Evander Kane appears set to move from the Edmonton Oilers to the Vancouver Canucks.
The 33-year-old winger posted a goodbye on social media Wednesday, thanking the Oilers organization, his teammates and Edmonton’s fans.
The post also said he is “incredibly excited” to join the Canucks and return to his hometown of Vancouver where he played junior hockey for the Western Hockey League’s Vancouver Giants.
No deal has been announced by the Oilers or the Canucks.
Kane spent the last four seasons playing for the Oilers, but missed all of the 2024-25 regular season with injuries before joining Edmonton for the playoffs where he contributed six goals and six assists in 21 gamse.
Picked fourth overall by the Atlanta Thrashers in the 2009 draft, the six-foot-two, 218-pound forward has played 16 seasons in the NHL, putting up 326 goals and 291 assists over 930 regular-season games during stints with Atlanta, Winnipeg, Buffalo, San Jose and Edmonton.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 25, 2025.