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Kane made $3 million last season and just got $8 million a year at 37. New Jersey paid a younger, higher-scoring winger $4.75 million eight days earlier. Chicago was the only bidder that was never buying a hockey player.
2026-27 regular season · source NHL, data as of 2026-10-23. Goals per game exclude shootout deciders. Standings · All 32 teams
Computed by Play-Pause Hockey from the league play-by-play, 2026-27, 165 regular-season games. Where a rank is shown it is among the 32 clubs, 1st = best. PDO and zone starts carry none: a high PDO means hot rather than good, and zone starts are how a club is deployed rather than how well it plays. All 32 teams
| Player | GP | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Anton Frondell | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
 Patrick Kane | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
 Teuvo Teravainen | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
 Tyler Bertuzzi | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
 Frank Nazar | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
 Artyom Levshunov | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Connor Bedard | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Oliver Moore | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Roman Kantserov | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 Ryan Donato | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Wyatt Kaiser | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
 Alex Vlasic | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Cole Smith | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Nick Lardis | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Ryan Greene | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Sam Rinzel | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Bowen Byram | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Jordan Greenway | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Andrew Mangiapane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Dominic Toninato | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Ethan Del Mastro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Ian Cole | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Kevin Korchinski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goalie | GP | W | L | SV% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Spencer Knight | 7 | 3 | 4 | .888 | 3.59 |
 Arvid Soderblom | 2 | 0 | 2 | .820 | 4.58 |
Puck and player tracking, 2026-27 regular season · source NHL EDGE. Ranks are among the 32 clubs, 1st = best; defensive-zone time ranks the least time first. All 32 teams
The $75 million headline hides the real move. Bedard took five years instead of eight, and on a climbing cap that turns his $15M hit into a shrinking share and a second swing at the market at 26.
Bedard's camp wants Kaprizov money. Chicago's offering Byram money to its franchise center. One of those numbers is out of step with where the market actually moved this summer.
A four-month timeline is survivable for a rebuild. A pattern of a franchise cornerstone who keeps ending up on the shelf is the part Chicago can't wave off, especially with his contract still unsigned.
Bowen Byram is good. That was never the question. The question is why a team that finished last in the Central traded the No. 4 pick for two years of a player who can leave before it's ready to win.
