Kessel Book Closed- My Take as a Bruins Fan

by Marisa Ingemi on Jun 26, 2011 10:45 AM EDT

Phil Kessel was never going to work out in Boston. He did not get along with Claude Julien and Kessel just did not want to play for the Bruins anymore. Almost everyone in the hockey world knew he would be traded.

That is why I feel the Bruins won this deal. They were able to snag two first round picks from Brian Burke and the Toronto Maple Leafs even though there was no competition.

The three picks they got turned into Tyler Seguin, Dougie Hamilton and Jared Knight. Seguin was part of a cup winning team and it remains to be seen about the other two.

Kessel has been a very good player in Toronto, but what they needed was picks to rebuild, and I feel the trade was not best for them. But it wasn't the best for Boston either.

Last season it made me laugh when fans said "We screwed Toronto!" Ummm, really? You gave up your best scorer and now are last in the league in scoring, and we screwed you? I don't think so. I feel Boston won this trade, but not by the margin Boston fans like to think.

The Maple Leafs have a young goal scorer for a long time, and in the end I think this may have worked out ok for Toronto.

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good evaluation!
if kessel + boston didn’t mix, then boston shedding him was beneficial for the bruins. seguin had that one big game in the playoffs in a playoffs where every game counted for boston…. another benefit for the bruins! seguin is very young, as are the two draft picks this year…. whether they’re elite players down the line is the question…. kessel is also young, and is definitely the elite player on toronto’s roster currently (benefit for toronto!). i think the deal was mutually beneficial, although for the reason that kessel didn’t get along with the bruins makes this deal slightly better for the bruins.

by magecanuck on Jun 26, 2011 11:46 AM EDT reply actions

Phil Kessel was never going to work out in Boston. He did not get along with Claude Julien and Kessel just did not want to play for the Bruins anymore. Almost everyone in the hockey world knew he would be traded.

Pure and utter speculation

That is why I feel the Bruins won this deal. They were able to snag two first round picks from Brian Burke and the Toronto Maple Leafs even though there was no competition.

The Bruins got three draft picks, only one of which has even sniffed the NHL and has not proven to be half the player Kessel is. Also Nashville was in it right to the end, it also doesn’t matter if there was no competition, two firsts and a 2nd is pretty even value for a player of Kessels abilities. name me any player in Kessel’s atmosphere that would go for less

The three picks they got turned into Tyler Seguin, Dougie Hamilton and Jared Knight. Seguin was part of a cup winning team and it remains to be seen about the other two.

Tukka Rask was also part of the cup winning team and only contributed slightly less. Pretending at all that Seguin deserves even a spoon full of credit is silly.

Kessel has been a very good player in Toronto, but what they needed was picks to rebuild, and I feel the trade was not best for them. But it wasn’t the best for Boston either.

This I will generally agree with, but 21 year old super snipers can help a rebuild too

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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 26, 2011 12:19 PM EDT reply actions 5 recs

You know Phil Kessel is pretty damn young

His production as a young player is almost impossible to find, and Tyler Seguin has done nothing in the NHL yet.

by njd.aitken on Jun 26, 2011 2:36 PM EDT reply actions

kessel could score 50

…it would be easier with a good playmaker tho

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by muffinman2 on Jun 27, 2011 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions

The Leafs got a proven perennial 30-goal scorer and we gave up 3 lottery tickets that haven’t done shit yet. Actually Seguin did score a goal in that one game, so that’s something.

Next time you waltz onto another team’s site to throw around bullshit, check your facts first.

by Jo4nny on Jun 26, 2011 8:26 PM EDT reply actions

Kessel meh

The Leafs can go ahead and make the playoffs next season, the B’s have got their payout.

Not just speculation about Kessel’s stay in Boston, he wanted out and frankly the Bruins had their fill of Phil. No hard feelings, I hope Kessel has a nice career in TO. I’m happy with the three young players the B’s have gotten.

My hope is that the Leafs make the playoffs knocking the Habs out in the process.

by JimT389 on Jun 26, 2011 9:04 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

yes, it is just speculation that Kessel wanted out

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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 26, 2011 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions

amen

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by muffinman2 on Jun 27, 2011 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions

he wanted out

Perhaps it was because it was his first team and all but Kessel wasn’t comfortable here in Boston.

by JimT389 on Jun 26, 2011 9:11 PM EDT reply actions

use reply, and show me proof that he wanted out

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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 26, 2011 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions

bar side chat with a couple of team mates

I have a friend that works at a Boston restaurant called The Navy Yard Bistro. Its a nice place frequented by the Bruins players, families ect. I was at the bar and two of his ex team mates acknowledged that Kessel wanted out. They weren’t bitter, just stated it as a fact of life.

I suppose that’s still speculation / opinion. They seemed convinced.

by JimT389 on Jun 26, 2011 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions

i have an uncle who met kessel in a sushi bar and kessel said he wanted to stay

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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 26, 2011 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions

I have a 4th cousin who is a flight attendant for a private jet company who said Chiarelli was on her plane and said Kessel offered to stay on the Bruins for league minimum

by WizardofNaz on Jun 27, 2011 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions

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by PKSube on Jun 28, 2011 2:47 AM EDT up reply actions

http://www.nesn.com/2009/09/peter-chiarelli-claims-kessel-had-no-interest-in-staying-in-boston.html

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by Marisa Ingemi on Jun 26, 2011 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions

bitter gm talks about player in negative way to media after he trades him
all the proof you need

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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 26, 2011 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions

why would he be bitter then?

obviously there was a problem with the player. If Boston wanted to trade Kessel, the GM would not be bitter.

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by Marisa Ingemi on Jun 26, 2011 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions

they are unable to sign a 5th over all pick that has previously been touted as things like “the American Crosby” and future of the teams offense? there is plenty of room to be bitter

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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 26, 2011 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions

i dont think so man

kessel didnt like the bruins system and a then were rumors about him being a brat in the locker room.

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by muffinman2 on Jun 27, 2011 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions

Dion Phaneuf was a locker room cancer too… we all know how utterly terrible he’s been with the Leafs, he’s torn the team apart!

by WizardofNaz on Jun 27, 2011 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions

is that sarcasm?

i cant tell

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by muffinman2 on Jun 27, 2011 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions

no of course it isn't sarcasm

by WizardofNaz on Jun 28, 2011 8:35 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

well

think what u want. personally i love watching the kid. loved him as a bruin and wish him the best but i knew it was time to go

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by muffinman2 on Jun 28, 2011 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions

whatever

Wow, you really want to make this Kessel affair bigger than it was. Kessel never had that kind of an image here, at least not with any Bruins fans I’ve ever spoken to. To be certain there were fans that liked his game but no one put Kessel onto that pedestal.

“American Crosby”, first time I’ve ever heard that comparative. Future of the teams offense, hardly, a “piece of the puzzle” perhaps.

Kessel never really connected with the fans here. Most Bruins fans I know have been OK with this deal from the beginning. Even acknowledging that the pay back would come later and that the Bruins could have used his skills the past two playoffs. Kessel never was “our guy” in the way that Bergeron, Krecji, Lucic and even Marchand are. The general feeling has always been that we are getting three high draft picks for a guy that didn’t want to be here. C’est la vie.

by JimT389 on Jun 26, 2011 10:18 PM EDT reply actions

me 2 with the crosby thing

i still like kessel. like staurt and sturm and hundreds i could name i still hope he does well in the nhl. kessel is a specatular shooter tho. but im bruins fan first and a kessel fan last

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by muffinman2 on Jun 27, 2011 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions

I can’t fucking believe we’re still talking about this.

Crazy would be NOT overanalyzing everything.

by nhlcheapshot on Jun 26, 2011 10:20 PM EDT reply actions 8 recs

Amen.

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by Kenjamin on Jun 27, 2011 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions

sorry, you're right

time to move on. Good luck to the Leafs in 2011-20012. I hope my two favorite teams meet in the playoffs (with the Bruins prevailing) should be great fun.

by JimT389 on Jun 26, 2011 10:24 PM EDT reply actions

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by clrkaitken on Jun 27, 2011 9:03 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

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by PPP on Jun 27, 2011 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions

i feel dumber now that i have read this.

by pho king awesome on Jun 27, 2011 2:24 AM EDT reply actions 7 recs

I think you missed the biggest boon for the Bruins from the draft and perhaps the Kessel trade, although frankly it is pretty weakly tied to the trade. The acquisition of the Leafs first in 2010 probably made it easier to trade their first rounder and Wideman for Horton and Campbell – who pieces that truly made an impact on their cup win.

But hey, they may have made that trade anyway.

by Learn2Leaf on Jun 27, 2011 11:25 AM EDT reply actions

Looks like Boston could have used the money they paid Savard +1 mil to sign Kessel. Probably would have worked out better. Congrats on the Cup, but trading Kessel did not contribute to your win. Have to think Kessel would have contributed a hell of a lot more than Seguin/Knight did.

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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jun 27, 2011 3:56 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs

facts or your comments are full of sh!t

So much speculation on this article and the responses. How is Dion Cancer?
How is he cancer to the Toronto locker room?
Why say something so meaningless without facts.
Do you sit in that locker room spectating? Are you taking these comments from other negative people?

Just thought this was hilarious, I have never had any consideration that Dion was bad for Toronto, in the locker room or on the ice. He obviously is so cancerous they gave hm the big C on his chest. Cause all team captains should be cancerous.

by Shawn Mallay on Jul 2, 2011 8:32 AM EDT reply actions