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Originally Posted by codynw
People say he could end up like Heatley because he was an elite scoring winger with fitness/conditioning issues and his play fell off a cliff after he turned 30. I could see Kessel's career going in a similar direction if his conditioning doesn't improve.
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Heatley was an already slow player who suffered groin injuries that made him even slower. Kessel is one of the fastest North-South players in the league. Any player can regress with injuries. Any player can regress with age. But people comparing Heatley and Kessel might as well be comparing Parros and Gaudreau.