So a guy in my pool says to me "Patrick Kane is expendable for a top-pairing D." and that sounds a little too good to be true. I don't see much Hawks. But I know he's been a minus player the past 2 seasons, and he's plus now, and I wonder if maybe those pluses are a little flukey? And I'm watching the game tonight and I see he's playing with Bolland and Byfuglien. That doesn't sound great. And I also wonder if his production will taper when Hossa returns.

Does anyone who knows the Hawks well know any answers to these questions? And also, realistic points and +/- by the end of the season? Thanks.

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Patrick Kane is a force. He was a minus-two last year, but he played half the year with a high ankle sprain, so I'm not sure that is a reasonable number to go by.

I'd guess 80-85 points and at least in the single plus digits this year.

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10 team H2H Points-based keeper league

G, A, PIM, SOG, +/-
W, SO, SV, GA

C: H. Sedin, Backstrom, Stamkos, Kopitar, B. Richards, Krejci
LW: D. Sedin, Duchene, Cammalleri, Tanguay
RW: P. Kane, Wheeler, Callahan, J. Williams, Gagner
D: Letang, Kronwall, Goligoski, Carlson, Wideman, Carle
G: Quick, Neuvirth, Dubnyk

Farm: Holtby, Tokarski, B. Smith, Elliott, J. Morrow, Silfverberg

League Champion: 2009 and 2011

Hey, thanks for the response. Maybe it is too good to be true then... any idea what lines will look like when Hossa returns?

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