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Report: Leafs plan ... nothing for Kessel’s Toronto return

Phil Kessel

Phil Kessel

AP

The best thing about teams generating tribute videos to returning former players isn’t the music. It’s not about the great highlights, either.

Really, the greatest thing is when those token gestures don’t happen.

Keep in mind this is by no means official, and the Toronto Maple Leafs could easily put together a simple bit if they want to.

Still, it’s awfully interesting from a high school drama standpoint that the Maple Leafs have nothing planned for Phil Kessel’s return with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday, according to Damien Cox’s report in Sportsnet’s latest “Headlines” segment.

A little frosty, right?

Obviously this is a minor detail, yet it’s interesting, especially as the Maple Leafs were the ones who traded Kessel out of town (rather than other rare instances in which a team might feel slighted by a free agent departure).

One would guess that Toronto’s fans will give him a boo-laced tribute, anyway, though.