Is taking a chance on Phil Kessel worth it for the Vancouver Canucks? 

Phil Kessel may not be the player he once was, but that doesn’t mean the Vancouver Canucks shouldn’t take a look at him.

On Wednesday’s edition of Daily Faceoff Live, Tyler Yaremchuk and Frank Seravalli came to a similar conclusion about the Canucks bringing in the veteran winger to work out with their AHL affiliate.

Kessel, 36, is a three-time Stanley Cup champion who is eight points shy of 1,000 in his career. He’s very familiar with Jim Rutherford, Patrik Allvin, and Rick Tocchet from his days in Pittsburgh.

But after being made a healthy scratch for much of the Vegas Golden Knights’ championship run last year, Kessel found himself without a contract for the start of this season.

Can the former Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Pittsburgh Penguins, Arizona Coyotes, and Golden Knights forward provide yet another spark to a red-hot Canucks team down the stretch? Here’s part of what Tyler and Frank had to say on Wednesday.

Tyler Yaremchuk: Phil Kessel is going to be joining the Vancouver Canucks’ AHL team. He’s going to be skating in Abbotsford for the next little bit, Frank, a trial of sorts between Kessel and the Canucks. What do you make of this? Kessel last season, when you look at his regular season numbers, played in all 82 games for the Vegas Golden Knights, scored 14 goals, almost hit the 40-point mark as well. But he was healthy scratched in all but four playoff games for Vegas during their Stanley Cup run. Do ou think Kessel has enough left in the tank to actually make an impact for this Canucks team?

Frank Seravalli: I personally don’t. I understand why it’s worth the gamble. I mean, if you look at Vancouver’s lineup and if you want to call them holes — for me, not really many holes considering the success that they’ve had — but Pius Suter right now at second-line left wing, Nils Höglander … they’ve been trying a bunch of different fits to find chemistry and haven’t been able to really nail down those spots yet. So, there is an opening. For me, when I look at Kessel and his production, obviously, he’s a very talented player and a clutch playoff performer. But when you have the Vegas Golden Knights last year determine that for 18 games, their lineup was better with him not in it than in it, that, to me, is a huge red flag and probably a big reason why a lot of teams resisted the urge to this point, even though they’ve remained in contact with the Kessel camp, to bring him in.

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