kane has better skills in the long run because the "blazing speed" players never last too long. kane has better vision, passing and stick skills then kessel.
im pretty sure the only areas that kessel has kane beat right now are straight away speed and size. kessel has had a tumultuous season...and has complained about ice time. kane must be a top six forward or he will not be effective....kane has better skills in the long run because the "blazing speed" players never last too long. kane has better vision, passing and stick skills then kessel.
http://www.londonknights.com/middle_videos.asp
check out the vids for yourself.
the guys eligible for the upcoming draft are allways better then NHL players. lol.
im pretty sure the only areas that kessel has kane beat right now are straight away speed and size. kessel has had a tumultuous season...and has complained about ice time. kane must be a top six forward or he will not be effective....kane has better skills in the long run because the "blazing speed" players never last too long. kane has better vision, passing and stick skills then kessel. Where did you get the information about Kessel complaining about ice team? I follow the Bruins all year and never heard of this. Plus he's taking a regular shift, and playing on the power play.
How much have you seen of Kane? I admit I have never seen him play. Are your observations based upon seeing Kane's performance over a series of games?
I'm not diminishing Kane's skills. But if, as you claim, he has better vision, passing and stick skills than Kessel, why we're looking at a future super star.
http://www.londonknights.com/middle_videos.asp
check out the vids for yourself.
I've never seen Patrick Kane play so all I can really say in 2 things in response to this thread:
1.) Phil Kessel has not complained about ice time this season. I'm guessing you're talking about the article that Pens fans had overblown on your board. He was asked why he didn't have as many points as some of the other rookies and he said ice time. That certainly isn't complaining about ice time; it is answering the reporters question truthfully. He hasn't had nearly as much ice time as other rookies due to cancer (missed several games so that is no ice time) and the fact that Dave Lewis plays his vets over young guys like Kessel and Kalus (to be fair, he has been playing Kessel significantly more lately). It isn't like he said "I deserve more ice time (which he did deserve) but my coach has a woody for 35 year old, ugly, skill-less players"; which again would be entirely true.
2.) Kessel has been the Bruins best overall foward over the last 2 months. Sure, the Bruins have sucked during these 2 months and Marc Savard has mailed it in since we've been eliminated but that is still pretty damn impressive for a teenager to be his teams best foward for that long. His defensive game has improved by an insane amount and I'd argue he has been one of the Bruins best defensive fowards over these past 2 months. He is using his speed to backcheck and take the puck away from guys not paying attention to him pretty often. I wouldn't be surprised to see him on the Bruins penalty kill within the next few years if his defensive game keeps improving as much as it has.
I just have a hard time believing Kane (and some of you may be right; I've never seen him) is a better prospect than another teenager who has been the best player on an NHL team for 2 months and you can see; is full of ridiculous potential.
I've never seen Patrick Kane play so all I can really say in 2 things in response to this thread:
1.) Phil Kessel has not complained about ice time this season. I'm guessing you're talking about the article that Pens fans had overblown on your board. He was asked why he didn't have as many points as some of the other rookies and he said ice time. That certainly isn't complaining about ice time; it is answering the reporters question truthfully. He hasn't had nearly as much ice time as other rookies due to cancer (missed several games so that is no ice time) and the fact that Dave Lewis plays his vets over young guys like Kessel and Kalus (to be fair, he has been playing Kessel significantly more lately). It isn't like he said "I deserve more ice time (which he did deserve) but my coach has a woody for 35 year old, ugly, skill-less players"; which again would be entirely true.
2.) Kessel has been the Bruins best overall foward over the last 2 months. Sure, the Bruins have sucked during these 2 months and Marc Savard has mailed it in since we've been eliminated but that is still pretty damn impressive for a teenager to be his teams best foward for that long. His defensive game has improved by an insane amount and I'd argue he has been one of the Bruins best defensive fowards over these past 2 months. He is using his speed to backcheck and take the puck away from guys not paying attention to him pretty often. I wouldn't be surprised to see him on the Bruins penalty kill within the next few years if his defensive game keeps improving as much as it has.
I just have a hard time believing Kane (and some of you may be right; I've never seen him) is a better prospect than another teenager who has been the best player on an NHL team for 2 months and you can see; is full of ridiculous potential.
well we both dont know him personally- and he might have a bad rap from the combine article last year...but where there is smoke there is fire- and i have heard reports of kessels attitude before.
with that in mind kessel had a rough year on a rough team- not taking anything away. kane had an awesome wjc- and an awesome usndp year...i think his skills will transfer over well in the nhl in a year ot two.
Sometimes it's true. Like this time.
As said earlier, Kane's vision and creativity give him the edge. My jaw consistently dropped watching him at the World Juniors. Just an extremely shifty, imaginative player.
And this is coming from someone predisposed to hating Team USA in international hockey.
do you remember what Kessel did at the WJC?
well we both dont know him personally- and he might have a bad rap from the combine article last year...but where there is smoke there is fire- and i have heard reports of kessels attitude before.
with that in mind kessel had a rough year on a rough team- not taking anything away. kane had an awesome wjc- and an awesome usndp year...i think his skills will transfer over well in the nhl in a year ot two.
do you remember what Kessel did at the WJC?