What a wonderful moment. Good on Penguins fans for Welcoming Phil back to Pittsburgh. Also good on Phil for being kind to fans despite wearing an Arizona jersey. Classy moves all around. This is why I love hockey. 🙂🏒👏👏
We love ya Phil and won’t ever forget ya bud! Without the Thrill there’s no back to back Stanley Cups in Pittsburgh. Let alone the first one (4th in franchise history). He was a beast and elevated his scoring in the playoffs and one could argue he deserved the Conn Smythe in 2016. The HBK line for a moment in a time was the best line in hockey
I think he is gonna love the role he has with the coyotes. Phil must feel pretty good where he is at in his career. Way less pressure there. He went to Pittsburgh and proved a lot of of his critics wrong. Really one of the players I respect most. Always been a fan.
True; he never missed a game. But he also never blocked a shot. Never raced back to the defensive zone to turn a 2-1 into a 2-2. Never stood in front of the net to battle for a rebound. Never worked in the corners. Don't get me wrong, I loved Phil and I am eternally grateful for his time in Pittsburgh, but let's not overlook the reasons WHY he's never missed a game.
@theredviper9842 ohhh is that why he left the pen's have to pick Kessel or Markin well yeah I guess I understand then but Kessel was aswome on the pens still must of been hard 🤷♂️
Late to the party, but I bought tickets to this game, specifically for this reason, about 6 months in advance. I kid you not, the only reason we all stopped cheering was because the ref finally dropped the puck for the faceoff. They waited longer than usual, and we had no intentions of stopping if they would have let us keep going. Absolutely amazing.
Pittsburgher here, miss Kessel tremendously. We know he was slowly declining but he was vital to our back to back championship run. One of my favorite players without a doubt, all the best to the man.
I mean he was so money in both the runs especially 2016 where he should have won Conn Smythe, clutch after clutch whether it’s Washington or Tampa. Goals from nowhere, top shelf, power play, you name it. Miss you Phil in Pittsburgh!
Toronto needs an enema. They think of themselves as the center of the hockey universe, but all they do is put unreasonable expectations on their players. I mean, they practically drove Phil out of town; Hell, they retained half his salary to be rid of him, because they expected him to be a leader, a captain, and that's just not Phil. The Pens acquire him and just let him do his thing, instead of forcing him into the role they intended for him, and voila, a Stanley Cup and what should've been a Conn Smythe-winning performance. So who's really the problem? Phil? Or Toronto?
I look at Phil Kessel & the Coyotes, the way I used to look at Marion Hossa of the BlackHawks fame. Who I miss badly on the Black Hawks. Total class act. A facilitator of the highest order. Indespensable in the NHL. The Coyotes have a real operator on their team. With all the ex Black Hawks on their roster they are my favorite back up team for the Cup in 2020.
You ever play hockey with older former OHLers or even the ones who couldn't even get drafted for juniors? Even if theyre on the more out of shape chunky thicc size, even, its scary how well they can play and skate. People who make the NHL on the other hand are on a completely different level, might as well be from another planet compared to normal people in terms of hockey skill. You still need much better than baseball athleticism but the extra weight can be useful if your body fat% is low enough
Phil's a quiet, reserved guy, but I'm sure he was happy with this return. The first two ungrateful fanbases he returned to booed him viciously his first game back.
Phil Kessel is one of my favorites because of how he behaves off and on the ice. He's the most down to earth of all the players I've ever watched. It's a crying shame how he left Pittsburgh because of how the media treated him. As a Canes fan, I kinda sorta wished he'd become a Hurricane, but I'm glad he's back with Rick Tocchet.
Hey .... he may LOOK like some guy named "Earl" from ur local Softball league .....but make no mistake , appearances are Deceiving when talking about Phil the Thrill. The dude can snipe!! It was some exciting hockey during the Cup-winning years with the Pens and Kessel had his fingerprints all over those playoff series. 👍👍
When you play in a Team for 3 years and get a tribute But you also play on a team which you led in goals for 6 straight seasons. But dont get a tribute
I like the way kessel shoots tho 😎👍.... I try teach my boy 'the phil kessel shot'.. A couple broken stick laying around n 1 of my son's friends asks ' why is these 2 hockey sticks broken?' . My boy replies 'too many phil Kessels' . Lmfao 😆
It's a nice reaction from the crowd, but nothing like what they gave Flower. Which honestly confuses me because for his four years there, Kessel never had the fans turn on him, whereas fans were ready to run Flower out of town after his playoff struggles in the years following the 2009 Cup. Not only that, but Kessel was instrumental for the 2016 & 2017 Cups - and really should've been the 2016 Conn Smythe - whereas Flower was largely absent in 2016, and benched in the 2017 conference finals. Don't get me wrong - I've always had Flower's back - but the difference in crowd reaction here is perplexing. No Phil Kessel, no back-to-back Cups.
Maybe, but i mean the last few game he was with the pens he was trash and had a hard time scoring on 5on5 with is Still the case this season, he only has one goal on 5on5
@@thisiskris017 Points are not everything in modern hockey, you have to work for the team and not for your own record. Kessel was deadly in the offensive zone and he was the heart and soul of the power play, but it was him or the coach, one just had to go.
@@thebigdee9106 Or Sullivan could suck it up and let Kessel collect 80 plus points on the third line. Not to mention Phil is more deadly in the post season and has proven that with every team he's been on, not sure how Galchenyuk is an improvement when his negatives are all defensive and lack of effort on the back check, minus the offense of Kessel
I have to agree that Phil needed a change of scenery. Phil - in a lot of ways - was like a poor man's version of Ovechkin: an absolutely lethal one-trick pony that didn't want to do anything other than his one trick. It wasn't until Ovechkin finally committed to defensive play that the Caps were able to get over the hump, and for whatever reason, he's gone back to his old ways. The Pens simply didn't have a strong defensive LW & D pairing to cover for BOTH Malkin & Phil's defensive liabilities and it came down to one of them having to go. That was never going to be Malkin.
Bryan Halstead And he's still a plug! Hard not to win cups when lead by Crosby & Malkin. Don't get me wrong, he has a great shot, but can't back check to save his life.
Whoever does the Penguins tributes needs to step their game up. Both Fleury and Kessel got garbage. P.K. Subban tribute from Montreal should be the standard.
Big mistake trade him Alex ya been awful and about to be trade jr hs said a roasted spot for him is not guaranteed what bust of a trade but thank you for everything pens saved your hockey career. Show you not un coachable and not coach killer thank for the laght shops cups we would not won with out you Phil the their can drive the thril
What a wonderful moment. Good on Penguins fans for Welcoming Phil back to Pittsburgh. Also good on Phil for being kind to fans despite wearing an Arizona jersey. Classy moves all around. This is why I love hockey. 🙂🏒👏👏
We love ya Phil and won’t ever forget ya bud! Without the Thrill there’s no back to back Stanley Cups in Pittsburgh. Let alone the first one (4th in franchise history). He was a beast and elevated his scoring in the playoffs and one could argue he deserved the Conn Smythe in 2016. The HBK line for a moment in a time was the best line in hockey
I think he is gonna love the role he has with the coyotes. Phil must feel pretty good where he is at in his career. Way less pressure there. He went to Pittsburgh and proved a lot of of his critics wrong. Really one of the players I respect most. Always been a fan.
I'm still crying. Miss you Phil.
Never. Missed. A. Game.
Glad you made that into 4 sentences....never. would. have. understood. it. otherwise.
fastfootedone
Sometimes you got to Speak slower so everyone can understand... see you got it! Good job!
I’m.Very.Happy.For.You.You’re.Doing.
Great!
@@catens5 I think this sums up my response to your reply. ua-cam.com/video/9GSMdgoWPY8/v-deo.html
True; he never missed a game. But he also never blocked a shot. Never raced back to the defensive zone to turn a 2-1 into a 2-2. Never stood in front of the net to battle for a rebound. Never worked in the corners. Don't get me wrong, I loved Phil and I am eternally grateful for his time in Pittsburgh, but let's not overlook the reasons WHY he's never missed a game.
@@dhunter1133 Phil is there to score goals, drink cokes, and eat hot dogs. He leaves the dirty work up to the other guys.
A Pittsburgh legend, I wish there was a stronger option than “like” Pittsburgh loves Phil
Still mad the Penguins traded him. Good luck Phil. Go Pens!
Pretty well done. Watch Marc Andre's if u want a tearful one.
One of my favorite Penguins of all time, but it was time to move on.
It was either him or Malkin leaving and although Kessel is great Malkin will always be a god
I'm still mad the leads traded him
@theredviper9842 ohhh is that why he left the pen's have to pick Kessel or Markin well yeah I guess I understand then but Kessel was aswome on the pens still must of been hard 🤷♂️
Late to the party, but I bought tickets to this game, specifically for this reason, about 6 months in advance.
I kid you not, the only reason we all stopped cheering was because the ref finally dropped the puck for the faceoff. They waited longer than usual, and we had no intentions of stopping if they would have let us keep going. Absolutely amazing.
I was at that game too. The energy in the building was unreal
If Babcock was coyotes coach he would have scratched Kessel that night
You know you have no respect when President Obama mocks you like you weren’t the reason they won the cup.
@@PhillyLeotardo25 it's a joke he was told to say. I bet he didnt even know who he was.
Ryan that explains why he supports a guy who thought wearing blackface was funny. He was told by democrats to back Justin
@@PhillyLeotardo25 male Karen 1 O 1
Smart move. Distractions aren't conducive to victory. As well as hotdogs
Deserved the Conn Smythe in '16
No doubt
I agree there.
It's much more impressive to put up numbers vs top competition than to exploit matchups with Phil on a 3rd line.
@@GumpWorsley fair point. maybe that's how they saw it. Phil put up such solid numbers that it almost doesn't matter who they were against.
@@GumpWorsley that's just how I saw it as an outside observer. I'm a sabres fan but he was dominant
Henry Balling
Obviously there was some doubt or he would have won it!!!
“Nice guy” “tries hard”
"loves the game"
Pittsburgher here, miss Kessel tremendously. We know he was slowly declining but he was vital to our back to back championship run. One of my favorite players without a doubt, all the best to the man.
I mean he was so money in both the runs especially 2016 where he should have won Conn Smythe, clutch after clutch whether it’s Washington or Tampa. Goals from nowhere, top shelf, power play, you name it. Miss you Phil in Pittsburgh!
Phil is a beauty
Two time Stanley cup champion Phil Kessel, ladies and gentlemen.
He played great when he was with the pens
You know he didn’t get that kind of love from Toronto when he first returned there as a Penguin.
Thank Lou for that
Toronto needs an enema. They think of themselves as the center of the hockey universe, but all they do is put unreasonable expectations on their players. I mean, they practically drove Phil out of town; Hell, they retained half his salary to be rid of him, because they expected him to be a leader, a captain, and that's just not Phil. The Pens acquire him and just let him do his thing, instead of forcing him into the role they intended for him, and voila, a Stanley Cup and what should've been a Conn Smythe-winning performance. So who's really the problem? Phil? Or Toronto?
@@dhunter1133 Toronto.
All class, Phil deserves the recognition.
Well deserved! Awesome to see
All of a sudden I do not dislike him as much anymore. Class act Pittsburgh!
best quirky lovable hockey slacker I know of and only made Coyotes stronger!
Best American-born player to ever play. A true god.
Phil the thril can drive the thril
He deserves that. Great player for Pittsburgh
I hated seeing him leave Toronto I was always a fan of him but glad he went on to win cups and have the success he deserved.
what a guy
Thank you Phil !!!
I miss Phil, wish he was still with the Pens.
Phil Kessel hated by his leafs coach and by Mike Suillvan
But the fans: love him and see him has a hot dog eater, a legend
As*
Oh yeah yeah
IM NOT CRYING YOURE CRYING!
Да.Вот так нужно приветствовать своих бывших игроков.Уважаю.
I love watching these
I’m not crying you’re crying 😭😭😭
Randy “The cheeseburger locker” Bobandy
Bruins let Kessel, Thornton and Segiun walk...WOW!
And yet they're still doing well 🤷🏻♂️ so what's the problem 😂😂
greg B well burins got a cup 2011 after joe was gone and Phil
Sad it might be Thornton's last chance to get a Stanley Cup ring?
I look at Phil Kessel & the Coyotes, the way I used to look
at Marion Hossa of the BlackHawks fame.
Who I miss badly on the Black Hawks.
Total class act. A facilitator of the highest order.
Indespensable in the NHL. The Coyotes have a
real operator on their team. With all the ex Black Hawks on their roster
they are my favorite back up team for the Cup in 2020.
such a shame ottawa traded him for the trainwreck heatley would become
He's gotta be one of the least athletic looking stars in the league lol
But he can skate fast as hell
Yet one of the best in the league hard to play against a guy like that .
You ever play hockey with older former OHLers or even the ones who couldn't even get drafted for juniors? Even if theyre on the more out of shape chunky thicc size, even, its scary how well they can play and skate.
People who make the NHL on the other hand are on a completely different level, might as well be from another planet compared to normal people in terms of hockey skill. You still need much better than baseball athleticism but the extra weight can be useful if your body fat% is low enough
Deception is key
Sniper
Flyers fan but I really like this guy
Phil's a quiet, reserved guy, but I'm sure he was happy with this return. The first two ungrateful fanbases he returned to booed him viciously his first game back.
Amazing!
Phil Kessel is one of my favorites because of how he behaves off and on the ice. He's the most down to earth of all the players I've ever watched. It's a crying shame how he left Pittsburgh because of how the media treated him. As a Canes fan, I kinda sorta wished he'd become a Hurricane, but I'm glad he's back with Rick Tocchet.
i’m not a Pittsburgh fan but this is why I respect The penguins in there your whole team
I cried😭
a living meme
The only healthy steady player they had and now they appreciate it.
I love Phil
Still miss Kessel!
Montréal need to take notes of that;)
Hey .... he may LOOK like some guy named "Earl" from ur local Softball league .....but make no mistake , appearances are Deceiving when talking about Phil the Thrill. The dude can snipe!!
It was some exciting hockey during the Cup-winning years with the Pens and Kessel had his fingerprints all over those playoff series. 👍👍
Classy! Well done Pittsburgh.
When you play in a Team for 3 years and get a tribute
But you also play on a team which you led in goals for 6 straight seasons.
But dont get a tribute
81 points ironically and considered a so so season for him come on thats a point a game avg and they never replaced that just made this team better
I still cant believe Rutherford traded a 2 time champion and elite goal scorer for f**kin Alex Galchenyuk
I miss him gone too soon
Pitsberg has some classy fans
Nice tribute
Why hockey is the best!
we were spoiled the have Phil
Молодец мужик.
Classy move by the Pens.
🌭🌭🌭🌭🌭
All the fans celebrate but the coach and Sullivan!!
I like the way kessel shoots tho 😎👍....
I try teach my boy 'the phil kessel shot'..
A couple broken stick laying around n 1 of my son's friends asks ' why is these 2 hockey sticks broken?' . My boy replies 'too many phil Kessels' . Lmfao 😆
красавец 💪💪💪
Everybody lets Kessel go. Boston, Toronto, Pittsburgh. Not exactly a team player.
Two Stanley Cups and played 65 games in the playoffs. Impressive!
Jordan 91
Not so impressive at all. It's easy to go injury free when you don't put your nose into the dirty areas!
It's a nice reaction from the crowd, but nothing like what they gave Flower. Which honestly confuses me because for his four years there, Kessel never had the fans turn on him, whereas fans were ready to run Flower out of town after his playoff struggles in the years following the 2009 Cup. Not only that, but Kessel was instrumental for the 2016 & 2017 Cups - and really should've been the 2016 Conn Smythe - whereas Flower was largely absent in 2016, and benched in the 2017 conference finals. Don't get me wrong - I've always had Flower's back - but the difference in crowd reaction here is perplexing. No Phil Kessel, no back-to-back Cups.
Penguins should have kept him
They could use a solid player who doesn’t miss games like Phil
@Christian Stokes Who hurt you?
Maybe, but i mean the last few game he was with the pens he was trash and had a hard time scoring on 5on5 with is Still the case this season, he only has one goal on 5on5
Rumors say Pens treated Kessel to an all u can eat hot dog dinner after the game.
Nice😀
It’s a shame it didn’t work out in the long run
Never was going to.
Malkin gave him a dap
Rutherford sure knows how to unload good players.
Makes me feel bad for John Tavares. When he came back to New York to play. 🤦🏽♂️
Phil nye the hotdog guy.
say what you want about Phil....the guy just gets it done.
Tris Tram
As long as "getting it done" doesn't involve back checking!!!
Nice tribute from the pens
And the leafs just boo him
Lol, that fan base is a joke, and I thought Vancouvers was bad. We just run goalies out of town, not the best players on our team.
Kessel was one of my favorite players as a pens fan for a while but I think he did have to go. The last two seasons he was lazy and underperformed.
92 points equates to lazy? He must be Wayne Gretzky like if he put in the "effort"
@@thisiskris017 Points are not everything in modern hockey, you have to work for the team and not for your own record. Kessel was deadly in the offensive zone and he was the heart and soul of the power play, but it was him or the coach, one just had to go.
@@thebigdee9106 Or Sullivan could suck it up and let Kessel collect 80 plus points on the third line. Not to mention Phil is more deadly in the post season and has proven that with every team he's been on, not sure how Galchenyuk is an improvement when his negatives are all defensive and lack of effort on the back check, minus the offense of Kessel
thisiskris017 that’s the thing.. Kessel didn’t want to play on the 3rd line.
I have to agree that Phil needed a change of scenery. Phil - in a lot of ways - was like a poor man's version of Ovechkin: an absolutely lethal one-trick pony that didn't want to do anything other than his one trick. It wasn't until Ovechkin finally committed to defensive play that the Caps were able to get over the hump, and for whatever reason, he's gone back to his old ways. The Pens simply didn't have a strong defensive LW & D pairing to cover for BOTH Malkin & Phil's defensive liabilities and it came down to one of them having to go. That was never going to be Malkin.
Ok.
Nice mark of respect
Great personal story with the game, but always fun to joke about those hot dogs
Of it wasn't for Malkin he would still be with Pittsburgh
@L3- -37 I do agree but there was a rift between them that forced Phil out. Watch this video ua-cam.com/video/pqtSnPMX04I/v-deo.html
Toronto maple leafs trade for Phil Kessel to come back!
Glad the bruins dumped the bum...
Bryan Halstead
And he's still a plug!
Hard not to win cups when lead by Crosby & Malkin.
Don't get me wrong, he has a great shot, but can't back check to save his life.
Please tell me they did a 1 dollar and 81 cent hotdog night or something
How's your breath..
Lol. I got it. Not sure too many others will.
To be fair that was a badly worded question by Pierre lol
Remember when Ron Wilson said Kessel is a 2 weeks on and 2 weeks off kinda player..lol now he has 2 rings..
@@fiftymissioncap9045 To be honest, Kessel kind of is a 2 week on, 2 week off player. Until the playoffs.
@@fiftymissioncap9045 Btw, Kessel's reaction to Pierre's breath question was legendary. I always loved Phil's laugh.
Why didnt they show him inside Rivers Casino I'm that video... Everyone knows he spent all his time there.
LMAO @ "tries hard"
Cheeseburgers for everyone!!!
Hot dogs taste better when they're eaten out of the Stanley Cup.
Was he really loved in the dressing room? Isn't that why he got traded?
i thought it was more about the relationship with the coach?
@@Nedews1 OK, that sound familiar. My bad.
He should still be a penguin honestly but I don't think him and coach Sullivan got along at all
idk why its so funny to hear obama say phil kessel
Welcome back one testicle Kessel.
Free hot dogs for everyone
Pittsburgh shot themselves in the foot letting him go. What a shame
They got good hot dogs in Arizona?
If he won 2 cups for a canadian team, his jersey would be retired 100%.
jasonchow8286 that Canadian team would have to include some guy #87
@@joeabraham3004 Just saying kessel played good enough to be a legend. Crosby and Malkin are gods in Pittsburgh
Whoever does the Penguins tributes needs to step their game up. Both Fleury and Kessel got garbage. P.K. Subban tribute from Montreal should be the standard.
;o
Pens fans think they miss him? Try being a leafs fan.
Welcome back to the city Malkin ran you out of
Big mistake trade him Alex ya been awful and about to be trade jr hs said a roasted spot for him is not guaranteed what bust of a trade but thank you for everything pens saved your hockey career. Show you not un coachable and not coach killer thank for the laght shops cups we would not won with out you Phil the their can drive the thril
Captiankirk games nice grammar bud
Captiankirk games lol what
BigbossGaming why you attacking me a fellow pit fan
@@captiankirkgames4385 Is English not your first language?
Captiankirk games stfu
He’s not as bad as the lying media plays him out to be