Red Wings get Patrick Kane retirement, free agent update originally appeared on The Sporting News.
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Patrick Kane keeps chugging along in his NHL career.
But at his age, there will start to be musings about retirement. And even if Kane doesn’t retire, he’s due to be a free agent after a solid season with the Detroit Red Wings.
So what is going to happen with Kane?
Well the first detail is that he doesn’t appear to be retiring.
“Pending UFA Patrick Kane definitely wants to play another season, his agent Pat Brisson said on Wednesday,” The Athletic’s Pierre LeBrun wrote on Thursday. “That’s all Brisson would share.”
Whether or not Kane goes back to the Red Wings seems to be a bit more uncertain.
“Kane, 37, put up 57 points in 67 games this past season, a solid 0.85 points per game average,” LeBrun writes. “My understanding is that the Red Wings do want Kane back and have made that clear. What remains undetermined is whether Kane wants to return. He certainly might, but he’s mulling things over at the moment about whether to stay put or head to market.”
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It’s a bit of a confusing time in Detroit. The Red Wings had their captain, Dylan Larkin, request a trade.
If they deal Larkin away for younger pieces, this might not seem the right spot for Kane to continue his career.
You’d think the Chicago Blackhawks‘ former superstar would prefer to wrap up his career with a place that has a great chance to win, not a spot with the longest playoff drought in the NHL.
But maybe if the Red Wings find a way to retain Larkin, they’d probably be more appealing to Kane.
A lot of moving parts here could determine the eventual outcome for Kane in free agency.
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