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THE MOJ: Canucks’ Kessel experiment is tossing the dice with house money

Tocchet and Rutherford very familiar with 17-year vet as he starts skating with Abbotsford
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FILE - In this Jan. 2, 2016, file photo, Pittsburgh Penguins’ Phil Kessel plays during the team’s NHL hockey game against the New York Islanders in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File) FILE - In this Jan. 2, 2016, file photo, Pittsburgh Penguins’ Phil Kessel plays during the team’s NHL hockey game against the New York Islanders in Pittsburgh. USA Hockey left Kessel off the list of the first 16 players selected to the U.S. team for the World Cup of Hockey, Wednesday, March 2.. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

You would think that after beating the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2 on Tuesday night, Canuck Nation would be focused on the team that had secured seven of a possible ten points on their road trip and would be coming home in first place in the overall NHL standings.

Think again.

Instead ‘X’ was abuzz with the fact that Phil Kessel was spotted arriving at Vancouver International Airport on Tuesday night.

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