Kessel: "Who knows what's going to happen?"

Boston Bruins forward, Phil Kessel (Yes he still is a Bruin for now) talked with AM 640 in Toronto today, (Home of the Toronto Maple Leafs) and discussed his contract talks with the Bruins.

“I have no clue what’s going to happen at this point. Obviously it’s been a slow process, but you never know what’s going to happen. I don’t think (a contract with the Bruins) is any closer than it has been in months’ past, or anything like that,” said Kessel to AM 640. “Obviously you’d like to always stay with the team you were first drafted by, and you never know what’s going to happen in hockey. Hockey’s a weird game: guys get traded all the time and guys move on because it’s a (salary) cap world. Who knows what’s going to happen? We’ll see.”

If Boston and Kessel are not in discussions to bring him back at the moment, this leads to the question, who's going. From my calculations (not official) the Bruins have $2.85 million left under the cap, which is not enough to ink Kessel.

The name that may make the most sense to deal is Chuck Kobasew. Kobasew's salary dump would give the Bruins roughly, $5 million in contract space, creating enough space to sign Kessel. The other names that have been mentioned are Patrice Bergeron and Marc Savard, however trading Savard seems like a stretch.

My prediction would be that there won't be anything settled on this matter until August. One thing is almost certain, a trade is in the works. Even if it is still in the beginning stages.