He’s not scrappy. No fights ever as a pro. 1 in H.S. So, he’s a very offense minded winger and not a lot else. And at 35 coming off hip reshaping he’s not going to change to fit the larger scrappier Red Wings team that Yzerman has built.

So it seems to me that the Wings would be weighing adding him only for the possible return of scoring knack that he once had with DeBrincat.

Debrincat himself is very small, but he’s scrappy, young, fast and scores more often than Kane but anyone playing on the Debrincat line will surely add goals. Perhaps not in big K+D numbers at first but eventually they’ll become accustomed. Or another player will get the opportunity.

I’m having to re-think the Kane signing idea. I just don’t see the gaudy goal numbers returning by adding Kane. THIS Wings team is very different from the Blackhawks of the 2019 to 2023 era and Kane doesn’t seem to fit in.