I was thinking about this the other day and really it's kind of true/sad.
Kessel is the leafs best player, or touted to be such anyway.
However if you look around the league, I think outside of New Jersey, Buffalo, and MAYBE Arizona, no team would even THINK about trading their "best player" 1 for 1 with Toronto for Kessel.
Kessel has a great offensive skill-set but brings absolutely ZERO to the table in way of physical play and defensive acumen. He could serve well as a secondary guy on a really good team, but him being asked to be the #1 guy here in Toronto has exposed him for the one-dimensional, mediocre player he is.
Sure, a guy like Patrick Kane plays a similar style, and has had success on Chicago. However Chicago also features Toews, Sharp, Hossa, Shaw, Saad, etc. Who all play very responsible two way games and allow for Kane to flourish as a scoring specialist.
Sucks because I like Phil alot but I think he should be traded away at the draft