"To be honest, there hasn't been much discussion about anything, even with my agent or my parents or my family," the 33-year-old said Thursday, the first time he's spoken since the end of last season.
"I mean, I think we all know the situation, what could potentially happen. It's not really anything I'm thinking about as of yet, so we'll see how it all plays out and hopefully, we can get off to a good start here and prove some people wrong.
"I know a lot of people are counting this team out, what we can do, but I think we have a lot of motivated players and a motivated coaching staff as well. Hopefully, get off to a good start and it starts here in training camp, getting up to speed and everyone feeling good."
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Kane and captain Jonathan Toews have one season remaining on the eight-year contract each signed July 9, 2014. Together, they won the Stanley Cup with the Blackhawks in 2010, 2013 and 2015. Chicago, which is in full rebuild mode, went 28-42-12 last season, finishing seventh in the Central Division, and has not qualified for the Stanley Cup Playoffs in four of the past five seasons.
Blackhawks general manager Kyle Davidson said Wednesday there have been no discussions to trade either Kane or Toews.
"We didn't have any intention on making any of those moves and they didn't have any intention on going anywhere, so we were both mutually focused on the season," he said. "So if it comes to that at some point, we'll cross that bridge when we get there, but we're certainly not there right now."
The Blackhawks traded two of their top forwards in the offseason.
DeBrincat was traded July 7 to the Ottawa Senators for the No. 7 (Kevin Korchinski) and No. 39 picks (Paul Ludwinski) in the 2022 NHL Draft and a third-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft. That same day, Kirby Dach was traded to the Montreal Canadiens for the No. 13 (Frank Nazar) and No. 66 picks (Gavin Hayes) in 2022.
Kane and DeBrincat were usually on the same line last season. DeBrincat scored 41 goals, tying his NHL career high set in 2018-19, and Kane led the Blackhawks with 92 points (26 goals, 66 assists).
"That's disappointing and it was kind of crushing at first when you hear the news because, not only did I feel we had some great chemistry on the ice, but he was one of my best friends and closest teammates off the ice," Kane said of DeBrincat. "Yeah, it was tough, but I think he's a guy who's going to develop into a great player, better than he already is."