“I absolutely don’t think this is any kind of a coincidence,” Friedman said. “I think Kane is an a position that he’s going to do one of two things. He’s going to pick a team that he wants to go to, and have that team be his team. Or if he can’t go to that team he’ll go to the deadline and does what he needs to do to be on time to play next year.
“Look, I think he wants to go to the Rangers,” Friedman started laughing. “I’m not a genius to predict that. We all know it, and if you look at the Rangers lineup there’s room for him on the right side. The Rangers are going to have to do a little surgery in order to do this…I think they’re $75K short even if Kravtsov is included. So the Rangers might only be able to carry 20 players in the regular season. Playoffs you can do whatever.”
Jeff Marek followed up on Friedman’s comments stating this is strikingly similar to Claude Giroux’s situation last year, where he gave the Philadelphia Flyers just the Florida Panthers he would waive his no-move clause for.
Friedman wholeheartedly agree with his colleague but not too long ago, Kane’s agent Pat Brisson said exactly that.
Back in October, Brisson spoke with Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic (subscription required) regarding Kane’s situation. The NHL’s super-agent quickly referenced client Claude Giroux last season.
“Claude at the beginning of last season wanted to see how things were going to go with the Flyers,” Brisson told LeBrun. “We realized pretty soon, by November, that if he wanted a chance at trying to win a Cup last season, he would have to make a decision. And he picked Florida. The Panthers were one of the most attractive teams at the trade deadline.”
Brisson also noted that it was a very hard for Giroux to leave after having spent 15 years with the team that drafted him. It looks like history is about to repeat itself with Kane either going to the New York Rangers or bust.
Kane, 34, has scored 45 points in 54 games this season. The pending UFA has a massive cap hit of $10.5 million which means a third team is needed to drive AAV down.
“Look, I think he wants to go to the Rangers,” Friedman started laughing. “I’m not a genius to predict that. We all know it, and if you look at the Rangers lineup there’s room for him on the right side. The Rangers are going to have to do a little surgery in order to do this…I think they’re $75K short even if Kravtsov is included. So the Rangers might only be able to carry 20 players in the regular season. Playoffs you can do whatever.”
Jeff Marek followed up on Friedman’s comments stating this is strikingly similar to Claude Giroux’s situation last year, where he gave the Philadelphia Flyers just the Florida Panthers he would waive his no-move clause for.
Friedman wholeheartedly agree with his colleague but not too long ago, Kane’s agent Pat Brisson said exactly that.
Back in October, Brisson spoke with Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic (subscription required) regarding Kane’s situation. The NHL’s super-agent quickly referenced client Claude Giroux last season.
“Claude at the beginning of last season wanted to see how things were going to go with the Flyers,” Brisson told LeBrun. “We realized pretty soon, by November, that if he wanted a chance at trying to win a Cup last season, he would have to make a decision. And he picked Florida. The Panthers were one of the most attractive teams at the trade deadline.”
Brisson also noted that it was a very hard for Giroux to leave after having spent 15 years with the team that drafted him. It looks like history is about to repeat itself with Kane either going to the New York Rangers or bust.
Kane, 34, has scored 45 points in 54 games this season. The pending UFA has a massive cap hit of $10.5 million which means a third team is needed to drive AAV down.
