The question: Do you recall your NHL debut?
Time’s up. Your answer, please, Mr. Kessel.
“I don’t even know,” he replied the other day. “I couldn’t tell you where it was. I remember my first goal vaguely, but that’s it.
“It’s been a long time, right?”
Since your first game in the league? Or your final game as a Maple Leaf?
Both seem like another lifetime ago, don’t they?
For Phil Kessel, they probably do.
Since trading him to the Pittsburgh Penguins on July 1, the Toronto Maple Leafs have moved on.