Rebuild around Kessel? If you think they've been trying to build around Kessel, then you must see they've done a terrible job surrounding him.
Who do you think is better at moving the puck up to you, Markov - PK or Phaneuf - Franson?
Who do you think you can let you cheat a bit more? Bernier/Reimer or Price?
Toronto is where it is because their team sucks and they don't suck because Kessel doesn't score. They do because their Defense and Goaltending are horrible.
Exactly
when it comes to kessell, we need to remove our leaf hating goggles, AND his only other team was the bruins, so especially habs fans have been programmmed very early on to HATE kessel....but honestly...hes a pretty GOOD player, and would put us over the top
the thing people need to realize with kessel and the leafs is
Leafs ask him before the year : PHIL, you GOTTA score 35 goals or else we'll SUCK!"
Kessel scores 35 goals. Team STILL sucks.... This is KESSELS fault??
its too bad he's been on toronto's downward spiral the last couple years, because they arent on a spiral BECAUSE of kessel, he is merely apart of it, and when you start sucking that bad its pretty tough to get riled up for games. i feel bad for Phil i really do, he'd be amazing on a great team, when he scored 37 goals in boston he looked like the next big thing