Tim Benz of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Mark Madden of Pittsburgh’s 105.9 FM said yesterday that the Pittsburgh Penguins are trying to trade forward Phil Kessel, and that “Kessel is OK with that.”
Madden’s says they will “try,” but Kessel does carry a $6.8 million salary cap hit and has a reputation of not being easy to coach.
Madden says this is coming from “sources close to the Penguins and to Phil Kessel.”
Kessel has wanted to play with Evgeni Malkin full-time and has never been given the chance and the “underlying dissatisfaction” between Kessel and coach Mike Sullivan according to Madden.