Evander Kane's tenure in Winnipeg has come to an end as the Jets dealt the winger to the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday in an eight-player blockbuster trade.
The Jets sent Kane, Zach Bogosian and unsigned goaltending prospect Jason Kasdorf to Buffalo for Tyler Myers, Drew Stafford, prospects Brendan Lemieux and Joel Armia and a 2015 first-round draft pick.

The first-round pick going to Winnipeg will be the lowest of the three that Buffalo currently owns. In addition to their own choice, which could end up being the first overall, the Sabres have first-round picks from the St. Louis Blues and New York Islanders that were acquired last season.

According to TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun, the Vancouver Canucks were also talking trade with the Jets on Tuesday night, but Jets called the Canucks Wednesday morning to say they were pursuing a bigger deal with another team.

ESPN's Craig Custance adds that the Sabres will retain half of Stafford's salary, which is $4 million for this season. He is an unrestricted free agent this summer.

Kane, 23, won't be able to play for the Sabres until the fall after having season-ending shoulder surgery earlier in the week. His expected recovery time is 4-6 months.

The Vancouver native had 10 goals and 12 assists in 37 games this season for the Jets. He has three years remaining on a six-year deal that carries an average annual value of $5.25 million.

Bogosian, 24, is playing his seventh NHL campaign and has three goals and 10 assists for the Jets this season.

Myers, 25, was Buffalo's first-round pick (12th overall) in 2008 and has four goals and nine assists in 47 games this year.

Stafford, 29, has nine goals and 15 assists is 50 games this year. He has played his entire nine-year career in Buffalo after being a first-round pick of the Sabres in 2004.

Armia has been playing this season for the AHL Rochester Americans. Lemieux is playing for the OHL Barrie Colts.

Kasdorf, 22, was selected by the Jets in the sixth round of the 2011 NHL Draft. He is currently playing for RPI of the NCAA.

Kane departs Winnipeg after a turbulent couple of weeks. TSN Radio 1290's Gary Lawless of The Winnipeg Free Press initially reported that Kane was scratched in his hometown of Vancouver for the Jets' Feb. 3 game against the Canucks because he broke the team's dress code by wearing a track suit instead of a suit to a team meeting.

It was later reported that Kane had a run-in with teammates the day of the Vancouver game that included Dustin Byfuglien throwing Kane's track suit into the shower and that Kane was not on the team bus to the arena for the game.

Kane was chosen fourth overall by the Jets in the 2009 Draft. He enjoyed a breakout season in 2011-12, scoring 30 goals and adding 27 assists.
However, he has broken neither the 20-goal nor the 65-game plateau in any season since. He missed two extended stretches this season - eight games in October with a knee injury and five games around the New Year with a lower body injury - before the shoulder surgery ended his campaign.

The first-round pick going to Winnipeg will be the lowest of the three that Buffalo currently owns. In addition to their own choice, which could end up being the first overall, the Sabres have first-round picks from the St. Louis Blues and New York Islanders that were acquired last season.