The hockey world has been impatiently waiting for Kessel to make the
jump to the next level for the better part of a decade, and it looks
like he might have finally done it.
This is also why it just won't happen. This cruel world has determined
that Kessel is going to be one of those guys to whom real success and
true greatness will just be out of reach and who will be a magnet for
misfortune. We may be just moments – and certainly not more than a
couple of weeks – away from Kessel suffering a broken collarbone or
herniated disc or a moderate case of scurvy. His quest to be an elite
scorer will be derailed. It cannot happen any other way.
I can't say that I hold any serious ill will for Kessel, even though
many regard him as something of a bridge between a very successful era
of Minnesota hockey and a particularly pitiful era out of which the
squad only now seems to be crawling. And when we look back in 2020 or
sometime thereabouts, we're all going to be surprised that Kessel had
as good of an NHL career as he did. The numbers will be impressive and
there will be some young whippersnappers who will make some noise
about how he is a hall of famer.
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