Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Da farko an tsara shi a matsayin na 72 a cikin NHL Entry Draft na 1996 ta Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh ta kasa yin sulhu da Kane a kan kwangila. Ya sake shiga aikin a
1998 kuma New York Rangers sun zaba shi na 114. Ya raba farkon wasanninsa uku na ƙwararru tsakanin Hartford Wolf Pack na American Hockey League da Charlotte Checkers na ECHL kafin a ƙarshe ya sami cikakken lokaci tare da Hartford a 2001-02. Kafin lokacin 2002-03, duk da haka, an yi ciniki da shi zuwa Tampa Bay Lightning don Gordie Dwyer, yana ciyar da kakar wasa tare da Springfield Falcons.