicker]

If you have the cap space taking a flyer on a free Patty Kane isn't a problem

especially if your team starts falling out of the playoffs and you can trade him for a 1st at the deadline

 

[Pavels Dog]

Vision? How long does he think he is going to play (there)?

Probably stays a couple of years to get a few more shots at a cup

 

[KrisLetAngry]

especially if your team starts falling out of the playoffs and you can trade him for a 1st at the deadline

Not sure if a 1st happens but I can see a 2nd + 3rd kinda combo.

 

[cjeagle]

Vision? How long does he think he is going to play (there)?

He mentioned that Detroit hasn't been giving much on defence calling them stingy defensively in the past 3 games against the Devils, Bruins and Minnesota which they won and then asked the Coach to explain their system to him and came out of it impressed.

It sounds like he really considered Detroit high on his list even asking his agent if Detroit called already even while considering other teams.

 

[SantosHalper]

So who goes to LW? Doubt Kane. Perron or Raymond? Do you want to mess either of those though? Or just run 3-deep with scoring lines?

Veleno - Larkin - Raymond
DeBrincat - Compher - Kane
Fabbri - Copp - Sprong
Perron - Rasmussen - Fischer/Kostin

Rasmussen - Larkin - Raymond
DeBrincat - Compher - Kane
Fabbri - Veleno - Sprong
Perron - Copp - Fischer/Kostin

Perron - Larkin - Raymond
DeBrincat - Compher - Kane
Fabbri - Veleno - Sprong
Rasmussen - Copp - Fischer/Kostin

Copp - Larkin - Raymond
DeBrincat - Compher - Kane
Fabbri - Veleno - Sprong
Perron - Rasmussen - Fischer/Kostin

Fabbri - Larkin - Raymond
DeBrincat - Compher - Kane
Perron - Veleno - Sprong
Rasmussen - Copp - Fischer/Kostin

Plenty of options

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Veleno - Larkin - Raymond
DeBrincat - Compher - Kane
Fabbri - Copp - Sprong
Perron - Rasmussen - Fischer/Kostin

Rasmussen - Larkin - Raymond
DeBrincat - Compher - Kane
Fabbri - Veleno - Sprong
Perron - Copp - Fischer/Kostin

Perron - Larkin - Raymond
DeBrincat - Compher - Kane
Fabbri - Veleno - Sprong
Rasmussen - Copp - Fischer/Kostin

Copp - Larkin - Raymond
DeBrincat - Compher - Kane
Fabbri - Veleno - Sprong
Perron - Rasmussen - Fischer/Kostin

Fabbri - Larkin - Raymond
DeBrincat - Compher - Kane
Perron - Veleno - Sprong
Rasmussen - Copp - Fischer/Kostin

Plenty of options

That's a very deep team and probably the most improved (at least on paper) from last year.