Canucks Rumors: Evander Kane's Potential Trade Details & Value

The Vancouver Canucks appear to be willing to trade many of their players. Two key ones have already been traded away earlier this season. One of the next to go is Evander Kane, who the Canucks brought in from the Edmonton Oilers prior to the season.

As the season hasn't gone as planned, Kane is now being used as trade bait to get them a mid-round pick. If no team is willing to go as high as they're asking, I'm sure Vancouver will drop the price.

Chris Johnston said, "The Canucks are willing to retain salary on Evander Kane, and they'd likely take back a third-round pick as compensation." Kane is in the final year of his deal at $5.125 million AAV and is a UFA after the season. The 34-year-old has a 16-team approved trade list, but seeing as Vancouver is in last place and Kane probably wants to have a chance at winning this season, he won't be too picky as to where he gets traded for the final 20-25 games of the season and playoffs with a better chance to win.

Kane isn't having the best season offensively, but that's what comes with being on a team like the Canucks this season. Nobody is. He has nine goals and 25 points in 56 games, but also has the lowest shooting percentage of his career at 6.6% and still hits a lot with 94 on the season.

Kane has scored at least 20 goals in eight of the last nine seasons, only missing the one season because he played 41 games for the Oilers. When it comes to the playoffs, he does damage and is a good player to have. Ask the Oilers in the four seasons Kane was on their team for their playoff runs. He contributed 26 goals and 42 points in 68 games across four runs, leading the playoffs in goals with 13 in 15 games in his first season with Edmonton. He also shot at a 14% shooting percentage and recorded 284 hits.

The Canucks can retain up to $2.56 million for the remainder of the season, so a playoff-bound team can add someone this impactful in the playoffs for just a third-round pick at the most and strike while he's having a down season on a very bad team.