Heroic Shrimp
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bustaheims said:Potvin29 said:
On pace for 96 points!
(Pssst... it's a 48 game season.)
Phil Kessel
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(Pssst... it's a 48 game season.)
louisstamos
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Heroic Shrimp said:bustaheims said:Potvin29 said:
On pace for 96 points!
(Pssst... it's a 48 game season.)
and he's got 2 assists in his first game
2 assists x 48 games = 96 points.
bustaheims
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Heroic Shrimp said:(Pssst... it's a 48 game season.)
2 x 48 = 96.
I am going to leave Kessel alone from now on. Some people really like him and enjoy his talent on the ice and others see something different. No one is convincing anyone on the other side of anything.
But I will look forward to the day when he is traded away to some other team that sees what I cannot see.
But I will look forward to the day when he is traded away to some other team that sees what I cannot see.
Highlander
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there are none so blind as he who cannot see.
Kessel is a great talent, true sniper, there is absolutely no doubt about that. The problem of having Kessel is that his potential is somewhat wasted unless the Leafs get a real play-making centre.
I am not coparing Kessel to Brett Hull, but he serves as an excellent example. In his years in St Louis he had Adam Oates and later on Craig Janney, in Dallas he had Mike Modano and in Detroit Steve Y. and Sergei Fedorov. Tyler Bozak is not in that league and god forbid he is a fine young gentleman but he will never be.
I am not coparing Kessel to Brett Hull, but he serves as an excellent example. In his years in St Louis he had Adam Oates and later on Craig Janney, in Dallas he had Mike Modano and in Detroit Steve Y. and Sergei Fedorov. Tyler Bozak is not in that league and god forbid he is a fine young gentleman but he will never be.
Mack674
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If only Sundin were still here...
I like Bozak and everything but how he became considered a decent #1 center by anyone is beyond me... he got the job purely based on lack of qualified personnel. When he came into the league he'd have been lucky to get a job as a 3/4.
I'm hoping Corey Perry can be had in the off season, or a trade for Getzlaf. Also hoping an alternate dimension Doug Gilmour born 1989 appears from nowhere as well, but I feel like my prior scenarios are more likely, if only slightly.
I like Bozak and everything but how he became considered a decent #1 center by anyone is beyond me... he got the job purely based on lack of qualified personnel. When he came into the league he'd have been lucky to get a job as a 3/4.
I'm hoping Corey Perry can be had in the off season, or a trade for Getzlaf. Also hoping an alternate dimension Doug Gilmour born 1989 appears from nowhere as well, but I feel like my prior scenarios are more likely, if only slightly.
Seymore Pucks
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Kessel looked angry on the bench throwing his bottle. Scoring spree about to begin.
Champ Kind
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Bender said:
I agree, Bender. I mean, what's there to dispute here? Kessel is an elite scoring winger. He's an offensive game changer and seems to be getting better with each passing year (as you'd expect from someone his age). He's not Doug Gilmour, Wendle Clark, or Mats Sundin, but I'm not sure how anyone can say they don't "see" Kessel's talent.
GhostofPotvin29
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Champ Kind said:
If someone doesn't want to think or admit something they can blind themselves to reality.
Champ Kind said:
Two questions:
1. Who said that they do not see Kessel's talent?
2. Would you trade Kessel straight up for Perry? Forget for the moment that Perry will be a UFA in a few months. On a simple player to player comparison would you trade Kessel straight up for Perry?
hockeyfan1
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Imagine...Kessel, Perry, Getzlaff...the dynamic trio! 
Champ Kind
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Michael said:
Sorry, I fixed that. Please see my quote from above.
Corn Flake
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Cox advocating the Leafs should part with Kessel and move on:
http://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/article/1320739--maple-leafs-must-keep-first-pick-deal-phil-kessel-cox
I think his logic is kind of flawed with his main point really about (paraphrasing) Nonis ridding the team of the result of this bad trade that Burke made and comparing Kessel to what Vernon Wells was to the Jays.
His point about Kessel's value is good, although if he doesn't snap the scoring slump soon (he will) it could be hurt a bit.
I don't know what to think... I can see points on both sides of the argument. The most central point to that argument being that Kessel isn't a prototypical Carlyle type player and long-term I can see some challenges there.
http://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/article/1320739--maple-leafs-must-keep-first-pick-deal-phil-kessel-cox
I think his logic is kind of flawed with his main point really about (paraphrasing) Nonis ridding the team of the result of this bad trade that Burke made and comparing Kessel to what Vernon Wells was to the Jays.
His point about Kessel's value is good, although if he doesn't snap the scoring slump soon (he will) it could be hurt a bit.
I don't know what to think... I can see points on both sides of the argument. The most central point to that argument being that Kessel isn't a prototypical Carlyle type player and long-term I can see some challenges there.