Patrick Kane’s NAGGING hip injury hinders trade with Rangers as Blueshirts choose Vladimir Tarasenko over ‘Showtime’

Patrick Kane’s trade talk has been the talk of the NHL world for quite some time and for good reason, but the forward may have just missed on his favorite team.

<strong>Patrick Kane’s NAGGING hip injury hinders trade with Rangers as Blueshirts choose Vladimir Tarasenko over ‘Showtime’</strong>

Vladimir Tarasenko and Patrick Kane [Image Credit: Sporting News/Sportsnet]

NHL forward Patrick Kane stated he’ll decide on his destination within a few more days after missing out on New York Rangers trade deal. Like his former teammate Artemi Panarin, Kane admitted that he had been interested in going for Rangers, but in the end, The Broadway Blueshirts choose Vladimir Tarasenko.

Vladimir was traded by the St. Louis Blues as he enjoyed his last 8-year $60 million contract with the team for 11 years approximately. Panarin being a Rangers earlier stated his excitement to skate with Kane once again and has urged the team to trade him prior March deadline.

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Despite his nagging hip injury, Kane is currently, one of the most sorted players in the market. Undoubtedly, that means he comes with a high market rate, the amount that currently the Rangers would be tight on. Kane’s market rate along with his injury-stricken rumors made the Rangers back away at the last moment.

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Patrick Kane expresses disappointment over New York Rangers trade

Patrick Kane [Image Credit: CBS Sports]
Patrick Kane [Image Credit: CBS Sports]

Patrick Kane despite his injury has produced a well-off regular season with 26 assists and 9 goals in 46 games as part of the Chicago Blackhawks. Kane admitted that he had been looking at Rangers as a prospective team, but Vladimir Tarasenko’s trade has changed the whole picture.

He stated, “It’s not, like, the happiest I’ve been to hear about a trade”. “I think the Rangers are a team that you definitely pay attention to and definitely are intrigued by, for obvious reasons.”

“If things were going to happen, that was a team I was definitely looking at. It seems like they kind of filled their void and went ahead and made a deal, so it is what it is.”

The Rangers took in Vladimir, and Niko Mikkola in exchange for Sammy Blais, and Hunter Skinner, a 2023 conditional first-round pick, and a 2024 fourth-round selection. As Kane has the power of a no-movement clause he is free to choose his team and update GM Kyle Davidson.

He commented, “In fairness to Kyle, I haven’t went to Kyle and said, ‘I wanted to go here’ (or) ‘I want to (stay)’”. “I haven’t gotten to any of that yet. … I think within the next 10 days or so, we’ll probably get a clearer picture of what’s going to happen.”

When asked to clear rumors about his hip injury and if the case was indeed serious or not, Patrick Kane replied according to theScore, “I’m not sure what the story is, to be honest with you, but I feel better than I did last year”. “It’s just one of those things that maybe the story leaks out and it piles up a little bit.”

Though Artemi Panarin may not have gotten to the lineup with Kane, he got another friend of his with him. Vladimir and Panarin share deep friendship bonds, one that the forward dated back more than 10 years. Some fans are upset to not see Panarin and Kane pair up again, considering their dynamic power relationship on ice.

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