https://www.nedrago.com/forums/topic/after-departure-of-rick-tocchet-could-pens-phil-kessel-be-on-the-trading-block/feed/ Sun, 02 Aug 2026 03:14:10 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=2.5.7-5693 en-US https://www.nedrago.com/forums/topic/after-departure-of-rick-tocchet-could-pens-phil-kessel-be-on-the-trading-block/#post-6400 https://www.nedrago.com/forums/topic/after-departure-of-rick-tocchet-could-pens-phil-kessel-be-on-the-trading-block/#post-6400 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 09:22:08 +0000 sharon_orn The may have lost ‘s chief mentor when as the head coach Stanley Johnson Jersey on Tuesday. Now, according to Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist Ron Cook, Ke sel . “I believe Phil Ke sel will be traded,” Cook wrote. “It might not happen this week or this month or even this offseason. But I believe it will happen sooner rather than later. Tocchet’s departure could hasten the proce s.” The 29-year-old Ke sel, acquired from the in 2015 and a Conn Smythe Trophy candidate Zion Williamson Jersey during the first of two Stanley Cup runs with the Pens, topped 20 goals in 2016-17 and had a game winner during the Eastern Conference Finals in May. But the former winger, who “often drives (Pens coach Mike) Sullivan crazy,” according to Cook, may be primed for a rather abrupt departure thanks to apparent chemistry concerns and a weighty contract that overshadows Ke sel’s performance. “It was clear in June, by the end of the Penguins’ second consecutive Stanley Cup run, that the organization wasn’t thrilled with Ke sel,” Cook said. “Even though he had 23 points in the 25 postseason games, it was hard to find anyone in organization to say he was playing well. My belief is wasn’t thrilled to play on E’Twaun Moore Jersey the same line with Ke sel. And ? Sullivan acknowledged Crosby and Ke sel have no chemistry together. None.” Now, Cook is a columnist. And columnists are often tasked with blending opinion — sensational opinion, Jarrod Uthoff Jersey at that — with reality. There’s also the fact that Ke sel scored just two fewer goals than Malkin, whose contract isn’t exactly on the cheap side, either. So a suming that the Pens are frustrated enough to deal away one of their most talented scorers in the same offseason they lost both and simply because Cook said so is, well, quite a stretch. If anything, though, it’s fair to wonder whether or not Tocchet’s departure as a sistant coach will affect Ke sel on the ice. If, say, the staff change-up drastically impacts Ke Solomon Hill Jersey sel in the worst way, then, perhaps, a trade could truly be on the horizon.

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