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Originally Posted by Dagger
Phil Kessel is an elite scoring winger without much help. Expecting increased production with better line mates is not unreasonable, and given his already impressive totals, there is every chance he scores 40 or more and is a point per game player.
Hardly anybody on the Leafs did anything of mention this year, that doesn't make them poor players, ir makes it a poorly constructed team. If they want to have a garage sale, this is the place to find a deal.
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First and foremost, when you have contracts for players like Monahan, Gio, Gaudreau and others coming up who are part of your rebuilding plan and probably going to get significant raises, you can't really afford to get a boat anchor contract like Kessel's where a mistake puts you into a bad cap situation.
Calgary finished in the top 10 in scoring last year, We don't need Kessel, what the Flames need is defensive depth.
I will continue to state that if I were paying a player 8 million bucks a year which is the top paying contract on my team, he'd better be a driver and not just a beneficiary.
Calgary is still in the middle of their rebuild, mortgaging the future on Kessel would be ridiculously silly and would make little to no sense.
Kessel had something like 6 goals over the last 30 games of the year, when the Leafs needed him the most he was nowhere to be found. That's two years in a row where he's done that. He's pretty much anti-clutch
There's no logical reason, player wise or contract wise why the Flaems should pick him up, especially in a city with a similar media precense and fan expectation as Toronto.
Florida would be the perfect team for him, or Vegas when the NHL gets there.