NHL.com: Pittsburgh Penguins GM Jim Rutherford was on 93.7 The Fan radio yesterday talking about the Penguins and Phil Kessel.
“The biggest thing is from a team point of view, you can’t have the player controlling the trade because if you do, it’s not going to work out for the team, so at this point in time I view it that Phil will return with the team. I’m not actively pushing to trade him at this point. If somebody comes along with a deal that makes sense, we’ll take a look at it, just like most of the other players.