from Mark Spector of Sportsnet,

Ken Holland, the Oilers general manager, told us a series ago that he’d love to re-sign Kane. But there is a salary cap, and what does the leading goal scorer in the NHL Playoffs command on the market?

Six million dollars? Seven million? Eight?

“I can sign anybody. But someone's gotta go,” reasoned Holland. “If you love everybody, somebody's not staying.

“Can you keep him? I can keep anybody. But I can't keep ‘em all.”

There are salary cap machinations that would have to take place: trading Tyson Barrie’s $4.5 million cap hit; moving Zack Kassian at $3.2 million; perhaps having to choose between which restricted free agent to sign, Kailer Yamamoto or Jesse Puljujarvi.

Then there is the baggage that has dogged Kane throughout an NHL career spent on the outs with teams in Winnipeg, Buffalo and San Jose, where he was literally kicked off the island by the Sharks players.

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