{"id":613627,"date":"2026-04-17T20:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/613627\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T20:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:25:10","slug":"kane-red-wings-have-mutual-interest-in-forwards-return-next-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/613627\/","title":{"rendered":"Kane, Red Wings have ‘mutual interest’ in forward’s return next season\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kane has reached the point of his career where he\u2019s playing on one-year contracts loaded with incentive clauses. He\u2019ll need to reach an agreement on another one with Red Wings president Steve Yzerman, but he hopes that will be a simple task.<\/p>\n

\u201cI still think I have the ability to elevate my game at the most important times,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve always been able to do that throughout my career, and I still think that\u2019s something that lives within me.\u201d<\/p>\n

DeBrincat said he’s eager to see Kane sign that new contract.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, we all hope he comes back – he\u2019s a huge part of this team,\u201d DeBrincat said. \u201cWe\u2019re really working toward something, and it obviously hasn\u2019t happened yet, but he sees it too. That\u2019s why he came here in the first place.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut ultimately, it is his decision. We can beg him all we want, but we have to wait to see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n

DeBrincat has played nine years in the NHL, and a teammate of Kane’s in eight of them, only missing 2022-23, when he was with the Ottawa Senators. In five years together with the Blackhawks and three with the Red Wings, they have become one of the highest-scoring American duos in League history.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love playing with Alex, and we have a great friendship and a great relationship,\u201d Kane said. \u201cI\u2019d love to keep playing with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kane, who has seen great players and great leaders in the course of his career, is full of praise for Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cDylan\u2019s a great leader, and he wants to win more than anyone else,\u201d Kane said. \u201cI think he brings that feeling for everyone. When he was injured, I think guys wanted to play well and win for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Larkin entered the Olympic break with 51 points (26 goals, 25 assists) in 58 games, then played a key role helping the United States win the gold medal at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics. He was still going well when NHL play resumed, with four points (two goals, two assists) in his first five games, but took a shot to the knee during a 4-3 overtime loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on March 4.<\/p>\n

Two nights later, in a 3-1 loss to the Florida Panthers, he made a sharp cut and his knee gave out. He missed eight games, and was clearly struggling when he returned.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was unfortunate, but I was kind of lucky that it wasn\u2019t worse,\u201d Larkin said Friday. \u201cI was able to come back, but I was still in pain for a while. It was an unbelievable feeling, like, why now?\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the injury, Larkin played in 11 of Detroit\u2019s final 12 games, putting up 13 points (six goals, sevenassists), including his third NHL hat trick in a 6-3 win against the Philadelphia Flyers on April 9.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just got tight down the stretch,\u201d Larkin said. \u201cWe\u2019re all playing each other and fighting for one or two spots, and we allowed some other teams to get in ahead of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Larkin didn\u2019t say if he would need offseason treatment for his knee, but expects to put in a full summer of training and be healthy in time for training camp next season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kane has reached the point of his career where he\u2019s playing on one-year contracts loaded with incentive clauses.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":613628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-613627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613627","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=613627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/613628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}