There are plenty of reasons why Patrick Kane might choose to return to the Chicago Blackhawks this summer. There’s nostalgia. There’s the lure of home. There’s the promise of a big, top-six role at this late stage of his career.There’s also Connor Bedard.The possibility of playing on a line with Bedard likely would be high on Kane’s list. Bedard and Kane never overlapped and just missed playing together in Chicago. Kane was traded just a few months before the Blackhawks won the 2023 draft lottery and the right to draft Bedard. The two stars have expressed respect for each other’s games over the years, but it never seemed like they’d play together. That door appeared to be closed.But as Kane now weighs his options as an unrestricted free agent, the Blackhawks and Buffalo Sabres are among the favorites to sign him. Just last week, Chris Chelios told “670 The Score” in Chicago that he had spoken with Kane, and that he was down to those two teams. That possibility has excited plenty of Blackhawks fans. Count Bedard among them.Patrick Kane homecoming in Chicago or Buffalo?Mark Lazerus and Shayna Goldman“I hope so,” Bedard said. “I don’t know what I can say to persuade his decision, but we’d all obviously be so excited to have (not only) a player like that, but also a guy like that,” Bedard said. “I can’t imagine his first game back at the (United Center), the reaction he’d get and how much juice that would bring not only to our team but our fans as well.”