Expected Jacob Trouba trade could have Patrick Kane ramifications
NY Post
LAS VEGAS — Regarding the Rangers following this Calm Before the Storm Weekend.
1. As the expected Jacob Trouba trade to Detroit remains on hold, it would be kind of ironic, wouldn’t it, if sending No. 8 to the Red Wings would have an influence on Patrick Kane, so that No. 88 remains in place with a contract extension rather than hitting the free-agent market on Monday?
We can deal with the ramifications of a Trouba trade when it is enacted, but if the captain does indeed go to Detroit, the Red Wings — out of the playoffs for a franchise record eight straight seasons — would be in a similar spot as the Rangers were in 2019-20.
That’s when the Blueshirts — out of the playoffs for two years in the wake of The Letter — acquired Trouba from the Jets as a key element of the accelerated rebuild that also featured signing Artemi Panarin as a free agent and trading for Adam Fox’s rights.
2. The Post has learned that Kane, who apparently remains the apple of the Rangers’ eye after the post-deadline 2023 cameo left folks wanting for more, was still in talks Saturday with Detroit GM Steve Yzerman regarding an extension.
The Red Wings, for whom Kane recorded 47 points (20 goals, 27 assists) in 50 games last season after joining the club in late November following his summer hip-resurfacing procedure, can probably offer a longer term deal than the Blueshirts might be comfortable awarding the winger, who will turn 36 in mid-November.
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