Hockey 2011-2012

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Originally Posted by transjen

I dout Shadows shares your joy. if memory surves me right The Leafs gave the pick to Boston in a trade and Boston picked Seguin so he's another bad trade by the Leafs

Penguins cheerleader Jen

How so? Both Seguin and Kessel are still young and they are both playing very well. After that All-Star game snub(and the jackass Ovechkin taking the picture of him), Kessel's demeanor and play have totally changed. He is more of a complete player than he was before(shades of this were shown during the latter part of the season last year).

Kessel: 12G 12A +9

Seguin: 11G 9A +14

The only difference is that Kessel is playing on a team that doesn't have as much depth as Boston. If Toronto had a deeper team who knows how many points Kessel would have?

I think both teams did well with this trade. Neither team lost out, and both players are playing well. I am personally sick and tired of the whole Seguin/Kessel "who's better?" talk.

And who even knows if either player will be like this in the future? Either of them could get hurt and be a shadow of their former selves or they could pull a Yashin and have their game totally disappear! Heck, Jonathan Cheechoo had a 50 goal season, so I think no one can truly say anything definitive about this trade until both of their careers are finished.