PHIL KESSEL NEWS
Kessel wants 5 Million a year.
June 09, 2009 by
Goon's World
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I was afraid this was going to happen. First to the Bruins fans that are suggesting that Marco Sturm can take up Kessel slack are delirious. I have seen that post a few times in various places on internet fan pages and blogs and it defies logic. Sturm has never scored 30 goals in a...
Kiss Kessel goodbye
September 14, 2009 by
Boston.com
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Just hours before the Bruins skated yesterday at the Garden for their first bona fide training camp workout, the ever-active rumor mill in Toronto had the Maple Leafs tabling the best offer yet for Boston free agent Phil Kessel. To wit: for a pair of first-round picks and one second...
So who is going to budge first?
September 03, 2009 by
Goon's World
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The dead lock continues between Bruins RFA Phil Kessel and the Bruins management and you have to wonder what the hold up is? I also wonder who is going to budge first? One stinking offer. It would almost appear as if the Bruins GM is low balling Kessel and since the Penner debacle...
Northeast offseasons: Start with an 'A' for Bs
Top scorer Phil Kessel remains in limbo, but that lingering mystery aside, the Bruins are the team doing the Northeast's best work, Wes Godstein says.
Kessel stays put for now
June 29, 2009 by
Boston.com
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The Bruins had a deal in place Friday to ship right winger Phil Kessel, their high-scoring restricted free agent, to the Maple Leafs for veteran defenseman Tomas Kaberle, just the kind of skilled, minutes-crunching blue liner who could make Boston a bona fide contender to be an Eastern...
Hockey rumors and rumblings.
August 30, 2009 by
Goon's World
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Former Golden Gopher and Boston Bruin RFA has been the subject of many rumors this past summer. So Bruins fans have to wonder where Phil "the Thrill" Kessel is going to end up. There has been a stand still in the negoiations and the Boston Bruins are going to have to move...
Eklund: On Again...Plus Kessel, trade talks and more...
August 10, 2009 by
Hockey Buzz
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Rumors from Sources...
*After talking to various sources today I feel that whatever went wrong with the Heatley San Jose talks may be water under the bridge right now. The two sides are talking again, as are the Rangers and Ottawa.
*Phil Kessel to Edmonton is now a growing possibility...
Report: Leafs offer 3 draft picks for Kessel
Toronto is reportedly offering the Bruins two first rounders, and a second round pick for Phil Kessel.
Monday afternoon linkorama.
August 24, 2009 by
Goon's World
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Bruins RFA Phil Kessel Admits,'this summer has been distracting.'[Slamb Sports]Here is a good article on former Fighting Sioux coach Dean Blais. [Omaha.com]Here is another great article on two different players. Unhappy Heatley Could Learn From Kessel's Summer Stability...
The situation in Boston is getting worse.
September 07, 2009 by
Goon's World
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The situation in Boston is only getting uglier by the day. This article basically says what I have thought all along that the current GM Peter Chiarelli is using very simular tactics of the former GM Harry Sinden and Mike O’Connell with their take it or leave it attitude. As a fan...
Sources: Phil Kessel No Longer Negotiating With Bruins
September 11, 2009 by
Sports Blog Net
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The Boston Globe is reporting that sources close to the free agency negotiations between the Boston Bruins and right wing Phil Kessel are saying that Kessel is no longer intends to pursue talks with the team any longer. Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe has written that Kessel...
Flyers vs. Bruins Game-thread: “How You Bruin?” edition

I will no longer fall victim to the inclination of saying Philadelphia Flyers games versus opponents in the top 8 of the Eastern conference, or the league for that matter, are statement games. As Florida showed a few nights ago and the Islanders reiterated last night...
Phil Kessel on AM 640 Toronto.
July 22, 2009 by
Goon's World
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Check out Phil Kessel on AM 640 in Toronto. I saw this story over on Puck Daddy and it doesn't sound like there is much going on.
NHL Morning Papers (Sunday Edition): Positive reaction out of Vancouver, Senators worried about a training camp sideshow and the Oilers unlikely to pursue Phil Kessel via trade
August 30, 2009 by
Illegal Curve
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In this morning's paper, there is lots of reaction out of Vancouver regarding the Canucks' recent moves, reports out of Ottawa that Bryan Murray doesn't want a sideshow at training camp, more on the signing of Alex Tanguay by the Lightning, Steve Yzerman's interest...
Kessel deal confirmed.
September 18, 2009 by
Goon's World
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The Boston Bruins have traded forward Phil "the Thrill" Kessel to the Toronto Maple Leafs for a slew of draft picks. Now former Fighting Sioux hockey player and current Toronto Maple Leaf Jason Blake will have a new team mate. In a nut shell the rumors of Kessel wanting 5...
Kessel case lingers as training camp opens
September 13, 2009 by
Boston.com
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WILMINGTON - Not all PK questions were off-limits here yesterday as the Bruins officially began training camp. If anyone wanted to talk about the look and composition of Boston’s PK, as in penalty kill, that was perfectly OK. As for Boston’s missing right winger with the...
Kessel will probably be an Olympian. But will be he a Bruin?
August 17, 2009 by
Goon's World
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Here is an interesting article from the USA Today that talks about Phil Kessel's surgery/rehabilitation, also the article mentions where Kessel is at in the contract negotiations, they are kind of still at a stalemate. On the positive note it seems like the rehab is going better...
Yeah that is going to happen.
June 25, 2009 by
Goon's World
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I wonder if Wild fans would trade James Sheppard for Kessel? I say in a heart beat. One player who falls into the latter category -- and one who might intrigue the Wild -- is Bruins sniper Phil Kessel, the former Gopher who scored 36 goals in 70 games last season.The 21-year-old Madison...
Bruins and Kessel still at impasse
September 07, 2009 by
Boston.com
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Opening Night now slightly more than three weeks away, speedy Bruins winger Phil Kessel remains without a contract, putting into doubt his statement last month that he would have a new deal in place by the start of the 2009-10 season.
The Monster Could Go To The Highest Bidder
13 days ago by
Kuklas Korner
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from Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun via the Toronto Sun,
You see, it was Burke who threatened the Bruins with a Group II offer sheet before making a deal for winger Phil Kessel in September.
The Leafs could easily be sitting in the same position if they don’t get the 25...
Kessel negotiations on hold?
July 08, 2009 by
Goon's World
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I am trying to figure out what the heck Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli is trying to do? Looks like the Bruins GM is playing hard ball with Kessel. To the fans on message boards that I see suggesting that Marco Sturm and Patrice Bergeron are going to be able to pick up the slack if Kessel...
Chiarelli not pleased with Kessel Agent.
September 04, 2009 by
Goon's World
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It would appear that the Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli isn't all that pleased with Phil Kessel's agent. When I read something like this, I read it as Chiarelli is low balling Phil because he doesn't have an offer sheet. And then Chiarelli decided it was time to explain his...
Kessel deal demonstrates Burke's gumption
September 22, 2009 by
Fox Sports
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As evidenced by last week's acquisition of Phil Kessel, The Hockey News says Brian Burke is taking risks to improve the Leafs.
Is Phil Kessel worth the cap headache for Boston?
July 21, 2009 by
Puck Daddy
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Forward Phil Kessel has a squirm-inducing restricted free agent scenario playing out this summer with the Boston Bruins. He's pretty much shackled to his team by the CBA, his contract demands have kept him in limbo, and he currently has the negotiating leverage of Sacha Baron Cohen...
Phil Kessel Leaving to Leaf Land? Part II
September 06, 2009 by
Sports Blog Net
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On Saturday, Toronto Maple Leafs General Manager Brian Burke re-acquired the team’s second round pick of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft from the Chicago Blackhawks, ensuring that Toronto now has a first-, second-, and third-round draft pick. Normally news like this is fit to print only...
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