That did not come to fruition, as Kesselring suffered a lower-body injury in training camp, returned in late October, and admittedly was still hampered and returned too early. After missing a month, he returned to the lineup, but injury and the fact that Mattias Samuelsson was having a career year playing alongside Rasmus Dahlin and that other blueliners (Conor Timmins, Zach Metsa) played well kept the big blueliner as a part-time player for the rest of the season.
