I realize that it's upsetting for Canuck fans to read my opinion, but it really shouldn't be so hard to grasp if you'd set the frustration aside.
Kessler and Burrows were the poster boys for everything that was wrong with the brand of Hockey Vancouver has played for the last four or five seasons. Diving, whining, turtling, biting, hair pulling etc. Kessler in specific has thrown teammates under the bus and just effectively quit on his team and demanded out at the first sign of trouble this season.
That team is/was in need of a MASSIVE culture change. Their core was comprised of the Sedins (who despite their undeniable talent, can be summed up by the one that allowed himself to be rag-dolled in the cup finals with absolutely no push back) - and two absolute character-less dirt bags in Kessler and Burrows. The latter two exemplified the brand of hockey the Canucks have employed over the last few years. That diving emasculated style of play was regarded around the league as the worst brand of hockey in the NHL for some time now.
I said - and still maintain - for someone with any hockey sense coming in, I'd zero in on Kessler and Burrows and turf both of them. I understand they won't be KHL bound, but just because a few other teams might want to take them on doesn't change the fact they are spineless rats who were major perpetrators in breeding that awful culture in Vancouver in recent years.
You can dislike my opinion all you want. But suggesting those two players can be viewed as detriments for their gutless antics is valid opinion whether you find the notion upsetting or not.
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