The Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche are among the likely trade destinations for Vancouver Canucks forward Evander Kane, according to a report from NHL Network’s Kevin Weekes. Weekes posted the following to X.com on Friday afternoon:

Like most Canucks, Kane, 34, has had a bit of a disappointing campaign to this point. Through 49 games, Kane has nine goals and 14 assists. The Canucks acquired Kane over the offseason in a trade with the Edmonton Oilers, sending a fourth-round pick back the Oilers’ way. Kane played some great hockey over his four seasons with the Oilers, though he missed the entire 2024-25 regular season due to injury. Through 161 regular season games with the Oilers, Kane amassed 62 goals and 49 assists. He added 26 goals and 16 assists across 68 playoff games during his time in Edmonton.

It makes sense that a team would want Kane — who put up 12 points in 21 playoff games for the Oilers just last season — on their roster as they prepare for the gauntlet that is the Stanley Cup Playoffs. It also makes even more sense why the 32nd-ranked Canucks would want to continue to stockpile future assets as they navigate their current rebuild, and look to offload pending UFAs like Kane.

This season, the Canucks have already dealt captain Quinn Hughes to the Minnesota Wild, and more recently, shipped off forward Kiefer Sherwood to the San Jose Sharks for two second round picks. As a result of these trades, the Canucks currently have two picks in both the first and second rounds of the 2026 NHL Entry Draft. Could the Canucks convince a team to cough up a second round pick in a Kane trade, especially if they offer to retain on his $5.125 million cap hit? That remains to be seen, but we’ll now be keeping a close eye on the Avalanche and Stars as potential landing spots, along with the LA Kings, who were reported to be interested in Kane last week.