CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- Oh, Phil Kessel is concerned all right.
Not about playing on the third line, or about the Penguins chances at a threepeat or on surpassing Nikita Kucherov for the league scoring lead.
Kessel's mind is on the Olympics where his sister Amanda Kessel is competing in the women's hockey tournament in PyeongChang. It's nerve-wracking stuff.
"I'm way more nervous for that than me playing, to be honest," Kessel said after practice Friday at the Lemieux Sports Complex. "I'm hoping that they can win."
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