Jan Levine: Patrick Kane speculation continues in earnest, showing no signs of abating Plus, Panarin takes a maintenance day

I do t think anyone doubts the talent Kane would bring. I just would hate to see the rangers give up future talent for a unrestricted free agent. We did that with vald and Niko. I think the only one that gets retained would be Niko. I would love Kane but it’s a no for me. Dru would have to juggle to many balls in the air. Let’s go get a gritty 4th liner. We have enough scoring.

Sorry TJ, why give the Hawks a first rounder when he only wants to come to the Rangers?? We already have VT, Kane would be nice but who knows how healthy he is. Will he withstand a full playoffs? Second rounder to the Hawks which would ne a first if the Rangers win the Cup, 5th for the Canucks.

a first rounder? what the (frank) lol

- tomburton99

Tom what do you think a second and a 5th for Kane??

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Oh boy. Weirdly I’m less against it now that we already got vlad but then goody has to be our 4th center and vesey moves down to the 4th

Oh boy. Weirdly I’m less against it now that we already got vlad but then goody has to be our 4th center and vesey moves down to the 4th
- picklerick

im legit all over the place about it.

GG has been reluctant to use goody in a center role all year, doing this moves him there. twitter loves it b/c these idiots think its NHL 23 or something, but i'd be nervous as hell moving goodrow to C for a (hopefully) very deep playoff run.

but then I see 10-93-88 and im like all in lol

Oh boy. Weirdly I’m less against it now that we already got vlad but then goody has to be our 4th center and vesey moves down to the 4th
- picklerick

I can see it now. Kane and Toews (LTIR) to the Rangers for a second and a third + Kravtsov. Toews allows them to go over the cap with the loophole nonsense.

I can see it now. Kane and Toews (LTIR) to the Rangers for a second and a third + Kravtsov. Toews allows them to go over the cap with the loophole nonsense.
- JRR1285

can they get lafferty too if they do this lol?

can they get lafferty too if they do this lol?
- NYRangers1124

And McCabe and domi

can they get lafferty too if they do this lol?
- NYRangers1124

If I understand it correctly since Kane and Toews have identical contracts it would make the cap hit of Kane a wash. Lafferty would then require additional assets and cap gymnastics to work independent of that deal (I don't know his AAV etc).

Just because cap hits are the same doesn't make it a wash. Towes doesn't count because he's on LTIR but we still have to figure out how to fit Kane.

Just because cap hits are the same doesn't make it a wash. Towes doesn't count because he's on LTIR but we still have to figure out how to fit Kane.
- newenglandpuck

Toews' hit allows an overage on the cap minus the team's current cap space. They would likely make roster moves to get right up against the cap before doing the transaction. This would allow them to use nearly all of Toews' cap hit towards the overage that Kane would create.

NYR twitter is losing its collective mind right now

If a team is cap compliant on opening day without using LTIR, or uses LTIR at any point during the season, the LTIR Pool is the Cap Hit of the LTIR player less the team’s cap space when the player goes on LTIR. For example, if a player with a $4M Cap Hit goes on LTIR when the team has $100K of Cap Space, the LTIR pool is $3.9M ($4M-$0.1M). Because of this, team’s often make several roster moves right before a player goes on LTIR in order to be as close to the cap as possible, in order to maximize the LTIR Pool

NYR twitter is losing its collective mind right now
- picklerick

About what precisely?

About what precisely?
- JRR1285

Something something kane something something

About what precisely?
- JRR1285

Kane to NYR as a possibility given the tweet from Vally etc

Something something kane something something
- picklerick

Something that is basically impossible, at least improbable. Yeah, let's overreact.

Kane to NYR as a possibility given the tweet from Vally etc
- airjan23

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