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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Well year 1 of his big contract he scores 61pts. While he has been ppg the 3 seasons previous he has yet to top 40 goals and hasn't lead his team anywhere significant. He is a great offensive player but when paying a guy $8M that player better be a complete 200ft player which Kessel is not.
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Last year he started the season on fire and then in the New Year the entire team became a pile of poo-poo, so I wouldn't put much stock into this season. Also his centreman is Tyler Freaking Bozak. He also has played great in the playoffs whenever he has gotten the chance. Not many players get to 40 anymore. Basically if you are getting 25 goals or more a season you are considered a top-end goal scorer nowadays. And if you guys actually watch a lot of Leaf games it's not just his goal-scoring ability that makes him valuable but also his playmaking ablility, which is often overlooked. He is weak defensively, but a lot of pure goal-scorers are the same.
A lot of unrealisitc trade proposals on here.