Is Phil Kessel's whole career underrated?

[1specter]

he's a hanger on. neither crosby nor malkin want or like playing with him. his style of play has an extremely narrow sphere. good for him to win and i'm sure he's a nice guy. most teams have no use for him.

The f*** is this lol? Pretty sure Malkin enjoyed playing with Phil plenty last year as he had a great year and they won a 3rd Cup playing together.

Kessel has 66 pts in 71 playoff games, yet most teams have no use for him? What a foolish thing to say.

 

[Legion34]

The **** is this lol? Pretty sure Malkin enjoyed playing with Phil plenty last year as he had a great year and they won a 3rd Cup playing together.

Kessel has 66 pts in 71 playoff games, yet most teams have no use for him? What a foolish thing to say.

Kessel got under rated by the leaf fans and media as well as the league. All because of the picks, which have nothing to do with him as a player. My favourite part is.
After all the laughing by others and crying by leaf fans.

Phil Kessel has the exact same amount of playoff points as the 2010 top 5 COMBINED.

He has more playoff points and cups than the top 10 of 2011 combined.

A combination of being on the leafs and dumb fans who thought that the leafs were giving up generational players and they would watch tanking teams like the oilers, islanders and panthers rise to glory led people to hate a top 3 scorer in the NHL

 

[Iapyi]

The **** is this lol? Pretty sure Malkin enjoyed playing with Phil plenty last year as he had a great year and they won a 3rd Cup playing together.

Kessel has 66 pts in 71 playoff games, yet most teams have no use for him? What a foolish thing to say.

what years did they win these cups? i know of 2 of them.

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

The **** is this lol? Pretty sure Malkin enjoyed playing with Phil plenty last year as he had a great year and they won a 3rd Cup playing together.

Kessel has 66 pts in 71 playoff games, yet most teams have no use for him? What a foolish thing to say.

Ya, just another poster out to lunch... no clue what he/she is rambling about.

Malkin and Kessel have been playing together this season again, and Kessel is the one who feeds Malkin and Crosby constantly for goals.

Kessel essentially creates almost all of his offense on his own, and he's the first player in the Crosby/Malkin era to be their setup man.

 

[Zalos]

Phil the Thrill is a legend. No way is he underrated. At least by people who know hockey.

Oh and... thank god he got those Cups. Now all the haters are forced to shut up for the rest of their lives.

 

[Electricity]

You want to talk about underrated? Let's give it up for Bauer. How they manage to contain that head in his helmet I'll never know.

 

[tom_servo]

He's underrated in that he plays a very cerebral offensive game. His snipes are only part of the deal. Great all-around playmaker. The PP is better when he has the puck.

 

[Hockeyholic]

Definitely. Guy is a top ten winger in the last ten years.

 

[Jozay]

Elite.

Shame we wasted him when he was here.

 

[1specter]

what years did they win these cups? i know of 2 of them.

Malkin and Crosby won their 3rd cup, which Phil contributed to.

 

[saffronleaf]

Kessel unfortunately had the bad luck of playing for a terrible team for a lot of his prime years (like a guy like Nash), that really tarnished a lot of folks view of him.

If he had been traded to the Pens at say 23-26 years of age he could have had a monster of a season.

Yup. Plus the "trade". It's not Kessel's fault what people trade for him or not.

He's got back-to-back Cups now and he was robbed of a Conn Smythe. Imagine how many Cups they would have won if Kessel went to the Penguins earlier on.

He's one of the best American goal scorers of all time.

 

[saffronleaf]

keeisis would NEVER win a cup without crosby, can you say the same inverse order? didn't think so.

1. Hockey is a team game. Crosby wouldn't have been able to do it by himself. Malkin won the Conn Smythe in the year they won first.
2. Since Kessel arrived, Kessel is the only one who actually deserved a Conn Smythe. The league should be embarrassed for robbing Kessel of the Conn Smythe. The next year it was pretty contested too.

 

[LeafFever]

Underrated in Toronto certainly. Not in Pittsburgh

 

[Intact]

I think he's underrated in that he'll most likely make the HOF, and you would never know it by reading posts around here the last 5 years.

 

[authentic]

1. Hockey is a team game. Crosby wouldn't have been able to do it by himself. Malkin won the Conn Smythe in the year they won first.
2. Since Kessel arrived, Kessel is the only one who actually deserved a Conn Smythe. The league should be embarrassed for robbing Kessel of the Conn Smythe. The next year it was pretty contested too.

This is just not true. Last playoffs Crosby was deserving of his and the year before he had a far better all around impact than Kessel and was better in the finals.

 

[Michel Beauchamp]

Though since the Kessel trade they’ve now won two cups in a row. Seems like he’s cleay a key piece to success there.

He's a superb complementary player.

But you can't ask him to carry/lead a team.

 

[Thenameless]

He's been $hi7 on a lot, that's for sure. It was nice when after being drafted last for the all-star game, he was then drafted first. I'm mostly indifferent to the guy, but it was cool to see him perform so well when the Penguins won the Cup in 2016. Not really sure whether he's underrated though. I think most people who know hockey understand how good he is. Maybe except for the braintrust of USA hockey. That's the first time I learned the term "throwin' some shade".

 

[Thenameless]

he's a hanger on. neither crosby nor malkin want or like playing with him. his style of play has an extremely narrow sphere. good for him to win and i'm sure he's a nice guy. most teams have no use for him.

I'm pretty sure they appreciate the help he brings to their winning ways, especially during the last two Cup runs.

 

[Saku11]

He has been overrated in his time in Pitt , The Conn Smythe nonsense and all. Its a shame cause i like Phil.

 

[Iapyi]

Malkin and Crosby won their 3rd cup, which Phil contributed to.

oh now i get it. you saying malkin and kewifnd playing together and winning their 3rd cup together really meant crosby and malkin winning their 3rd cup together.

 

[Iapyi]

1. Hockey is a team game. Crosby wouldn't have been able to do it by himself. Malkin won the Conn Smythe in the year they won first.
2. Since Kessel arrived, Kessel is the only one who actually deserved a Conn Smythe. The league should be embarrassed for robbing Kessel of the Conn Smythe. The next year it was pretty contested too.

crosby deserved to win both conn smythes. without crosby the pens don't win.

 

[NotYou]

He was underrated in to and might be slightly underrated amongst hardcore hockey fans now. A team won't have success if he's your best forward. But he's a phenomenal player to have as the second or third best forward. He's below league average defensively, but because most teams have a forward group that is mostly solid defensively this can be overcome. I think this leads a lot of analysts and fans to underappreciate him. He scores consistently against top competition if needed regardless of line mates. Very few players can do that and any team can use that.

 

[joe dirte]

Great winger yet under valued

probably yes.

one if the best complementary players of this generation.

was never going to lead a team to a cup. but one of the most talented around.

 

[Butch 19]

Kessel threads are so 2 - 3 years ago.

 

[Dominance]

the style of game keissle plays draws the casual fan. they can have him.

keeisis would NEVER win a cup without crosby, can you say the same inverse order? didn't think so.

oh now i get it. you saying malkin and kewifnd playing together and winning their 3rd cup together really meant crosby and malkin winning their 3rd cup together.

Strike 3 of 3, you’re out.

How are these spellings even possible??