For the first time since he was traded at the trade deadline last year, Patrick Kane made his way back to Chicago and entertained the fans with a vintage show—albeit one that initially came at the Blackhawks’ price. With two points at the conclusion of the game, including the game-winning overtime basket, he helped the Detroit Red Wings advance to the postseason and increased his point run to eight.
On Daily Faceoff Live, Frank Seravalli and Tyler Yaremchuk discussed Kane’s throwback performance and how he’s really grown with the Red Wings.
Frank Seravalli: Chris Chelios declared Patrick Kane to be the greatest player to have been born in the United States during his address. It’s difficult to dispute that, though Paul Pidutti
However, Patrick Kane has experienced some very unique moments on the ice, generally for the Blackhawks team, and for him in that comeback on the day he receives that great standing ovation during the TV time out. It seemed like a six-minute standing ovation, to the extent that he had to make three loops around the rink to acknowledge the supporters. After that desperate heave by the defenseman, for him to be the one with the ball on his stick and simply shovel it out of the zone and into Kane’s stick for the breakaway, you could be certain that Kane would score.
Yes, Petr, Tyler Yaremchuk said
A fantastic evening in Chicago, and as for Kane, we don’t really need to dig too deep into it since we just discussed this when Kane sealed his point streak with a game-winning overtime basket at the end of last week, and we were like, “Whoa, he’s up to a point per game now.” He is now above one point per game. I don’t think Patrick Kane will slow down anytime soon; this is classic Kane. This is his true self; it’s not just a heater.
Frank Seravalli has scored 28 points in 27 games and appears to be developing. That’s an 85-point season-long pace. On the DFO Rundown today, we discussed this with
If you could count on one hand, that is what I would propose, but even then, I’m not sure I would choose anyone other over Kane. And that is Kane in the present moment; it is neither history nor vintage. That’s one player I would want on my club, and the Detroit Red Wings are a playoff team in large part because of him.
