Mack674
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Zee said:Fanatic said:At best Kessel is a complimentary player. Lupul seems to be able to elevate Kessel's game - not the other way around. I used to think that the Leafs shoudl trade Lupul while his value is high. I now think that they should keep Lupul and trade Kessel.
It's the same old story with any great player we have. Until the Leafs build a proper team around him, Kessel won't be able to lead the Leafs anywhere. If Kessel were traded to a good team, with other players around him to help his game, I could see him blossoming into a 45-50 goal scorer (which he nearly is with the Leafs and is trending up towards), and then people will complain "why did we trade Kessel away, look he's scoring 50 goals now!"
You can't win with this team or the fans. The Leafs stink pure and simple. Kessel is NOT the problem. Everyone else that does nothing is.
I agree with all of that.
What do you think we could get for Kessel? Is Kessel + anything good enough for/are the Islanders dumb enough to trade Tavares?
Not necessarily him, but if we're going to start over which we really should - Id like to get a good young center like him to start around.