Overview

• The one-year extension guarantees Kane a $3 million base salary and marks his third season with Detroit.
• Bonuses include $2.5 million for 10 games, $250,000 each at 30 and 50 games, $500,000 for reaching the playoffs and $250,000 per win in the first two postseason rounds.
• Kane tallied 21 goals and 59 points in 72 games last season, his highest scoring output since the 2021–22 season in Chicago.
• With 1,343 career points and three Stanley Cups, Kane remains Detroit’s veteran leader and the first American to win both the Hart and Art Ross Trophies.
• Detroit also acquired goaltender John Gibson at the draft as part of its roster revamp aimed at ending a nine-season playoff drought.