Phil Kessel skates down the wing and Shoots...

[charliolemieux]

Fuse Kessel and Komarov

Pheo Kesmarov

Or Phil Kessel and Dion Phaneuf

KEssel and Gilmour.

Pug "Killer" Kilmour

 

[Space Coyote]

Not worried about Kessel, the effort is there, it's just a matter of time. He's buzzing all over the place.

Yeah you cannot question his effort, just seem to be having his "Kessel Slumps" I'll gladly take it now than during mid season or late into the season, I think Phil just needs to get that one goal to get the ball rolling, good to see JVR giving him a chance to score by sacrificing a possible chance of scoring a goal himself.

 

[William Hylander]

That pass to JVR was unreal, he made a couple of amazing passes tonight. I think Kessel is actually a top passer in the league, he's really improved his game.

 

[buntek]

Maybe he should train with Gary this summer... seems to be working for Kadri.

 

[rwb]

That pass to JVR was unreal, he made a couple of amazing passes tonight. I think Kessel is actually a top passer in the league, he's really improved his game.

His passing is grossly underrated. How many times has he set up Kostka on the cross ice pass on the PP, and Kostka look like he has a grenade on the end of his stick?

They need a left handed shot out there to one time those beauty feeds from Phil.

 

[Guided by Veseys]

He's been great. Skating hard, creating tons of offence, and actually playing serious defence. Goals aren't everything. He's been wearing the other teams out (as much as himself).

 

[RealisticLeaf55]

Maybe he should train with Gary this summer... seems to be working for Kadri.

I'd give Eakins more credit. Kadri came in not meeting standards and Eakins got Kadri back to acceptable weight and then helped him develop his game.

 

[7even]

I'm pretty sure all his assists this year have been rebounds off of his shots. He may not be scoring, but he's still generating offense.

 

[Leaf Rocket]

I'm pretty sure all his assists this year have been rebounds off of his shots. He may not be scoring, but he's still generating offense.

dont try to make sense...it's unpossible.

 

[Defense]

His passing is grossly underrated. How many times has he set up Kostka on the cross ice pass on the PP, and Kostka look like he has a grenade on the end of his stick?

They need a left handed shot out there to one time those beauty feeds from Phil.

Ovechkin



But he's right handed so no

 

[TheSilencer]

That pass to JVR was unreal, he made a couple of amazing passes tonight. I think Kessel is actually a top passer in the league, he's really improved his game.

I particularly liked Phil's passes to Kostka against the Isles during the 1st period? i think. He set up Kostka beautifully, but the guy couldn't finish.

 

[ConnorTO]

is it normal for a guy just to skate in... go to the middle and shoot
having the puck deflect and go out

lol i uno, i see that alot

 

[RealisticLeaf55]

is it normal for a guy just to skate in... go to the middle and shoot
having the puck deflect and go out

lol i uno, i see that alot

Frustration gets the better of him every now and then but he has been getting right infront of the net. Just some bad luck that will subside soon.

 

[hockeywiz542]

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/game/1289326/

Failing to score

Ovechkin only had one other shot on the night. Leafs sniper Phil Kessel, meanwhile, had six shots and did everything but score.

Kessel, who has no goals and three assists in his first seven games, has now failed to score on 33 shots this season in his bid for his 100th goal as a Maple Leaf.

"We got a win so it doesn't matter," said Kessel.

"I'm trying hard. I'm getting chances. They're just not going in right now," he added.

His drought continued in the first period as Neuvirth stoned him from in close during a four-minute power play with Jason Chimera off for hooking and unsportsmanlike conduct.

But a Kessel shot on the extended power play led to van Riemsdyk's goal as the big forward, stationed in front of goal like a lamppost, tucked in the rebound for his fourth of the season at 8:19 of the period.

Kessel was somehow denied by Neuvirth midway through the second when he tucked a shot between his legs from in-close. Neuvirth did it again with a glove save in the third and later stopped van Riemsdyk on a breakway.

"The goals are going to come ... He's just got to continue to keep working and not get down," Carlyle said of Kessel.

 

[Beaninfritz]

And then turned back as Macarthur and Bozak fumbled the rebound.

Yes Macarthur and Bozak. I'm not sure if a player of Kessel's caliber has ever had worse linemates.

Well, I do remember that for a while Sundin was playing with Jonas "Can't get the puck off the ice" Hoglund. I can't remember who his other linemate was at the time, but he probably wasn't any better.

 

[Joey Hoser]

Well, I do remember that for a while Sundin was playing with Jonas "Can't get the puck off the ice" Hoglund. I can't remember who his other linemate was at the time, but he probably wasn't any better.

Renberg?