I don’t think the Rangers would give all of that control away for one season of Kane. Doesn’t make any sense. Also, adding Kane doesn’t put them any closer to winning the cup

Wow is that absurd, ridiculous and incredibly awlful for NY.

"adding Kane doesn't put them any closer to winning the cup" ... respectfully disagree.

It makes more sense to wait until next season when he's a FA. No rush to get him this season vs next. If anything, we have more options to open up cap space, Laf, Fil and Key's next deals will be clear. You can't move on from Kakko already.

Also, I think they made it so teams can't make re-signing a trade condition anymore.

That's a massive overpay for Kane at this point in his career, even if he does agree to resign

That’s fine, but why? They already have arguably the best power play in hockey. His defensive metrics are atrocious, and he doesn’t drive play like he used to. The rangers are better off using the money down the middle

Doesn't play like he used to? He still averages close to 1.17 pts per game. He has 3 Cups and has some serious chemistry with Panarin. I think he would "help" the Rangers significantly.

Hawks put a value on Kakko last week. Its at least a 1st rd pick, since Dach was taken the spot after Kakko, and the 2 have almost the same number of points in the same number of games. Dach was worth a 1st and a 2nd. Hawks also put a price tag on PPG wingers making $6ish million when they traded DeBrinecat for a 1st 2nd and 3rd. The hawks retaining 50% of Kane's salary is bc his cap hit is awful and they need to hit the cap floor, but it brings it around what DeBrincat's is. So the price for Kane at 50% retained should be a 1st, 2nd and 3rd max.
And you want to give the equivalent to 3+ firsts for him? Also, why the hell would the rangers want to resign him? He's old, they have 18 million winger prospects, and they have no cap space. Cap isnt going to move much and they'll need to resign chytil, Miller, and Lafreniere.