1) $8m a year for what? 7 more years?
2) doesn't buy into the team concept
3) would cost multiple young assets
4) wouldn't fit in the room
5) is annoyingly fat for a professional athlete
Sure, Kessel can score with the best of them. But there is a lot more to winning than that. You can't simply try to acquire every asset that becomes available - there is a salary cap so you have to pick prudently.
And NOTHING about Phil Kessel says that he would be a prudent way for the Flames to blow a LOT of assets (cap space as well as youth).
It's a horrible idea and it isn't happening.
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