if pens wanted to dump salary, maybe it's a deal. but habs must know that kessel's production would decline considerably when not playing with the pens.

Hard pass. Kessel is a coach killer. The only reason he hasn't wrecked Pittsburgh yet is that Mario can tell him to STFU and he'll never be as good as Crosby or Malkin. Put him back on a team where he's expected to perform and he'll disappear again.