That should be enough, there's no way Kane re-signs with Chicago so they have no leverage plus he's having a bad season.

They do have leverage, they can decline any offer. There's also a relatively good chance he signs again in Chicago after moving to another team for a playoff run as reported by The Athletic

I call BS on that.

If I had to guess he's signing in Buffalo.

But would the money work? PETRY is only on LTIR for 4-6 weeks so when he comes off unless he's injured until the playoffs his cap would also come back.... We would have to get rid of dumo and kap in any trade for Kane or boeser... But hell... If we could move kap and dumo... Call up Ty Smith... Find a way to resign Kane, jarry, blueger & Smith if the cap is increased by 4.5 for 23-24 as predicted then I'd be all for trading away poulin and a 1st... Getting Kane at the deadline or midway through the season would be a lot of pressure to win a cup while having a rather soft and young defense and lack of goalie depth... So I would feel alot better if Kane extended even on a 1-2 year deal... I think Kane would be open to being in PGH as well considering we're only 5hr or less drive from buffalo so he would be very close to family and 4hr or less if he lived in cranberry where the training facility is... But a straight up trade as put forth I don't believe would be feasible capwise long-term because of JPetry

I'm basically running off the assumption that someone else will get injured (probably Petry again)

Yeah understandably, but if nobody is injured severely enough continuously to qualify for IR trading dumo and/kap would be the only realistic option to ensure cap compliance

I tend to lean towards the expert opinions that cover him professionally versus the random person on here, I'm betting they are more often right then you.

CHI's leverage is literally the fact that they have Kane and teams want him, not to mention his super low ACTUAL cost and their ability to retain half of his contract. Where he signs after the season is over is his own business and has literally nothing to do with the trade, re-signing is not even allowed to be a consideration in trades since the CBA changes that took effect in 2020. Also, considering what he has to work with this season on a CHI roster that was literally built to fail, I'd say he is having a pretty good season. GM's see that, they know what he can do on the ice for a team, they know exactly why there is a dip in his production, and they still want him, it is a non factor to them.

How much do you want to bet he's not signing in Chicago? I'd even give you favourable odds.