The Chances Of Kessel To Nashville Are Slim

from Bob McKenzie of TSN, I don’t doubt the Nashville Predators have significant interest in Boston Bruins’ restricted free agent Phil Kessel. And I don’t doubt, all things being equal, Boston would rather move Kessel to Nashville and the Western Conference than to the division rival Toronto Maple Leafs. But here’s why Nashville, regardless of what it offers Boston, is at a serious disadvantage in the Kessel sweepstakes. Kessel, it appears, wants to play in Toronto, not Nashville. And as long as that remains the case, Nashville can’t trade for him. continued