{"id":129946,"date":"2022-06-20T08:56:45","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T12:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=129946"},"modified":"2022-06-20T08:56:45","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T12:56:45","slug":"chicago-blackhawks-all-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/06\/20\/chicago-blackhawks-all-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Blackhawks All-Star Unsure About Future With Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kanepa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patrick Kane<\/a> may rethink his future with the club if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/debrial01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex DeBrincat<\/a> is traded in the off-season. This was brought up by NBC Chicago&#8217;s Charlie Roumeliotis in his latest article. It&#8217;s playing out similarly to when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/panarar01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Artemi Panarin<\/a> was shipped to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/bluejackets\/\" target=\"_self\">Columbus Blue Jacket<\/a>s in 2017.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Blackhawks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Blackhawks<\/a> trade Alex DeBrincat, will Patrick Kane want out? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KQ1l6lqBU7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/KQ1l6lqBU7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Charlie Roumeliotis (@CRoumeliotis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CRoumeliotis\/status\/1537462886284800002?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Patrick Kane Future Unclear with Hawks<\/h2>\n<p>Kane is entering the final year of his contract which pays him $10.5 million. The contract also has a full no-movement clause that gives Kane all the power. New<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/02\/28\/blackhawks-kyle-davidson-general-manager\/\" target=\"_self\"> full-time general manager<\/a> Kyle Davidson doesn&#8217;t want a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/tavarjo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Tavares<\/a>-like\u00a0situation where he loses a star player for nothing. However, the Buffalo native can veto any trade that&#8217;s presented to him.<\/p>\n<p>Kane does like playing with DeBrincat, but his name <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/06\/18\/nhl-rumours-canadiens-bruins-blackhawks\/\" target=\"_self\">has been tossed around<\/a> in deals as of late. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/dachki01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kirby Dach<\/a>&#8216;s name has been also thrown around as the Blackhawks think about their future. Chicago was set to make a big splash last off-season with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/jonesse01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seth Jones<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/fleurma01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marc-Andre Fleury<\/a>. However, those moves landed with a thud and the Hawks became sellers.<\/p>\n<p>The three-time Stanley Cup champion did say he likes playing with younger players, but he&#8217;s formed a bond with DeBrincat. It&#8217;s oddly similar to the one he formed with Panarin. Kane&#8217;s incentive to stay through a rebuild may lessen if DeBrincat is shipped off this off-season.<\/p>\n<h3>What it Means<\/h3>\n<p>It would be very odd to see Kane in anything other than a Blackhawks sweater. However, it&#8217;s the nature of the flat-cap world. Money is tight and there&#8217;s only so much to go around for the players. Dealing Kane would likely land Chicago a haul of players, picks, prospects or any combination of the three.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Patrick Kane: &#8220;It&#8217;s exciting for me personally. I&#8217;ve always enjoyed being around the young guys, I can learn from them, too.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a lot of opportunity.&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Blackhawks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Blackhawks<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCSChicago?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@NBCSChicago<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3NkgC8LjM5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/3NkgC8LjM5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLBlackhawks\/status\/1346165654186061829?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Trading &#8220;Showtime&#8221; would also give the Blackhawks more salary cap flexibility and a chance to spread the money around to fill multiple gaps in the lineup. That $10.5 million might go a little further if it&#8217;s not being given to just one, star player.<\/p>\n<p>This also may call the future of captain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/toewsjo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jonathan Toews<\/a> into question. The Winnipeg native has the same $10.5 million salary and the contract also ends when the 2022-23 season concludes. Would Toews be willing to stay through a rebuild by himself? He also has a full no-trade clause like his longtime running buddy. Would the Blackhawks really be willing to burn the whole thing down by trading both Toews and Kane?<\/p>\n<p>If one or both of them are gone, it will be the end of an era in the Windy City. A big part of the Blackhawks&#8217; run last decade will be over when either one or both depart. That departure may happen a lot sooner than one thinks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patrick Kane may rethink his future with the club if Alex DeBrincat is traded in the off-season. This was brought up by NBC Chicago&#8217;s Charlie Roumeliotis in his latest article. It&#8217;s playing out similarly to when Artemi Panarin was shipped to the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2017. If the #Blackhawks trade Alex DeBrincat, will Patrick [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":129948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4321,27,4547,4548],"tags":[1046,5981,143,3505,7147,299],"class_list":["post-129946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rumours","category-blackhawks","category-hockey","category-nhl","tag-alex-debrincat","tag-chicago-blackhawks-rumours","tag-jonathan-toews","tag-kirby-dach","tag-kyle-davidson","tag-patrick-kane"],"modified_by":"Alex Metzger, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}