Ryan Kesler- " I left to win a cup... I honestly regret that now" Kesler on demanding a trade out of Van
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for what it’s worth, the former Mrs. Kirk Maclean wrote an article for the National Post where she denied the Jeff Brown rumor: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...
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
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HighLifeManIsHigh
McDave is a loser lol
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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
Loser. Total loser
Crow
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Do players get paid anything on those 1 day contracts? I mean they are technically under contract
Honour Over Glory
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False. Not shocked you don't know your shit.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.
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.
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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.
JianYang
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Kesler was a good player. But he was strictly the type of player thay you could love only if he was on your team because there was a significant pest element to his game.
His peak was probably in that Nashville series in the early 2010s. He owned that series, and Nashville had no answer for him.
As for Burrows, it may come as a surprise that he was 6th in the league in even strength goals from around 2009-2011. He was a a Swiss army knife with the exception that he wasn't a good powerplay option.
Oilslick941611
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I actually liked Kessler.
That being said, there is a part of me that loves when a player leaves their team for a chance to win and doesn’t win, especially when the team they leave is a Canadian one.
That being said, there is a part of me that loves when a player leaves their team for a chance to win and doesn’t win, especially when the team they leave is a Canadian one.
Team_Spirit
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He also regret taking painkillers and that's way more important to talk about
www.espn.com
Pain medicine led to health problems for Kesler
Former NHL forward Ryan Kesler is dealing with chronic digestive problems, he said in a documentary, after taking pain medications as a player.
biturbo19
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Kesler was always a pretty open book as a player. A real outspoken, emotional, "wears his heart on his sleeve" type personality. For better or worse. Didn't always think before he spoke and had an undeniably huge ego. Including some of what he said in the late stages and on the way out of Vancouver, that rubbed a lot of Canucks fans the wrong way at the time.
Not surprising that he'd let out some musings about regrets in the moment. With a dash of trying to repair some of his reputation with Canucks fans as "damage control" well after the fact, trying to boost his ego a bit, now that he's no longer really relevant.
Not surprising that he'd let out some musings about regrets in the moment. With a dash of trying to repair some of his reputation with Canucks fans as "damage control" well after the fact, trying to boost his ego a bit, now that he's no longer really relevant.
Chet Manley
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IDK if kesler and burrows get talked about as heroes, but Bieksa was a true super hero. He literally used a super man punch in his fights.
Also, dude tapped his tough guy rookie (playing in his first game) teammate out of the faceoff dot because he knew there was going to be a line brawl, and figured he should fight instead of the rook. Gotta respect a teammate/player who steps up like that.
As a Ducks fan I don’t. He was great during our long runs. We also didn’t give up anything major for him. Only one team wins and it unfortunately wasn’t our time. Close though.
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