Where Are They Now: Phil Kessel Edition

Bostonist is keeping track of the Hub's sports celebrities. While various contract issues contributed to Richard Seymour's stunning trade, contract intrigue keeps Phil Kessel in limbo and in the sportsworld's version the Track. Kessel is unsigned and in rehab mode. We assume he's rehabbing because the Globe's Kessel contract/trade reporting included no reference to how #81 is progressing after his offseason surgeries despite two separate stories saying essentially the same thing. Toronto, according to Kevin Paul Dupont, is lusting after Kessel and possibly preparing to make a contract offer. Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli has a bit of leverage and could sign him and deal him to Nashville or the New York Rangers, Dupont says.