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“All situations are unique. You do your assessments and you go from there. Guys make mistakes. You look at all the facts. Guys on the edge can sometimes cross the line.”

It wouldn’t be a stretch to suggest that the summation could indicate some level of interest in the 6-foot-2, 204 pound Kane. He would add speed, skill and size. He has two years remaining on his contract at a palatable $5.2 million US salary cap hit and already has a 30-goal season on his resume. But he has issues. Lots of issues.

Here’s Linden on other Canuck topics:

On Jake Virtanen, whom Alex Burrows said of the winger that “he’ll get it one day, hopefully sooner than later”:

“Players mature at different levels and Jake has a very raw and unique skill set. He has to earn a spot. There may be a situation where his best place is Utica, but it’s hard to tell.”

On Willie Desjardins, who’s in the coaching crosshairs:

“He has done exactly what we expected. He has connected with players and knows where he needs to be better. One area is we need to do a better job structurally when we don’t have the puck.”

On the Canucks rumoured to be for sale:

“I have not heard of it and have no reason to believe that is the case.”

On possibly moving the AHL affiliate Utica Comets to Abbotsford:

“Our situation in Utica is great. That is a tremendous AHL market. We’re really happy.”

On moving up in the 2016 draft and getting the No. 3 pick from Columbus:

“I said to Jim in May that they’ll take Dubois and go off the board. We didn’t have the (trade) assets but they wouldn’t have done that.”

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