After long road to recovery, Kane contributing in big way

Evander Kane could barely stand up in the immediate aftermath of complicated, invasive surgery. Rarely does a professional athlete go under the knife to have two adductor muscles, one in either hip, and two sports hernias repaired to try to get back playing.

But after five days in a New York hospital in September, Kane was feeling better physically and mentally than in late June when he was unable to get on the ice with the Edmonton Oilers in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final, which they lost by a ...