Confirmed Signing with Link: [STL] D Matthew Kessel signs extension with the Blues (2 years, $800k AAV)

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[BonMorrison]

hot dog vendor: mom, i want kessel.
hot dog vendor's mom: we have kessel at home.

kessel at home:

 

[EastVillageBlues]

To be honest, the guy is middling in every way as a prospect, so much as I have seen him. If our organization has even a marginally deep group of D prospects, he would not be getting a spot at the NHL level, and may never have.

The only real legit youngster that we have on D is perennially injured, and our D prospect pool ranks somewhere between mediocre to non-existent. We have one of the best and deepest forward prospect group, but the D is diametrically opposite. If we don't fix that soon, I don't think the retool (or whatever you want to call it) would turn out to have any success. And we will be back in this position again in 5-6 years with nothing to show for.

 

[EXTRAS]

He's really solid as a 4-6 dman. Doesn't stand out negatively at all. Nice signing.

 

[KrisLetAngry]

Teams need 3rd pairing D.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Phil's kid?

 

[Suntouchable13]

Phil's kid?

Awfully quick growth spurt. He just had his kid a couple of years ago.

 

[Jared Dunn]

Awfully quick growth spurt. He just had his kid a couple of years ago.

Blood of a champion

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Uhh, it's spelled P-H-I-L and you needed to sign him before last Friday

 

[PocketNines]

The guy is middling in every way as a prospect in the same way that a guy who is probably going to play hundreds of games in the NHL as a second pairing defenseman is middling.

Matt Kessel has size and excellent rink IQ. He's going to be a player. This is one of the best things to happen to the Blues to have a young cheap D who can actually play, gotten in the 5th round. But someone like Tyler Tucker is not going to stick, he doesn't have the footspeed unfortunately

 

[Xerloris]

To be honest, the guy is middling in every way as a prospect, so much as I have seen him. If our organization has even a marginally deep group of D prospects, he would not be getting a spot at the NHL level, and may never have.

The only real legit youngster that we have on D is perennially injured, and our D prospect pool ranks somewhere between mediocre to non-existent. We have one of the best and deepest forward prospect group, but the D is diametrically opposite. If we don't fix that soon, I don't think the retool (or whatever you want to call it) would turn out to have any success. And we will be back in this position again in 5-6 years with nothing to show for.

He's come in and played with Krug so he's most definitely not being sheltered and he hasn't stood out in a negative way at all. Imagine if he played with a good partner.