At least five teams have called the Chicago Blackhawks to express their desire to be a potential trade partner for star winger Patrick Kane, the Sun-Times reported, in the wake of a rape investigation surrounding his actions in in the early morning hours of Aug. 2 in Hamburg, N.Y.
Kane hasn’t been charged in the case as officials with the Hamburg police and the Erie County District Attorney’s Office continue to investigate.
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