honestly, then start preparing to be surprised.
I got to see both of them play several times this year and most games, Kessel did not impress me all that much.
He had a hard time creating anything on his own without using anything except his speed which will not work all the time in the pros, Toews meanwhile was able to create scoring oppotunities using his stickhandling and smarts.
That to me is what will make Toews a better pro...he's already learned that he can't just rely on talent to score and to win...Kessel hasn't done that yet, he still thinks he has so much talent, he doesn't have to adapt his game to score...he'll learn quickly that in the NHL, you'd better be able to change how you play from time to time in order to be successful
And Toews outscored Kessel by 4 goals not 3 and he had only 12 less points
22-18=4 51-39=12