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Originally Posted by GoJetsGo

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.

It's not that it's upsetting. It's that it is so over the top that it borders on pantomime theatre where Burrows and Kessler are evil villains who sodomized your family.

Originally Posted by GoJetsGo

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.

Go on.

Originally Posted by GoJetsGo

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.

Okay. Tell me more.

Originally Posted by GoJetsGo

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.

It's not so much that "a few other teams" wanted to take Kessler on. It's that at the deadline over a third of the teams in the league inquired about it. He was very close to being a Penguin. He was very close to being a Blackhawk. He ended up a Duck. These are all very good teams looking to contend. These are all teams that built winners. It's not just that Kessler isn't KHL bound, he was deemed good enough for great, contending teams to offer up packages to get him. You are accusing two of the better run teams, and a team that has been on the cusp, of having no hockey sense.

Originally Posted by GoJetsGo

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.

I am sure they can be viewed as detriments. The issue for you is that only you seem to view them as such vile, despicable people that even having them on your team will bring about a scary end.

Originally Posted by GoJetsGo

I'm not suggesting they traded Kessler quickly because they couldn't stand the thought of him being on the team a minute longer. I'm suggesting they felt they were better off with he and his character problems gone, and felt it best to honour his desire to get out of dodge. I never suggested they accepted the package from Anaheim in haste. You're just getting silly now.

They moved Kessler quickly because he asked to get moved. No more reasons, no fewer reasons.

Originally Posted by GoJetsGo

My earlier suggestion was merely pointing out I think (in my opinion) Benning came in knowing the awful culture in Vancouver and identified the players who most exemplify that and that they need to go.

Or... you know... they asked for a trade.

Originally Posted by GoJetsGo

It's starting to get silly how much you're focusing on that "first order of business" sentence. Are you going to tell me next that he probably first looked at where his office was and noted where the bathroom was?

It was a silly thing to say.