Patrick Kane has hip resurfacing surgical procedure and is anticipated to be out 4-6 months

Patrick Kane underwent hip resurfacing surgical procedure Thursday and is anticipated to overlook 4 to 6 months.

Agent Pat Brisson confirmed Kane’s operation in a textual content message to The Associated Press. The prolonged absence seems to rule out Kane for an NHL coaching camp however means he might be able to return early within the common season.

Kane, 34, has been coping with a nagging hip harm that hampered him over the previous yr with the Chicago Blackhawks after which down the stretch and within the playoffs with the New York Rangers.

Brisson expects Kane to make a full restoration. It was not instantly clear how the surgical procedure impacts Kane’s impending free company, although Brisson mentioned they’d contemplate choices if the prolific winger doesn’t have a contract on July 1.

The precedence, Brisson mentioned, is that the surgical procedure was profitable. He informed Sportsnet, which first reported the operation, that Kane needs to maintain taking part in for a very long time.

Kane may get that likelihood if the surgical procedure permits him to return to his earlier type. Second solely to Mike Modano in scoring amongst U.S.-born gamers with 1,237 factors, Kane was one of many centerpieces of Chicago’s Stanley Cup-winning groups in 2010, ’13 and ’15 and received the Hart Trophy as league MVP in 2016.

As lately because the 2021-22 season, Kane was greater than a point-a-game participant even amid the Blackhawks’ struggles, placing up 26 targets and 66 assists in 78 video games.

Kane had six factors on a objective and 5 assists in New York’s seven-game first-round collection loss to New Jersey after the Rangers acquired him earlier than the commerce deadline.

The Buffalo, New York, native joins Washington’s Nicklas Backstrom and Carl Hagelin as gamers to have the invasive hip surgical procedure over the previous yr. It entails dislocating the higher finish of the thighbone, trimming it, capping it and eradicating cartilage earlier than placing it again in place.