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    Lots of buzz around Kessel. It's been building for a few weeks.

    LeBrun says its a matter of when not if hes traded. https://twitter.com/PierreVLeBrun/st...44448167927808

    Minnesota, Arizona have come up as potential trade partners. Interesting stuff

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    I heard a package including Zucker from Minn... and this one is in the works
    I think Arz is more speculation due to Tochett's relationship to Kessel when he was in Pitts. vs. an actual offer on the table
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    Can someone explain to me the desire to trade Kessel? Guy is a 92/82 point player last 2 seasons with a cap hit of $6.8m (to the Penguins). I get that his defensive play and effort are not always lights out but dude just goes about his work and has steady results year in and year out. He's got the production of a $9-10 million winger. I did not see much of the first round and the Penguins were swept but Kessel was also a key part of back-to-back Cups 2/3 years ago and probably should have won at least 1 Conn Smythe Trophy from those 2 Cups.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LawMan View Post
    Can someone explain to me the desire to trade Kessel? Guy is a 92/82 point player last 2 seasons with a cap hit of $6.8m (to the Penguins). I get that his defensive play and effort are not always lights out but dude just goes about his work and has steady results year in and year out. He's got the production of a $9-10 million winger. I did not see much of the first round and the Penguins were swept but Kessel was also a key part of back-to-back Cups 2/3 years ago and probably should have won at least 1 Conn Smythe Trophy from those 2 Cups.
    Bingo.

    Not to mention, he's putting these numbers up playing on the 3rd line at ES.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LawMan View Post
    Can someone explain to me the desire to trade Kessel? Guy is a 92/82 point player last 2 seasons with a cap hit of $6.8m (to the Penguins). I get that his defensive play and effort are not always lights out but dude just goes about his work and has steady results year in and year out. He's got the production of a $9-10 million winger. I did not see much of the first round and the Penguins were swept but Kessel was also a key part of back-to-back Cups 2/3 years ago and probably should have won at least 1 Conn Smythe Trophy from those 2 Cups.
    Gotta be a personality/locker room clash. Eventually the bad outweighs the good.

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    shit hit the fan between him and malkin this year apparently...

    who do you trade of the two?
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    It all comes down to winning. Kessel's apparent locker room killing personality won two Stanley Cups and there was no bitching about him back then. They haven't met expectations recently so they're more open to change.


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    Penguins, #mnwild in trade talks surrounding Phil Kessel.

    @JoshYohe_PGH has confirmed what I reported Tuesday about potential Jason Zucker-Victor Rask for Kessel-Jack Johnson swap. Lots of details in this story + other possible landing spots for Zucker
    Not sure how credible this guy is, anyone know him?
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    Quote Originally Posted by LawMan View Post
    https://twitter.com/RussoHockey/stat...7Ctwgr%5Etweet



    Not sure how credible this guy is, anyone know him?
    Very connected guy in the Wild media. Maybe the top guy

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    Quote Originally Posted by pmorrow View Post
    Very connected guy in the Wild media. Maybe the top guy
    Mike Russo is one of the top sportswriters in Minneapolis, has been for years.

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    Ya, Russo is probably the best media source for Wild information.

    That would be a bit of an underwhelming return for Kessel/Johnson IMO.
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    I would imagine there's other pieces in addition to Zucker/Rask


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    I can only guess, but I suspect the main reason they are entertaining the idea of dealing Kessel is to shake things up off the ice/in the locker room. Obviously we don't know the whole story, but Kessel's reputation is that he doesn't put in a lot of effort off the ice and I can only imagine that that would bother certain players on the Pens. This reminds me of the Dougie Hamilton rumors after he was dealt from Calgary (due to his introverted nature). Locker room chemistry is a real thing and can be a distraction, especially if teams are losing. If the team is winning, everyone can put up with these sort of issues. However, when a team isn't meeting its expectations, the first person to go is usually the odd-ball type player.

    I will add that, like Hamilton, Kessel has outstayed his welcome now at three teams, despite being relatively successful (in terms of on ice production) with all those teams. More than likely, there is a personality issue at play here, I think.
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    I would rather see Malkin + JJ for Subban + Bonino & NSh 2020 1st
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    Sounds like Kessel squashed the Minn deal.. not on his list of 8.
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