If Kessel still played for Toronto...

[steveayres35]

Would the roster look different, as of today?

Also, would he have good chemistry with Matthews, Tavares, Marner, or Nylander? Assuming that one of them never got signed or drafted due to Kessel's contract?

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[Dayjobdave]

....answering the question “how far have we sunk today..”

 

[HandshakeLineRespect]

Close this thread already.

 

[MrDiddlez]

Phil is an actual playoff performer and we would have won with him in the lineup

 

[I Believe]

We traded Kessel and finished last by 1 point. Drafted Matthews.

Basically if Kessel was here, Matthew's isn't.

 

[the squared circle]

Phil is an actual playoff performer and we would have won with him in the lineup

Yeah like we did in 2013

 

[MrDiddlez]

Yeah like we did in 2013

He was one of the three nhl'ers on that 2013 team

 

[yubbers]

Yeah like we did in 2013

yeah. he had jt matthews and marner too

kessel is far more useful than Willy

 

[pcruz]

He was one of the three nhl'ers on that 2013 team

Is that a shot at Matt Frattin?

 

[Anya6687]

Pens fan here....

Answering your question...

You would have been eliminated in 4 games...

Have a escape goat for the playoffs...

Hes horrible...don't ever mention his name again

 

[pcruz]

Pens fan here....

Answering your question...

You would have been eliminated in 4 games...

Have a escape goat for the playoffs...

Hes horrible...don't ever mention his name again

We have had many goats escape over the years.

 

[Menzinger]

Kessel is a fantastic
player but playmaking RWs was not a positional weakness....

 

[steam whistle]

Fxxx off please

 

[Dirty Dan]

If he magically got him now, I think he would have been good with Matthews. Slot marleau as a scratch

 

[yubbers]

Pens fan here....

Answering your question...

You would have been eliminated in 4 games...

Have a escape goat for the playoffs...

Hes horrible...don't ever mention his name again

escape goat.....hahahaha

 

[Its not your fault]

Yeah like we did in 2013

That that team made it as far as they did on Kessel and Phaneuf. Add those 2013 versions or just Kessel and it's a win but we would also not have same team and that is so widely unknown as maybe we draft Hart because we don't have Anderson. We can all do that so many different ways.

 

[The List Of Jericho]

Would the roster look different, as of today?

Also, would he have good chemistry with Matthews, Tavares, Marner, or Nylander? Assuming that one of them never got signed or drafted due to Kessel's contract?

Matthews with Kessel on his wing...the Bruins are done in 5.

 

[Buds17]

No Kapanen directly from that trade. Perhaps no Andersen either as he was part of that trade tree. Don't think they approach that season the exact same way (signing a number of one year stopgaps), but unless they still finish last overall, no Matthews as well considering how the lottery played out. Maybe even no Tavares, if the available cap isn't there, and certainly not if the playoff "success" isn't. Tough to even fathom, as it doesn't seem like much of a realistic possibility.

 

[DarkKnight]

Good one Randy.