Patrick Kane is a professional hockey player who has been in trade rumors recently. His team, the Chicago Blackhawks, have been looking to move him prior to the NHL trade deadline. An NHL insider, Pierre LeBrun, has recently reported that a trade decision regarding Kane will be coming soon. He also mentioned that Kane has two no-move clauses that could affect the trade deadline. LeBrun believes that the Blackhawks are currently in talks with multiple teams, but it is still uncertain where Kane will end up.
There should be clarity “relatively soon” as to whether veteran Blackhawks winger Patrick Kane is ready to entertain a trade, his agent Pat Brisson said the athlete on Tuesday.
Kane, who has a full no-move clause, could obviously simply stay for this season if he so chooses and decide his next move this summer if he’s an unrestricted free agent.
But should Kane want Chicago to begin the trading process, Brisson said teams would be given at least seven to 10 days’ notice of the March 3 preparation deadline.
I didn’t mention the “at least” part when I talked about it at TSN’s Insider Trading, but it’s worth pointing out here. The point is that if Kane is ready to pull this off, Brisson doesn’t want to surprise teams at the last minute.
INSIDER TRADING: #TSNHockey Insiders discuss…
– Sens sale price could exceed $800 million
– Kane decision coming “relatively soon”
– Oilers/Kings overlapping D targets
– The Horvat deal should benefit Larkin
– Walsh is about to take over the NHLPACLOCK 🌍: pic.twitter.com/oAybjdbZJe
— TSN Hockey (@TSNHockey) February 7, 2023
That’s all Brisson was willing to share at this point, but I daresay based on how the veteran agent handled Claude Giroux’s trading process a year ago – Giroux also had a full no-move clause -, if Kane gives him the green light light, we’re probably only talking about two or three teams involved, maximum.
That, as was the case for the Flyers a year ago, could limit Chicago’s potential return.
Note the power of the no-move or no-trade clause in both the potential return on a trade and how it constrains the market. It wasn’t just Giroux lately. Taylor Hall legitimately used his no-trade leverage to land in Boston at deadline two years ago, with the Sabers getting just one second-round pick. And we saw what happened last year with Evgenii Dadonov’s reverse trade from Vegas to Anaheim on deadline.
Looking around the league, there is a healthy list of no-trade clauses among the potential trade targets.
First, here’s a list of player teams that may be calling about no-trade protection:
- Patrick Kane, full NMC
- Jonathan Toews, full NMC
- Vladimir Tarasenko, full NTC
- Dylan Larkin, full NTC
- Joel Edmundson, partially NTC
- John Klingberg, partially NTC
- Sean Monahan, partially NTC
- Matt Dumba, partly NTC
- Kevin Shattenkirk, Partial NTC
- Evgenii Dadonov, partially NTC
And some of the trade candidates without no-trade protection:
For example, the market is wide open for the Blues on O’Reilly and the Sharks on Meier, but limited on Tarasenko for St. Louis, depending on where he wants to go.
I don’t think Larkin will be traded for what it’s worth. I believe he will re-sign with the Red Wings despite lengthy negotiations, but I put him on the list as a reminder that even if those contract talks went awry, Larkin could still decide to stay until March, if he wanted 3. That’s his call.
Oilers, Kings and overlapping D targets
One of the interesting subplots in the Pacific Division is Edmonton and Los Angeles and what we think are overlapping blue line targets, especially on the left.
From Jakob Chychrun to Vladislav Gavrikov to Joel Edmundson, both the Oilers and Kings are asking, which adds a bit of spice, especially when the teams meet again in the playoffs.
The Kings have always made the most sense for Chychrun given the obvious need on their left side and the abundance of depth on the right, but the Coyotes’ price tag so far has obviously been too high for LA. Let’s see if either team blinks in the next three weeks.
Regardless of which blueliner the Kings or Oilers end up on, right now I feel like both front offices are trying to be patient.
Incidentally, the NHL-leading Bruins are among teams that have also recently made inquiries with the Coyotes on Chychrun – which is very interesting but also not surprising given that the B’s prefer to make hockey deals at this time of year and Chychrun is under contract until for the 2024/25 season.
The so-called “hockey deal” – a deal with a player who is under contract beyond the current season – is rare for the NHL date.@PierreVLeBrun about how the Bruins have made it through in recent years and if the islanders stand a chance of making it happen.
— The Athletic NHL (@TheAthleticNHL) February 3, 2023
Chychrun is playing great, has remained healthy since returning this season and only scored twice on Monday night. If you are the Coyotes, do you risk injury if you play this through March 3rd? Or are you pressuring interested bidders and trying to close the deal this week?
Its inventory must never be higher. Maybe it’s time to close the deal.
Either way, give credit to Bill Armstrong, GM of Coyotes. He put Chychrun at a high retail price a long time ago, and as a rival GM told me on Tuesday, he’s right now about how Chychrun has played and stayed healthy.
(Photo: Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
Source: theathletic.com
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