McKenzie, Dreger: Phil Kessel's contract exension with Toronto may be close

09/30/2013 at 10:34pm EDT

It looks like Phil Kessel's going to have a very good Tuesday or Wednesday, per TSN's Bob McKenzie and Darren Dreger:

Getting a sense Phil Kessel's contract extension in TOR could get done as early as Tues. Leafs and Kessel's agents working towards that.
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) October 1, 2013

But no one has confirmed it's done yet. So we'll see. If it's done, I would expect it'll be $8M per year, give or take $500K, for 7 or 8 yrs
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) October 1, 2013

Neither Leafs nor Newport Sports (Kessel's agent) is commenting on extension speculation, however, sense is there will be news tomorrow.
— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) October 1, 2013

TOR knew Kessel's statistical history/productivity would mean he'd be looking for as much as $8.5M AAV or Claude Giroux $8.275M territory.
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) October 1, 2013

TOR first wanted to determine, $ aside, how eager Kessel was to be a Leaf. If he did, sense was $ would sort itself out quickly. Stay tuned.
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) October 1, 2013

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