For the second straight postseason, Phil Kessel has been a star for the Penguins.

The former Leaf has five points in four games thus far and if the Pens make a deep run, he's got a good shot of matching or surpassing his 22 points in 24 playoff games last year.

Ever since he was traded from Toronto, Kessel has become more of a star in our opinion and more appreciated by the hockey community.

 

 

Everyone's vote is important!!!! Make sure you vote .... mine goes to the legend @phil_kessel_81_

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Aside from people actually voting for 'Phil the Thrill' to be the next President of the United States, people have also got tattoos of Kessel recently.

 

 

This tattoo of a Stanley Cup Champion exists. (Via @aaroncheat)

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As incredible as that Stanley Cup champion tattoo of Kessel is, there's one that's even better if you understand the quote that goes with it.

 

 

Phil the Thrill. @oldsoultattoo #philkessel #pittsburghpenguins #penshockey #americanhero

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For fans unfamiliar with the quote, it's in Kessel's Twitter bio and he adopted it from Marc Savard who used to use the phrase to describe players he didn't know in opposing team's lineups.

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If you look closely at that picture of Kessel in his presidential campaign shirt, you can see that the phrase is the on the shirt.

It takes true dedication to get a Kessel tattoo like this one, so we applaud the person who did.  The quote alone makes it worth it.

(H/T: Joshua Mason)