Patrick Kane leaves Detroit Red Wings to Rejoin Blackhawks on $16M Deal

A lot of changes have been happening with the Detroit Red Wings.

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Last week it was announced that Steve Yzerman would be transitioning from his role of Executive Vice President and General Manager to be a senior advisor to Governor and CEO, Chris Ilitch.

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Now it's just been announced that Patrick Kane who's been with the Red Wings for the past 3 years is going back to Chicago to play for his former team the Blackhawks.

Patrick Kane started his NHL career with the Blackhawks and spent 16 seasons in total with the team.

He then played one season in New York for the Rangers before joining the Detroit Red Wings.

Patrick Kane Returns Home

The new deal with the Blackhawks will have Patrick Kane playing for 2 seasons and will be worth a total of $16 million.

I suspect that he went home for several reasons.

The first one is that the Detroit Red Wings appear to be going nowhere fast.

They have failed to make a playoff appearance in over 10 years.

Add into the mix that there is change in leadership, so the future is uncertain.

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The second reason why I believe that he's heading back to Chicago is for the same reason that Justin Verlander returned home to the Detroit Tigers.

Patrick Kane will always be a Blackhawk and probably wants to end his NHL career right back where it started.