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Originally Posted by Goriders
I think he is when you pair him with competent players. Last season was a good case study.
With a center that can’t keep up due to skating and an AHL calibre RW he was invisible.
With a highly skilled center and a “franchise” RW he gets you a point a game.
Johnny is not going to carry a team on his back. But stick him with high level players and he’s a wizard.
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So Kessel level. AZ and Pittsburgh pay $6.8M for Kessel (Toronto pays the rest of his $8M).
ETA: of course, there’s some inflation that needs to be added in.