I don't think you want him and his off ice issues

I thought he was cleared

They’d give him to you for free

Great but what about with retained salary

It’s likely that he’ll be cleared but it seems he’s not a great locker room guy.

Oh do you think this would be great to watch during the season opener

Caps already employ Kuznetsov, why not

Should you be a good game then Oct 13

I would 100% be there if it was in MSG

Is he really that bad

What do you need for retained salary for? Just set up a VLT in the locker room and he’ll give you back all his money.

Sorry I just had to.

That was pretty funny

With 3.5M retained we’ll take a 1st lol

2023 1st not 2022

Surprised you didn’t flip out at that lol. I dunno retaining that much for that long just really hurts so I’m not even sure I could be convinced to do that but a 1st would be intriguing.

I think ovi could keep him in check

Definitely, when he was in San Jose Kane had both Jumbo and Pavs to keep his ego in check. Problems only started after both left. I think if Kane was moved to a team with a strong leadership core the locker room issues would be non-existent to minimal.

I'd also be fine with just a 1st in return. He's obviously worth more (equal to Hertl), but GMs may not realize his attitude could be kept in check.

I agree

4 yrs retention i doubt anyone does that. Burns and kane are with us for 2 more years. you get those contracts down to 2 yrs left then we could talk about retention.

Can there be conditions on retaining

Like limiting the years.. No. If you retain to retain for the length of the deal and you can only retain on 3 contracts at time

Like if he plays a certain of games in the season they require him they retain a certain number

From what i can see in the CBA a fixed percentage has to be determined based on the AAV of the contract so a games played would not be valid.