Kesler Traded to Anaheim - Per Darren Dreger

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Exclusive footage released of Kesler making his way to Anaheim.

 

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Kings - Ducks games will be interesting - Look out Gaborik.

 

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No matter where he goes though, he'll always have photobombs.

 

[Judge Fudge]

I'm not a huge fan of this deal.

I feel we could have got more (etem or 10) but We got ourselves backed into a corner and this is the only way we could have come out

 

[mattola]

EA sports test lol

 

[Judge Fudge]

EA sports test lol

 

[Hank Kingsley]

I'm starting to run out of Canucks I hate.


If they trade Burrows and Danrick I'm fucked.

 

[puckhead]

So what do you guys think, good return for Kesler? I think it's okay, nothing to do cartwheels over, but better than probably what Gillis would have received.

Bonino 49 points, Kesler 43 points
seriously, Kesler CAN be a beast, but he hasn't been the 2011 version of Kesler very frequently since then
He could be a monster if they put him on the top line, but he's still behind getzlaf at C, so who does he get - Maroon and Palmieri?
I was hoping for more, of course. but it's done cleanly, and there's value in that.

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Ryan Kesler says the #Canucks are "years away" from being a contender.

he's not wrong, but i sure like the group of 26 and under players
F: Horvat, Shinkaruk, Kassian, Matthias, Jensen, Gaunce, Fox, Cassels, Virtanen, even McCann was a bit of a steal at 24
D: Corrado, Tanev, Stanton, Subban
G: Lack, Markstrom

even if they don't all pan out, that's a hell of a core growing together

I'm starting to run out of Canucks I hate.
If they trade Burrows and Danrick I'm fucked.

Dorsett. back to FULL.
hell, even I hate the Canucks now.

 

[Cobiemonster]

Bonino 49 points, Kesler 43 points
seriously, Kesler CAN be a beast, but he hasn't been the 2011 version of Kesler very frequently since then
He could be a monster if they put him on the top line, but he's still behind getzlaf at C, so who does he get - Maroon and Palmieri?
I was hoping for more, of course. but it's done cleanly, and there's value in that.

If these guys pan out the Canucks should be a better team - the Sedin's will be healthy and they should bounce back and have decent seasons - Nick Bonino will give them some much needed depth on the 2nd and 3rd lines and maybe you get a bounce back year from Alex Burrows

If the Canucks get a goalie(preferably Hiller), they won't be as far off as people think

 

[mattola]

Kesler wasn't the 2011 beast very often before either. I'm very happy this jack ass is gone

 

[elocomotive]

Kesler wasn't the 2011 beast very often before either. I'm very happy this jack ass is gone

Be careful what you say... you never know when he might be hovering right behind you.

 

[mattola]

Be careful what you say... you never know when he might be hovering right behind you.

I looked over my shoulder

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

its not a shit deal. you sound like canuck fans on twitter. lol. Bonino is not a shit player we add another 1st round pick and the biggest huh is Sbisa your right that they got cornered because of Kesler but its not a shit deal its an average deal that has some potential upside but time will tell

We'll see. lol Where do you think Bonino plays in your lineup? Also, just not a fan of Sbisa, he's been overrated since he started as a Flyer. I don't like his game at all. lol

 

[mattola]

We'll see. lol Where do you think Bonino plays in your lineup? Also, just not a fan of Sbisa, he's been overrated since he started as a Flyer. I don't like his game at all. lol

I think Bonino will slip into the 2C spot only because we dont have a second C he will be a pretty solid 3C and PP guy, he will improve our PP alot. He will also be coached well (not saying he wasnt in Anaheim) and he will respond well to the coaching unlike kesler who followed the baseline but never used his teammates. Sbisa is unknown to me but had high praise early in his career. I think he could be better than he showed in Anaheim with our D Core. The draft pick we got and the player we selected with it is nice. He will be interesting to watch down the road assuming hes not as big a douche as he showed in his first interview, Ill chalk that up to being drafted much later than expected and surprising.

the most important thing that we will see in the trade is the clearing of Kesler himself, long time rumours had him quite disliked by most of the team. That in it self is good for chemistry. the team is not as good talent wise not even close but I believe we have a better blue print for a better team down the road. I have no time frame, lets talk after Tuesday

 

[Cobiemonster]

It was a good deal for the Canucks, especially since Kesler acted like Marty St. Louis did, by only allowing his team to move him to 1 or 2 teams - it's hard for any team to make a great deal when a player acts like a prima-donna and doesn't let them trade him to more than 1-2 teams

This deal might not have been great but the sum of everything that the Canucks have done so far is very good - the Ducks might regret this because Nick Bonino was getting better and he fit their system well - Ryan Kesler had one great year but besides that he's had injuries and hasn't been dominant - and we'll see if he can co-exist as the second liner behind Getzlaf, if things go wrong, Kesler will start whining that things aren't going his way

Jim Benning is doing a great job so far

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

It was a good deal for the Canucks, especially since Kesler acted like Marty St. Louis did, by only allowing his team to move him to 1 or 2 teams - it's hard for any team to make a great deal when a player acts like a prima-donna and doesn't let them trade him to more than 1-2 teams

This deal might not have been great but the sum of everything that the Canucks have done so far is very good - the Ducks might regret this because Nick Bonino was getting better and he fit their system well - Ryan Kesler had one great year but besides that he's had injuries and hasn't been dominant - and we'll see if he can co-exist as the second liner behind Getzlaf, if things go wrong, Kesler will start whining that things aren't going his way

Jim Benning is doing a great job so far

Everything you say is true, and before we were all exiled from FN I made an argument for McCann being the prototypical 2nd line centre that teams should be banging down the door for. Vancouver is infinitely better after Friday, and more importantly Ottawa are significantly weaker for having turned down what I'm guessing was the exact same package (or close to it) for Spezza.

 

[Cobiemonster]

Everything you say is true, and before we were all exiled from FN I made an argument for McCann being the prototypical 2nd line centre that teams should be banging down the door for. Vancouver is infinitely better after Friday, and more importantly Ottawa are significantly weaker for having turned down what I'm guessing was the exact same package (or close to it) for Spezza.

Everything's going to hell in Ottawa, they might as well trade Bobby Ryan too and just completely tank - start accumulating millions of picks and tank for next year

But the Sens are going to keep a high salaried player unless they find a good deal, when they're not going to contend and the owner doesn't want to spend any money

 

[mattola]

Everything's going to hell in Ottawa, they might as well trade Bobby Ryan too and just completely tank - start accumulating millions of picks and tank for next year

But the Sens are going to keep a high salaried player unless they find a good deal, when they're not going to contend and the owner doesn't want to spend any money

it smacks of 100% ownership meddling.

 

[Cobiemonster]

it smacks of 100% ownership meddling.

Melnyk's the worst, it started with the whole Alfie thing and now the Spezza thing is getting worse