Oilers favoured to land Patrick Kane in a trade, per gambling oddsmakers

There is a sense that Patrick Kane might want out of Chicago. And you cannot blame the guy: there have been a lot of changes lately. Blackhawks GM Kyle Davidson pulled off two large trades last week on the draft floor in Montreal. First up, Davidson traded star forward Alex DeBrincat to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for the 7th overall pick, a 2nd round and a 3rd pick. Then Davidson shipped out former 3rd overall pick Kirby Dach to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for the 13th overall pick and another 2nd round pick. In essence, the Blackhawks loaded up on draft picks by shipping out DeBrincat and Dach.

Kane’s agent Pat Brisson had stated more than once that he is “not going to make any decisions or comments at this point.”

We bet Kane is considering his options. And here’s one more. David Staples reports that, according to gambling oddsmakers, the Edmonton Oilers are favoured to land Patrick Kane in a trade. Staples put the results of two gambling sites, Sportsbetting.ag and Betonline:

“Sportsbetting.ag has the Oilers edging out Colorado and the New York Rangers in bringing in the future Hall of Fame winger from the Chicago Blackhawks.

Betonline reports the same, saying: “After 15 years and three Stanley Cup Trophies with the Chicago Blackhawks, will we see the Blackhawks trade Patrick Kane? If Wayne Gretzky and Joe Montana can get traded, anyone can! Below are the odds of which team Kane gets traded to with the Oilers and Avalanche at the top and his hometown Sabres seventh on the list:

Oilers +300 (3/1)
Avalanche +350 (7/2)
Rangers +400 (4/1)
Kings +500 (5/1)
Lightning +550 (11/2)
Leafs +600 (6/1)
Sabres +750 (15/2)”

However NHL insider John Shannon cannot imagine the Oilers would ever be able to take on Kane, who has just a year left on his contract with a $10.5-million cap hit and a full no-movement clause.

“The odds get put up by people who are from that town who are prepared to take the bet,” Shannon said. “They’re not necessarily calculated bets, they are emotional bets.”

Shannon added the latest update on Kane, stating that as of last Friday the veteran forward had not decided if he was willing to accept a trade out of Chicago.

Even if Kane gets paid the real dollars pay-out at $6.9 million, with just $2.9 million of that left to be paid for the year as his $4 million signing bonus has already been paid, Edmonton is already pressed up against the salary cap.

A trade to Edmonton could necessitate a third team getting involved and that is if Chicago is willing to absorb some of Kane’s cap hit.

The oddsmakers, maybe from Edmonton, appear to be dreaming.