If Kessel continues to put up 30+ goal seasons, he can run to the bench crying for all I care. He does is job, and does it damn well.
And for any of these NHL morons that think Kovalchuk is intimidated, we know it sure as hell wasn't Brayden Schenn that voted for him:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aywypSGFDwo
"We've had a couple shakers in this place. This year we haven't had the time. We had a couple good ones last year, right?" - Phil Kessel