Overview
- Vancouver granted agent Dan Milstein permission to help facilitate an Evander Kane trade, per CHEK TV’s Rick Dhaliwal.
- Reporting describes growing momentum in discussions, with no indication that a deal is imminent.
- The Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche are viewed as leading suitors, according to NHL.com’s Kevin Weekes.
- PuckPedia projects Colorado with about $5.089 million in deadline cap space versus roughly $3.267 million for Dallas, affecting trade feasibility.
- Kane, 34, is in the final year of a four-year, $20.5 million contract with a modified no-trade clause, has 9 goals and 15 assists in 51 games, and is set to reach unrestricted free agency this summer.