The media are ruthless, blow things out of proportion and overreact to minor things. In six seasons as a Maple Leaf, Kessel missed just twelve games, all in the season, and scored goals, assists for a total of points in games.
At least on paper, the Penguins committed highway robbery with this trade. However, Kessel is certainly not a perfect player. Some of his flaws are obvious on the ice and others have been blown out of proportion by the viscous Toronto media.
The truth about Kessel is that he is a hard worker and is in good shape. Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun wrote an extremely judgmental article, that has since been taken down, about how Kessel would eat a hot dog almost every day.
The hot dog vendor who parks daily at Front and John Sts. Almost every afternoon at p. Well everyone loves to see a happy Phil, he has definitely enjoyed his fair share of success over the past couple years already. Of course his champion mood is obviously our favourite.
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Related Video Up Next. Earlier tonight, he scored his first goal of the post-season when he streaked down the right wing, got a nice cross-ice saucer pass from Malkin and wristed it past Flyers goalie Brian Elliott, who was caught so off-guard that he looked between his pads as the lamp lit to find out where that puck had gone. In Boston, he was the fifth-overall pick, the kid with heavy expectations on his shoulders. That burden only intensified with the Maple Leafs, who made him the centre of their hopes and dreams for six seasons before making him the centre of a six-player trade plus draft picks in July of Then he pauses.
Yes, just the best in the league with the man advantage. His least-productive season for the Penguins was his first, back in —16, when he had 59 points. He wanted to be a guy that helped the team get better. In Game 3 of their first-round win over the Flyers, Kessel patiently waited by the net and then, just when you thought he was going to shoot, fed a pass to Derick Brassard in the slot.
Brassard joined the Penguins just ahead of the trade deadline last season, but in his brief time with Kessel occasionally on his wing, the former Senator learned to expect the unexpected.
Another thing Brassard learned pretty quickly playing alongside Kessel is No. Just watch him bark at a teammate who goes offside or misses a pass. He really follows the game, knows it inside and out. This off-season, there were rumours of unrest between Kessel and the coaching staff, and talk of a potential trade, though no move was made. I t was a practice day ahead of the playoffs, and Kessel was taking his sweet time pulling on his jersey.
A couple teammates caught wind of this, and they were all over him. That comic relief is a key part of this Penguins dressing room, too.
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