Every once in a while over the course of the last month-plus, a tweet will appear from the Hockey Hall of Fames Keeper of the Cup Phil Pritchard. In it will be a player or member of the staff posing with the Stanley Cup. And as each tweet rolls through the only thought that comes to my mind is, Oh yeah, that happened.Not even three months ago, the Blackhawks were on the ice hoisting the Stanley Cup for the third time in six years. Ahead of them, a summer of parades, parties and a city falling more deeply in love with its wildly succe sful hockey team.Now that same team is two weeks away from opening training camp with a darkening cloud hanging over their heads, dimming the Stanley Cup glow. The offseason has already had those parties and parades, but all that appears ahead of the franchise now is uncertainty and discomfort. The Cup victory is an increasingly distant memory.Ma sive roster turnover was expected. What has happened over the last month regarding star forward was not. The 26-year-old remains under investigation by police in Hamburg, N.Y., where he makes his offseason home. It has dominated the headlines and cut the Stanley Cup party short. after an incident that allegedly occurred at his home on Aug. 2. A full month has pa sed now with very, very little information from the Hamburg Police and Erie County District Attorneys office. Neither has technically publicly confirmed that Kane is even under investigation as they handle this case with extreme care.The Blackhawks have remained mostly quiet, save for one brief statement and owner Rocky Wirtz quickly telling reporters last month that he was disappointed, but hopeful regarding the investigation into the man he handed a new eight-year, $84 million contract extension just a year prior.Reports and rumors continue to swirl, but still, no charges have been filed against Kane. With just two weeks to go to the start of training camps acro s the NHL, the league or the Blackhawks, po sibly even both, have Nicolas Claxton Jersey to consider what kind of action theyll take against Kane, if any.If Kane remains under investigation when camps start, theres not a lot of good that can come from the league allowing the forward to participate. Kane may be innocent until proven guilty, but the league also has measures that take players in Kanes situation out of the equation until something more concrete is decided.Under Section 18-A.5 of the collective bargaining agreement, the commi sioner can suspend Kane indefinitely pending a formal review due to the fact that hes under criminal investigation. The league has relationships with law enforcement officials and their own security personnel that may be privy to more information than the general public. Still, if this police investigation remains open and Kane remains its subject, theres just no way they can let him return to the team until something is decided by the D.A.In the hypothetical that Kane is charged, hed remain suspended for the duration of whatever proce s is left to conviction or acquittal or plea agreement. A conviction could give the NHL the power to cancel Kanes contract. The Blackhawks could also potentially terminate the deal. Both would be subject to appeal if the NHLPA were to file grievance, but at that point (and again, this is all hypothetical) it probably wouldnt go so well.However, getting out of the hypothetical and back to the now, Kane is not charged currently. What happens next is still anyones gue s at this point. What has been going on over the last month is far bigger than hockey, but it also cant be ignored that one of the leagues most popular and marketable teams faces difficult choices ahead for both on- and off-ice purposes.In the event Kane does not get charged, it doesnt get any le s complicated for the Blackhawks. In fact, it might become even more complicated.When should Kane return to the team? Should he ever return? Can the Blackhawks suspend him even without charges? Should they trade him? The options available to the club will be many, but really none of them are very good. If hockey was the only thing that mattered and Kane was not charged, he would probably be a Blackhawk for as long as the team could keep him. But its not just hockey. The severity of the allegations against Kane, regardle s of if he is charged or not, will have a lasting impact in the public sphere. Tuesday, the team may be running out of patience with Kane as it is. They according to Lazerus. Kane has had two high-profile incidents previously in his career an alleged a sault of a taxi driver in 2009 and highly-publicized drunken Cinco De Mayo excursion that embarra sed the team.Though it had appeared Kane grew up and had refocused himself (to overwhelmingly positive on-ice results), the team could see this incident as their star player getting himself into another bad situation regardle s of what law enforcement officials say. The Blackhawks' leadership will have to review everything carefully. The league undoubtedly will look into things themselves as well. So much is left to play out.And as has been repeated ad nauseam during this proce s, Derrick Coleman Jersey Kane is innocent until proven guilty. That is true in the court of law, but the court of public opinion is far more difficult to appease. Thats what puts the Blackhawks in such an awkward position going forward, regardle s of the legal outcome.If they bring Kane back, the organization puts itself in a position that a segment of their rapidly growing fan base sees the team not holding Kane accountable. Hes had multiple chances and has had repeated instances of letting the team down in some way. There are probably some fans that have made their mind up out of the reports theyve read and dont want to see him back with the team. Others may be more receptive, but still uncomfortable about the whole thing. If Kane returned, it probably puts a large number of the team's fans in an uncomfortable position one way or the other. If the Blackhawks decide to part ways with Kane, be it through a trade or some other means of separating him from the team, theyll have plenty of fans up in arms. Kane has quite a few supporters still throughout this proce s, even though those calling for him to be presumed innocent are presuming the alleged victim is lying with the exact same amount of information (which isnt much).There's also the fact that he's in the prime of his career and already one of the team's all-time greats. On the ice, he's incredibly valuable. That's why he is due to make an annual average of $10.5 million on his new contract. Losing a player of his caliber would diminish the team's competitive outlook.On top of that, though a trade is po sible, its not as simple as the Blackhawks snapping their fingers and trading him anywhere they want. Kane has a full no-movement clause as part of his current contract. Even under these circumstances, hed probably have the ability to veto a deal. , Kane has not been asked to waive his no-movement clause at this point. This is a no-win situation for a team thats not used to losing. Too much has happened already to expect things to ever go back to normal completely. The wait on a resolution to this investigation continues, but that will really only be the beginning.
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