"Phil Kessel has no leverage. The 22-year-old is still unsigned, but he has no arbitration rights and, if he doesn't sign by Dec. 1, he can't play the 2009-10 season, which means another year of leverage-less negotiations. Right now, negotiations are at a stand still.
So what can Kessel do?
Go Dany Heatley on the Bruins and demand a trade, the Boston Globe writes. It's the only way he gets leverage but, of course, the Heatley case proves this can be risky, too. The Globe predicts he is being offered no more than David Krejci -- something in the range of three years at $3.75 million per. So another option would be to trudge through this season on a qualifying contract and become a free agent next season (ESPN)."
Basically.....he is coming back. He doesn't have a choice. I would assume all of this is pissing him off, but he has no leverage at all. My guess is that he'll just sign a qualifying contract and become a free agent next season. With him on the team I really think the Bruins are once again going to be atop the Eastern Conference, and with the way this team is setup I think they could be a lot more deadly in the playoffs...
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