Jack Edwards on Phil Kessel's Departure

Jack Edwards had some interesting comments about Phil Kessel during tonight's Leafs/Bruins game at the Garden.

“There were some Boston veterans who will go unnamed, who said after last saturdays game, ‘Hey, he [Kessel] didn’t want to be a part of this, and we’re going to make life tough on him every time we play… because there’s something personal here. He did not want to be here. He was offered him $16M over 4 years to remain a Bruin and it wasn’t good enough. And those guys in the room, they did take it personally.”

The Saturday game that Edwards is talking about saw Marc Savard get a hat trick, and Mark Recchi, Zdeno Chara and  go out of his way to take a few runs at the former Bruin. Tonight, the hostilities continued with Boychuk, Begin, Chara and Savard all getting their shots in.