Kesler has requested a trade

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Re: Kesler has requested a trade

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BurningBeard wrote:
Rumsfeld wrote:
Island Nucklehead wrote:Image
Come on, you MUST have been saving that pic for Betamax.
You'd have to change the "You're not wrong" part.
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Re: Kesler has requested a trade

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Rumsfeld wrote:
BurningBeard wrote:
Rumsfeld wrote:
Island Nucklehead wrote:Image
Come on, you MUST have been saving that pic for Betamax.
You'd have to change the "You're not wrong" part.
No man, it's perfect.

Tell me I'm wrong.
You're wrong. :mex:
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BurningBeard wrote:
Mondi wrote:Unfortunately, that media frenzy is likely to weaken the Canucks negotiation position with other teams. Even if the decrease is incremental, the constant reminder that a players wants out is enough to empower other GMs.

As others have noted, hopefully he can be flipped this week. I am not counting on it.
The Nucks negotiating position will likely not be better if they wait until the trade deadline. In fact it may be worst if Kesler is injured, he's had a horrible first half, etc. That's a risky scenario. Waiting also presents the situation where Kesler is a few months into the season and becomes a major distraction, and a trade is forced (didn't we just see this play out). Benning is in a very difficult situation if he isn't getting good offers right now.
Yeah, best to try move him before the Draft ... so the team and Kes has a fresh start. If the Canucks' don't get the offer they want they have to just hang on to him and wait it out. We can only hope that Kesler handles the situation as well as Lu (although I wouldn't count on that) ....... it may get to a point that they tell him to wait at home until they could make a trade so he doesn't get injured or have a "horrible first half" because he doesn't want to play here. :mex:
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Kesler plays better when he's angry. I'd rather have a disgruntled Kesler on the team rather than giving away a great player on a great contract in exchange for garbage. If he is so disgruntled about playing here he can open the door to a few more teams.
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Rumsfeld wrote: Come on, you MUST have been saving that pic for Betamax.
Is there a one-and-done policy on these things? If so, too bad, but there's plenty of Dude quotes that can be applied to that particular poster.
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Re: Kesler has requested a trade

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Fuck Kesler if he's being that picky.

Benning should put the screws to him and say fuck you, stay here and we are going to play you with shit players and tank your value if you won't expand your list.

I actually hope that he gets traded, plays 10 games for a new team and then misses the rest of the season and playoffs with an injury.....the team wins the cup but he doesn't get his name on it because he didn't play enough games.
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Calm down man. Let things pan out before getting all uppity, right now LeBrun is saying there are two front runners, not "he won't waive for 27 teams."

Whatever happens I hope this team does not act like a laughingstock franchise, if you're going to coerce a guy into waiving his NTC you might as well hire Brian Lawton to do it.

I also don't have ill will towards Kesler, I guess looking out for #1 doesn't jive with what we expect from hockey players but whatever. I don't begrudge a guy wanting to win, at least he didn't basically force the team to trade him to 1 franchise only so he could go play with his brother or eat dinner at his in-laws every weekend or whatever.
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Mëds wrote:I actually hope that he gets traded, plays 10 games for a new team and then misses the rest of the season and playoffs with an injury.....the team wins the cup but he doesn't get his name on it because he didn't play enough games.
LOL, man child! :mex:
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Re: Kesler has requested a trade

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Personally, I think if a player that has a NTC approaches the club to demand a trade, he should give a list of up to 10 teams (max) that he won't go to. The thought being that if he is demanding a trade after negotiating a NTC (seemingly because they want to stay with that team through the contact length), he should be much more flexible and give the GM some leeway to make the change happen.

If you really don't want to be here, don't cut the already limited (29) places you can be sent to.

As far as Kesler goes, I'm disappointed it has come to this. I like the fire he (usually) brings and the grit, but f him if he doesn't want to be on a team he seemed to want to captain at one point.
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Mëds wrote:Fuck Kesler if he's being that picky.

Benning should put the screws to him and say fuck you, stay here and we are going to play you with shit players and tank your value if you won't expand your list.

I actually hope that he gets traded, plays 10 games for a new team and then misses the rest of the season and playoffs with an injury.....the team wins the cup but he doesn't get his name on it because he didn't play enough games.

Benning should ship him to the AHL. Three weeks of shitty food and buses and not being treated like a prima donna should make him happy to go almost anywhere!
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the Dogsalmon wrote: Benning should ship him to the AHL. Three weeks of shitty food and buses and not being treated like a prima donna should make him happy to go almost anywhere!
Good call, pretty sure no other team would claim him on waivers.
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Reefer2 wrote:
ClamRussel wrote:
Reefer2 wrote:Not a cap expert but if the Canucks take a youth approach carrying $2M of Kesler's cap for his remaining 2 years should not be a concern for the Canucks. This could improve the return from any team.

Imagine Kesler for only $3.5M per season.
Because the Canucks aren't paying enough already for people not to be here??
You do realize that would also count against our cap?
Of course, I am saying it can be used if needed to sweeten the return.
How bout NO.

We need that room and you don't need to sweeten the pot when it's a player of Kesler's calibre

(on an already-friendly contract).
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Mëds wrote:Fuck Kesler if he's being that picky.

Benning should put the screws to him and say fuck you, stay here and we are going to play you with shit players and tank your value if you won't expand your list.
... cuz "tanking a players value" just before you trade him is so super smart. :roll:
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Re: Kesler has requested a trade

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the Dogsalmon wrote: Benning should ship him to the AHL. Three weeks of shitty food and buses and not being treated like a prima donna should make him happy to go almost anywhere!
Think people... THINK! :roll:

Also, we have NO IDEA how many teams Kesler would be willing to waive for.
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Re: Kesler has requested a trade

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ODB wrote:
Mëds wrote:I actually hope that he gets traded, plays 10 games for a new team and then misses the rest of the season and playoffs with an injury.....the team wins the cup but he doesn't get his name on it because he didn't play enough games.
LOL, man child! :mex:
Juvenile. :roll:
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