I don't know, about any of you but I am sick and tired of hearing from people how the Leafs' trade for Phil Kessel was a terrible move.
I am currently attending Concordia University in Montreal, which means that most of the people I meet outside of the university are Habs fans; there are a lot of Senators fans as well.
One of my friends at my residence who is a diehard Senators fan from Ottawa consistently remembers to tell me every time we get near the subject that the Kessel trade is "the worst trade in NHL history," and I know that he is not the only one who thinks that way.
This is why I've decided to put some of the facts together that will hopefully put the whole deal into perspective for a lot of people.
Most people now when they look at the trade just look at what the Leafs gave up to get Kessel and do not look at everything else that went on as well. Yes, the Leafs gave up a potential lottery pick plus another first and second round pick to get Phil Kessel, but you cannot just look at that one single aspect.
When the Boston Bruins traded Kessel, they knew that they were giving up a young player who could one day p ...
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