Ryan Kesler- " I left to win a cup... I honestly regret that now" Kesler on demanding a trade out of Van

[PB37]

Career loser

 

[Nogatco Rd]

Some players that will never be respected in vancouver are the disruptive ones that led to the teams middling history. Guys like Messier, Virtanen, Keenan, Jeff Brown(?), theres good reason for those guys, but vancouver fans are generally forgiving.

Haha, was going to say... good additions. I don't think he counts as an ex-Canuck, but maybe Janney? I doubt he would be welcomed warmly...

for what it’s worth, the former Mrs. Kirk Maclean wrote an article for the National Post where she denied the Jeff Brown rumor:

It’s a life that takes a toll. To this day, I get asked about a rumour involving infidelity with a man I’ve never met — Jeff Brown, for those of you who follow hockey lore.

I was a hockey wife — and it just about killed me: My stint with NHL veteran Kirk McLean

This was the year that I had 12 different phone numbers with three different area codes. I’d go slack-jawed and blank when asked for our phone number

nationalpost.com

 

[HighLifeManIsHigh]

The guy was a complete loser. Only Canucks fans (and I guess certain Ducks fans) say otherwise. Fake tough guy would pick fights and then hide behind linesmen.

Loser. Total loser

 

[LuGBuG]

The guy was a complete loser. Only Canucks fans (and I guess certain Ducks fans) say otherwise. Fake tough guy would pick fights and then hide behind linesmen.

Loser. Total loser

Well this is quite an exaggeration.

 

[Crow]

No one cares Ryan. Go away loser.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Do players get paid anything on those 1 day contracts? I mean they are technically under contract

 

[Honour Over Glory]

If he would have won a cup, he wouldn't have regretted it

It's a "since I didn't win anyway, I would have preferred to stay" thought. He'd pick not winning in Vancouver over not winning anywhere else, but he at the time left Vancouver because he wanted to win.

Hilariously he blocked a trade to the Penguins at the 2014 deadline and the Penguins ended up winning 2 cups shortly after. Granted I don't know if that would have happened had the Kesler trade actually happened, they almost certainly couldn't have acquired Kessel had they traded for Kesler.

False. Not shocked you don't know your shit.

“I heard Pittsburgh had a deal for me and it fell through, don't know why still to this day,” said Kesler. That’s where it’s interesting to go back and look at other reports on what happened.

Was Ryan Kesler’s two-team trade list an “eff you” to Francesco Aquilini?

The one-time Selke winner opened up about his 2014 trade to the Penguins that didn't happen during an interview on Sportsnet 650.

www.vancouverisawesome.com

 

[PullHard]

The guy was a complete loser. Only Canucks fans (and I guess certain Ducks fans) say otherwise. Fake tough guy would pick fights and then hide behind linesmen.

Loser. Total loser

Well this is quite an exaggeration.

It is an exaggeration but honestly I don't think it is a huuuuge stretch.

There are a lot of players from that era of Canucks hockey that somehow get spoken about and revered online and on this site that doesn't make a ton of sense to fans outside of that city.

The Sedins are special players but guys like Kesler, Burrows, Bieksa, etc. get spoken about as hockey heroes. Late 2000s/ early 2010s Canucks had some good players and nice depth for the organization overall but personally it seems overstated to a guy on the outside looking in.