Ace, you must be really down on Kessel to take Brown back on a similar contract.

That is ridiculous. A struggling star for 5 mil waste in cap space

Yup. Kessel can't play with stars, because his stick is too floppy to take passes. He gives low to no effort in the D zone, and is about 3 for 256 in board battles won. Brown can hit, he's won 2 Cups, and maybe he can rejuvenate his career in another location. Plus: Tanner Pearson!

Ace, you have give the reasons why Leaf management didn't want him in Toronto. Unknowingly hockey fans thought he was the Leafs best player because of his point total. Leafs received very little return for a supposedly top 15 winger in the league. The Kessel saga and there are others that signed long term contracts, will be great fodder for years to come for sights like this.

True enough. I do feel like he would have scored 12 more goals with a stiffer stick

Stiffer stick? You know he had testicular cancer about seven years ago.