So many people can't see how he fits in. Obviously our resident genius Raj knows the deal.

Is it enough to be the coaches' buddy?
No Canuck fan cares if Kessel ever reaches 1000 points.
The Canucks shouldn't even consider signing him!

Nah, they just see it as adding depth with low risk & low cost. He's clearly a very smart player and knows Tocchet well, I suspect he'll be in and out of the press box but come playoffs he might be huge.

it's not like they can just take him out of the press box whenever they have a powerplay. Signing him would be a waste of cap space that could be better spent.
He played just 4 games in the playoffs last year and was a healthy scratch for the rest, so how would he be "huge" this season? Has he gotten better as he aged?

I think it was Eichel who specifically called out how important Kessel was despite only getting in 4 games. He played 82 during the season and was pretty good in thier bottom 6.