I'll try to stay above the personal attacks.
My issue was you seemingly wanted to dump veterans at the TD, in a year that we're going for it. I have no problem making a decision on Kane (and Ryan,, Foegele, etc) after this playoff run. IMO, to replace them with unproven prospects or picks is not a good solution. And as I've stated repeatedly and is now common knowledge, Kane has been playing under duress for a good chunk of this year, with an issue that is not uncommon in sports and can be fixed, and I believe he can still have greater upside going forward.
He's first or 2nd in hits on the team, not sure what more you want him to do in that department. He had the Kings chasing him around for nearly the entire series and was in Doughty's head. And this series, he's had Zadorov chasing him as well. He's hit some posts and had some other chances, but, not playing the PP, it's a lot tougher to score. Even the big five haven't exactly lit it up on 5 on 5.