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Originally Posted by kyuss275
Sure the Kessel trade was not a win. But how often do you lose a trade and still end up with a young 40 goal scorer?
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Just going off memory here but his stubborn refusal to use an offer sheet on Kessel (after the Penner fiasco) probably cost them an extra 1st round pick. Don't remember the exact numbers but if he had offered Kessel a bit less the compensation would have been a 1st, 2nd and 3rd rather than 2 x 1sts and a 2nd. Boston couldn't have matched and Kessel didn't have much else for options.