Patrick Kane may be finishing his career exactly where it started, suiting up for the Buffalo Sabres.
Sportsnet's Luke Fox reported this morning that the Buffalo native is working on a contract with his hometown team.
Kane's been more than serviceable this season. Sixty seven games, 16 goals, 41 assists, 57 points with the Red Wings.
And he's been on fire lately. Ten points over his last five games, including four assists in that stretch alone.
Detroit hasn't given him much to work with. The Red Wings finished 41-31-10, sitting 16th overall with a minus-17 goal differential.
They dropped their last three games, capped by an 8-1 blowout loss at Florida. Todd McLellan's group faded hard down the stretch.
Buffalo is a different animal entirely. The Sabres finished 50-23-9, good for fourth overall and first in the Atlantic Division under Lindy Ruff.
Buffalo owned this matchup all season long
The Sabres beat Detroit twice in three meetings this year, including an overtime win back on November 15th.
GM Jarmo Kekalainen has been running the show in Buffalo since mid-December. Bringing home a 37-year-old Hall of Famer would be some kind of statement.
Here's the thing. Kane carries a cap hit of just three million dollars this season, the kind of number that makes a fit easy to imagine.
Is this a hockey move or a farewell tour dressed up as one? Might be both, and there's nothing wrong with that.
A kid from South Buffalo pulling on the blue and gold in his final act writes itself. That's the kind of story that sells itself before a single word gets typed.
But nothing is signed. Nothing is official. And until it is, this stays exactly what it is right now, a rumor with good bones and a hometown angle everyone wants to believe.
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