September 18, 2009.
The drama is finally over for what has been the worst kept secret in the hockey world. Phil Kessel is finally a Leaf.
The Boston Bruins have traded Kessel to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for a 1st and a 2nd round pick in 2010, and a 1st round pick in 2011 pending a trade call which is currently underway.
The Maple Leafs quickly agreed to terms on a new five-year, $27 million deal for the 21-year old Kessel.
Make no mistake this team has General Manager Brian Burke's fingerprints all over it, in less than a year on the job he has brought in Kessel, Mike Komisarek, Francois Beauchemin, Jonas Gustavsson, Tyler Bozak, Christian Hanson and Nazem Kadri which are now the core of a suddenly young and dynamite NHL team.
With Kessel and Kadri the Leafs have a one-two punch not seen around these parts since Doug Gilmour was feeding passes to Dave Andreychuk who netted 53 goals in the 1993-94 season.
Kessel is sidelined until at least November following rotator cuff surgery.
2 comments:
decent. leafs + kessel = cup?
Gustavsson, Schenn, Komisarek, Beauchemin, Kaberle, Kadri, Kessel, Kulemin, Tlusty, Grabovski, Bozak....wow wow wow
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