{"id":433758,"date":"2026-01-24T05:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T05:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/433758\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T05:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T05:15:08","slug":"stars-avalanche-favorites-to-acquire-canucks-evander-kane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/433758\/","title":{"rendered":"Stars, Avalanche Favorites To Acquire Canucks’ Evander Kane"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stars, Avalanche Favorites To Acquire Canucks\u2019 Evander KaneThe Vancouver Canucks are once again busying up with the Trade Deadline around the corner. A focal point this year could be moving winger Evander Kane<\/a>, who joined Vancouver in a trade from the Edmonton Oilers<\/a> at the 2025 NHL Draft. After not clicking in the Canucks lineup, Kane could be headed across the Western Conference, with the Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche currently the favorites to make a trade per NHL.com\u2019s Kevin Weekes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Despite spending his junior hockey days in Vancouver, Kane hasn\u2019t found much spark in his return to the city. He has nine goals, 57 penalty minutes, and a minus-18 in 49 games with the Canucks. He\u2019s filled an important role in the lineup \u2013 averaging 16:55 in ice time each game, sixth among Canucks forwards \u2013 but Kane has ended up one of a few sputtering tires on Vancouver\u2019s flanks. The club traded cornerstone defenseman Quinn Hughes<\/a> earlier this season<\/a> and could soon do the same<\/a> with top center Elias Pettersson<\/a>. With a teardown in progress, a part with the veteran Kane seems only natural.<\/p>\n

Just as fitting are the teams in the mix for landing the former Atlanta Thrasher top pick. Both Dallas and Colorado have proved to be a comfortable spot for aging veterans. The Stars have continued to get the most out of franchise icons Tyler Seguin<\/a> and Jamie Benn<\/a>, while Colorado has leaned on big impacts from Jonathan Drouin<\/a> and Brock Nelson<\/a> in recent years. Kane\u2019s game has noticeably slowed down on the other side of 30 but still plays a professional style that could click in the right system. He has offered reliable goal-scoring throughout his career, netting at least 20 goals in nine of his last 13 seasons in the league. He has also recorded at least 80 penalty minutes in seven seasons.<\/p>\n

That mix of grit and shooting \u2013 as well as Kane\u2019s 979 games of NHL experience \u2013 will be what the Central Division rivals eye as they try to find a trade. Kane is set to hit unrestricted free agency this summer, which should keep his price low. Dallas has two second round picks, and one third round pick, in the next two drafts, while Colorado only has two second-round picks in 2027. Those could end up the bartering chips in a deal and Dallas holds the taller stack.<\/p>\n

Colorado\u2019s advantage comes in the finance books. The Avalanche will have roughly $5.089MM in cap space<\/a> at the Trade Deadline, while the Stars will only have $3.267MM in space<\/a> per PuckPedia. That means that Colorado will only need some cap juggling to afford adding Kane, while Dallas will need to move a minor contract.<\/p>\n

Acquiring Kane will surely fit into a larger scheme for both teams, who seem set to buy at the Deadline after hot starts to the season. Kane will step in as a middle-six winger wherever he ends up. Joining a team headed for playoff success may even spark a final hoorah for Kane. He proved to be a hard playoff opponent in four years with the Edmonton Oilers, where he recorded 42 points and 164 penalty minutes in 68 games. That grit, and the spark of a recent move, could make Kane a timely addition in the second half.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stars, Avalanche Favorites To Acquire Canucks\u2019 Evander KaneThe Vancouver Canucks are once again busying up with the Trade…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433759,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,7522,7521,70173,575,85,2371],"class_list":["post-433758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-colorado-avalanche","tag-dallas-stars","tag-evander-kane","tag-nhl","tag-sports","tag-vancouver-canucks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}