San Jose Sharks Terminate Evander Kane's Contract

The San Jose Sharks have placed forward Evander Kane on unconditional waivers with the intention to terminate his contract.

Here is the Sharks’ statement on Kane pic.twitter.com/U6IhDV0AOq

— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) January 8, 2022

Obviously, this will be a developing story as the day unfolds.

— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) January 8, 2022

SJ #Sharks have placed Evander Kane on Unconditional Waivers for the purpose of contract termination.

As a result of the termination, Kane will forfeit $22,885,000.

Kane's cap hit for the remainder of this season, as well as for the following three, will come off SJ's books. https://t.co/HZPnyBMy6j

— CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) January 8, 2022

Kane will become a free agent and be free to sign with any team of his choice. Despite all the headlines regarding the 30-year-old's life, he scored 22 goals in 56 games last season and was on pace for a career high in goals, assists and points. The attention didn't seem to bother Kane and surely his agent will be pointing to these numbers when negotiating his next move.

Playoff bound teams will be having internal discussions these next 48 hours about a finalized decision on interest in Kane. Power forwards who are in their prime of their careers are hard to come by and especially on the open market. 

Evander Kane, contract terminated by SJ, is a top six power forward who despite taking lots of penalties can play in all situations and produces reasonably well. Will that be enough for a team to take a shot on him? #SjSharks pic.twitter.com/GaQUegcu2a

— JFresh (@JFreshHockey) January 8, 2022

First AHL goal alert 🚨

Scored by newcomer Evander Kane!

It's 9-5 us pic.twitter.com/py1sz7Ykyr

— San Jose Barracuda (@sjbarracuda) December 16, 2021

It will be interesting to see what type of contract offers come his way. Be curious to see if it's mostly just deals for the rest of the season or would a team be interested enough to offer a three-to-five year deal. Kane was making $7 million per season and was originally signed by the Sharks through the 2024-25 season. The former fourth-overall pick of the Atlanta Thrashers in 2009 now sits and waits for the phone to ring. How long does he wait before anyone calls? Let us know your thoughts in the comments. 

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