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PHIL KESSEL WINS STANLEY CUP

Nik the Trik said:
bustaheims said:
I read somewhere that it was the first time in more than 30 years that a forward who didn't lead his team in playoff points won the award (though, clearly, whoever wrote that forgot about Williams beating Kopitar).
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Just off the top of my head it's also not true of Nieuwendyk's win in '99 or Lemieux in '95.
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You have those numbers just casually sitting there?

Quite the recall.
 
Congrats.  Still happy the Leafs are moving the rebuild forward without Phil and Dion.

We are a team of the future, not a team of the now, unlike what Blowhard Burke wanted to have us first believe.
 
TBLeafer said:
Congrats.  Still happy the Leafs are moving the rebuild forward without Phil and Dion.

We are a team of the future, not a team of the now, unlike what Blowhard Burke wanted to have us first believe.
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... agreed TBLeafer. Happy for Phil, great guy. We're at the start of a rebuild here, he's a complimentary player on a good team.
 
Sports Pickle put out a pretty good hoax on Kessel's behalf:

Phil Kessel places full-page ad in Toronto Star thanking Toronto fans for driving him out of town

https://medium.com/sportspickle/phil-kessel-places-full-page-ad-in-toronto-star-thanking-toronto-fans-for-driving-him-out-of-town-74b0021f092#.di8kspzf9



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CarltonTheBear said:
Nik the Trik said:
I was more talking about the playoffs in general but if we're just talking about the San Jose series I can't help but note that Crosby scored as much as Kessel in the series while Couture himself outscored Thornton and Pavelski combined.

So if the match-ups were Crosby-Thornton's line and Kessel-Pavelski's line it seems pretty clear Crosby had better results.

I realize that's a pretty simplistic reading of it but I'm not so much trying to make a pro-Crosby case as I am saying it's not a clear cut choice.
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In all-situations Kessel was on the ice for just 6 goals for and 2 goals against during the series. Crosby was 7 goals for, 5 goals against. And at 5-on-5 it was 4-2 for Kessel, 4-4 for Crosby. So Couture outscoring Thornton and Pavelski didn't happen on Phil's watch.
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Yeah, from what I saw, Kessel was outplaying Sid for most of the playoffs. But the former went into the finals as a Conn Smythe favorite on the strength of his scoring and cooled off as the latter's key, small plays started really standing out in the tighter games. Maybe if Phil had broken through during game 5 (the one Jones stole?) he'd have clinched it. But he didn't.

There are 2 ways I can see going with Sid. First, the Pens strength throughout the playoffs was their depth and system, so giving it to the team's leader makes plenty of sense. Second, Sid hasn't got one of these, and I'm sure the committee members were aware that by giving it to him, they'd be cementing Sid's place as the star of his generation. Kessel's 3 more points aren't going to flip that...
 
Heroic Shrimp said:
Some guy named Phil Kessel is going to be on FAN590 at 8:40am.  Supposedly the only Toronto interview he's doing.
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Kristina Rutherford ‏@KrRutherford
Phil Kessel says there's a "good chance" he'll bring the Cup to Toronto. Mayhem.
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YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSS
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Heroic Shrimp said:
Some guy named Phil Kessel is going to be on FAN590 at 8:40am.  Supposedly the only Toronto interview he's doing.
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Kristina Rutherford ‏@KrRutherford
Phil Kessel says there's a "good chance" he'll bring the Cup to Toronto. Mayhem.
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YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSS
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Trollolololol. Gotta give props to the hot dog guy.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
That was Hurricanes owner Peter Karmanos.
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You'd think he'd know better after his team's experience with Semin. I mean, obviously his former GM didn't want to make that mistake a second time.
 
bustaheims said:
You'd think he'd know better after his team's experience with Semin. I mean, obviously his former GM didn't want to make that mistake a second time.
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I don't think that quote was really meant to be flattering for Semin.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
bustaheims said:
You'd think he'd know better after his team's experience with Semin. I mean, obviously his former GM didn't want to make that mistake a second time.
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I don't think that quote was really meant to be flattering for Semin.
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Oh, I'm sure. I'm basically just saying Karmanos is an idiot.
 
AWESOME! ... and keep that cancer off the US Olympic team lol

https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/743140885970493444

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/gotta-see-hagelin-bonino-dedicate-parade-speech-legend-kessel/
 
Congratulations Phil!

Everything obviously worked out better for you in Pittsburgh.  Right role, right team, right timing!
 
http://www.tsn.ca/ballots-show-crosby-edged-kessel-in-tight-conn-smythe-vote-1.508739

All 18 voters disclosed their ballots to TSN.ca on the condition of anonymity.

Crosby captured his first Conn Smythe with nine first-place votes. Kessel finished just behind Crosby with seven first-place votes. Kris Letang earned the other two first-place votes.

(Full disclosure: I was one of the 18 voters and my ballot was 1. Kessel, 2. Martin Jones, and 3. Crosby.)

Kessel finished with more second-place votes (eight) than Crosby (five). The NHL uses a 5-3-1 format to calculate the votes: five points for first, three points for second, one point for third.

The final point total based on that system and the information obtained by tsn.ca: Crosby 63, Kessel 60.
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Crosby edged Phil out by basically a single vote.
 
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