From Kevin Paul Dupont & the Boston Globe;
Sources: "Kessel doesn't plan to negotiate with Bruins"
Phil Kessel has made it clear that he doesn't intend to negotiate any longer with the Bruins, his Toronto-based agent in recent days informing the Boston front office that the right winger's priority instead is to sign a free-agent offer sheet with one of the league's 29 other teams.
All of which doesn't necessarily mean that Kessel's days in the Hub are numbered.
The Bruins, per CBA rules and guidelines, still reserve the right to match any offer sheet Kessel signs, and if they choose to match they are only prohibited from trading Kessel for the first year of his new deal.
''No comment,'' Boston general manager Peter Chiarelli responded via e-mail early this afternoon when asked about Kessel's latest stance on negotiations.
Kessel's agent, Wade Arnott, when contacted by the Globe earlier this week about his side's current negotiating stance, claimed the change in tactics wasn't true. But two sources familiar with the talks, which on Monday were proclaimed by Chiarelli to be at a ''philosophical impasse," confirmed the new passive-aggressive approach by the 21-year-old right winger.
This full article can be found thru Boston.com at- http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2009/09/change_in_appro.html
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