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Saw an interesting idea on Twitter.

A team who is tanking now and rebuilding for the future deals one of their deadline assets for Kane (and whatever other pieces are needed to make it work). His cost will never be lower.

Trading their veteran for an injured player helps their tank job for the rest of this season, and next year they get a fresh and rested 23-year-old who still has a high ceiling and will undoubtedly be motivated. If the team thinks this ordeal will serve as a wake-up call and/or they have a veteran player they think can take Kane under his wing and mentor him and help him integrate with the new team, that's not a bad idea actually.

They also wouldn't have to get involved in the bidding war that will no doubt happen for him if they waited until the offseason when contenders would be interested in him once again.