This is getting dumb. Kessel is what he is, and that is fine. Everyone calls him a forty goal scorer yet he has not scored forty goals in a season. 35 and 30 last year. Funny if you score 35 goals and 25 assists your a sniper (kessel), if you score 35 goals every year and 45-50 assists your a play maker (sundin). There is absolutely no point in bringing Sakic, Yzerman and the like into this conversation. That is just silliness. Sakic could bang in 50 in between setting up his linemates.
As a leaf fan and more importantly a hockey fan I at least try to keep a little bit of a level head when comparing players.