We’re all left to wonder if the rest of Zdeno Chara’s parts are in proportion to his massive frame.

ESPN The Magazine’s “Body Issue” hits newsstands this Friday.

Brian Burke finally added some offense to go along with all that truculence, belligerence, and those other couple of college words he likes to toss around.  Phil Kessel might not be the type of player that can turn the Maple Leafs’ fortunes around on his own, but he brings some youthful scoring ability to a team in need of goals.  Perfect he is not, but here’s five reasons why Phil Kessel will fit just fine in the bigger picture for Toronto:

1. Kessel has a history of not being very well liked by his teammates.  Rumours and old wives’ tales follow him back as far as his time with the U.S. National Under-18 Team.  That’s not going to matter a lick in Toronto, as there’s no way that he could be liked less than Jason Blake.

2. Brian Burke appeared to put the days of “draft schmaft” behind this franchise upon his arrival when he implemented his own “forwards bore-wards” scheme by signing every free-agent defenseman in the league.  Now he’s managed to trade away two first-round picks and a second-round pick for Kessel, thus bringing back the “draft schmaft” while addressing the holes up front.  This team could very well return to the glory years of losing in the Conference Finals by 2012.

3. Even if Kessel falls short of duplicating his impressive 2008-09 numbers, he can point to the fact that everyone scores less when they come to Toronto.

4. Regardless of how good those three draft picks turn out to be, they’ll never be as good as Scott Niedermayer or Roberto Luongo.

5. Kessel’s mere six hits in 70 games last year would still put him ahead of Jiri Tlusty who registered five in 14 games.