Kane had signed a prorated one-year contract last season, played well and showed no adverse signs of hip resurfacing surgery, but talked hesitantly about his future with the Wings. The prevailing thought was, there was likely no future with the Wings.

Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman held his end-of-season media availability on Tuesday, sitting next to head coach Todd McClellan and touching on multiple topics. One of those had to do with upcoming free agent forward Patrick Kane,

Veteran Patrick Kane has made it clear there is mutual interest between him and the Detroit Red Wings to sign an extension.