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After acquiring one first-rounder from Dallas last summer for young defenseman Nils Lundkvist, the Rangers had enough draft capital to obtain Kane from Chicago. He scored the biggest goal of his NHL career in Philly, an overtime winner in Game 6 of the 2010 Stanley Cup Final, ending Chicago’s 49-year title drought.īut Drury only had to trade one first-round pick, a fourth-rounder and two players to St. Kane could make his Rangers debut Wednesday night at Philadelphia or Thursday night at home against Ottawa. “But really excited for him to get a chance to play for the Rangers, play at Madison Square Garden with a really good team, and we’re looking forward to watching him compete with New York.” It doesn’t seem real right now, that we traded Patrick Kane,” Blackhawks general manager Kyle Davidson said. If it remains a second-round selection, the Blackhawks will have eight picks in the first three rounds of the upcoming draft. The conditional second-rounder that Chicago got from New York becomes a 2024 first-rounder if the Rangers reach this year’s East final. The Coyotes received a 2025 third-rounder from the Rangers to retain 25% of Kane’s salary, with the Blackhawks paying 50%. Kyle Dubas unsure if he will remain as Maple Leafs GM “This isn’t about me leaving the Blackhawks, but this is an opportunity for me - the Blackhawks did everything they could to put me in a great position and I will forever be grateful.” “This has been an emotional time for me and my family, but I feel this decision puts me in the best spot to immediately win another Stanley Cup,” Kane said in a release.

The 34-year-old Kane also had been noncommittal when asked about leaving his only NHL home.īut Kane loved playing with Panarin for two seasons at the beginning of the Russian winger’s NHL career, and the three-time Stanley Cup champion was in control of his situation because of a no-movement clause in his contract.

New York was believed to be out of the running for Kane after it acquired Vladimir Tarasenko from St. The New York Rangers acquired Patrick Kane in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday, reuniting the star winger with former teammate Artemi Panarin and stamping themselves as a Stanley Cup contender in the loaded Eastern Conference.

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