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Originally Posted by Ashasx

I agree with that but I wonder what the situation would be if Kane didn't get to play with McDavid and he struggled getting a contract this summer.

I'm sure Kane wouldn't be willing to go for a settlement in that situation.

I think both sides wanted to avoid the same result, which was Kane being forced to go back to San Jose. That made it pretty easy to negotiate something.