Phil Kessel wants to be a Maple Leaf for life

by on February 13, 2013 in Leafs News - 602 Comments

Phil Kessel wants to be a Maple Leaf for life
Phil Kessel with an awkward thigh grasp on Phaneuf.
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The agent for Phil Kessel joined Greg Brady and Jim Lang to discuss the evolution of Kessel’s game, his mindset during the scoring drought and how the forward feels about playing in Toronto.

Said Wade Arnott:

“Phil (Kessel) is still a really young man,” Arnott told the SportsNet Fan590. “He really enjoys living in Toronto and playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs.”

“This young man lives and breathes hockey. He was very excited to come here four years ago. I think if you asked Phil today, he’d love to finish his career here in Toronto. But it’s still young in his career right now.”

“Phil would like nothing more than to help the Maple Leafs make the playoffs. He wants to experience playoff hockey here in Toronto,” said Arnott. “That’s the first step to winning a potential Stanley Cup here in Toronto.

“He was very disappointed last year. They had a very good start to the season. They were in a playoff position at the turn of the calendar year and unfortunately the last third of the season didn’t go well.”

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  • Mick21

     This is absolutely right, and what I tried to describe but way better. Dirty plays happen in an instant, some players are prone to commit them while others aren’t. The ones that are know what they are doing. I wasn’t a dirty player but while playing football if a guy pissed me off I would wait until I’d get a chance to clip his ankle from behind while sprinting so it looked like he tripped. Or the spike to the achilles while running a route.

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  • Mick21

     This is absolutely right, and what I tried to describe but way better. Dirty plays happen in an instant, some players are prone to commit them while others aren’t. The ones that are know what they are doing. I wasn’t a dirty player but while playing football if a guy pissed me off I would wait until I’d get a chance to clip his ankle from behind while sprinting so it looked like he tripped. Or the spike to the achilles while running a route.

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