RYAN KESLER RUMORS & GOSSIP

*My* Top Canucks and Vancouver fanbase pet peeves

The Jeeves of Peeves There is absolutely no doubt with regards to how much I and many fans like myself adore the Vancouver Canucks but you know what they say: “Nobody’s perfect!” Call me fickle and you may be right. Call me a realist and you would be even more right. There are flaws on this beauty of a squad and no I’m not talking about the mole on Ryan Kesler’s upper left...
Via NorthWest Sports Beat  |  2 days ago

Does Ryan Kesler make the five best Canucks centers of all time list?

Blast From The Past The news of Ryan Kesler’s latest injury requiring surgery on his shoulder had to put something of a chill into fans, as he has been commonly seen as key to any Vancouver Canucks playoff success. The team was rolling along in the playoffs a year ago until Kesler’s hip (and the Dan Hamhuis injury as well) sidelined the Canucks. When Kes’ secondary scoring...
Via NorthWest Sports Beat  |  2 days ago

Will Ryan Kesler’s injury and recovery time impact the Canucks offseason plan?

AP By Adam Graham (@adam_graham) Two weeks ago, the Vancouver Canucks were looking for answers to a disappointing early exit to the 2012 NHL playoffs and much of the negative spotlight was shining directly on Ryan Kesler. While Kesler was just one of many Canucks that didn’t live up to the expectations placed on them, when you’re a star player that scored 41 goals the previous...
Via The Hockey Guys  |  18 days ago

Ian Esplen: Kesler Has Surgery

Follow me on Twitter for random hockey talk, question and answer sessions, and the odd witty tweet Twitter Buttons The news came out yesterday that Ryan Kesler has had successful shoulder surgery. The injury was rumoured to have occurred in a game with the Red Wings, when Niklas Kronwall levelled Ryan Kesler with a hit along the boards. The projected time frame is six months...
Via HockeyBuzz  |  24 days ago

Kesler has shoulder surgery

Vancouver Canucks center Ryan Kesler has undergone shoulder surgery, the team said Tuesday. The Canucks expect the 27-year-old to be out up to six months, meaning he will likely miss the start of the regular season. Kesler said after the Canucks were eliminated in the first round by the Los Angeles Kings that he had been playing with an undisclosed injury since February. '...
Via Fox Sports  |  24 days ago

Ryan Kesler has shoulder surgery, will need six months to recover

Ouch, big time, per TSN: Vancouver Canucks star centre Ryan Kesler underwent successful shoulder surgery to repair torn labrum, the team announced Tuesday. Kesler is expected to make a full recovery in six months, which would mean he’ll likely miss the start of next season. “After consultation with our team physicians following the playoffs, it was deemed that Ryan...
Via Kukla's Korner  |  24 days ago

Canucks Kesler out six months after Labrum Surgery

We found out Tuesday that Vancouver Canucks Center Ryan Kesler had "Successful" shoulder surgery on a torn labum in his shoulder. This was announced by the Canucks on Tuesday. It's also reported he'll need six months to recover. The expected return date with this type of rehab would put him around a mid-November 2012 return to the club. Quote: ...
Via NorthWest Sports Beat  |  24 days ago

Finger Now Pointing At Kesler

from Ben Kuzma of the Vancouver Province, The lightning rod has shifted a few seats in the lockerroom. Long affixed to the goaltending cranium of Roberto Luongo, his expected departure has those bolts of postseason disdain now directed at Ryan Kesler. That’s right. The Selke Trophy winning centre, who laboured through a sore hip flexor and wonky shoulder this season, is suddenly...
Via Kukla's Korner  |  May 02, 2012

Should The Canucks Move Kesler?

from Ian MacIntyre of the Vancouver Sun, And his (Ryan Kesler) quiet series against the Kings did little to spruce up a playoff resume that shows just 10 goals in 53 games. Half of those came in a five-day span during Kesler’s spectacular second-round playoff series last year against the Nashville Predators. General manager Mike Gillis, exasperated by the Canucks’ reputation...
Via Kukla's Korner  |  April 25, 2012

Brian Burke, Fancy Stats, and Drafting Ryan Kesler at First Sight

Thomas Drance of Canucks Army posted an interesting tidbit the other day regarding the Sloan Sports Conference over the weekend where Brian Burke was quoted for some classic controversial lines. After dismissing the value of advanced stats, Burke went on to explain the evaluation process in Vancouver before the team drafter Ryan Kesler under Burke's control. Burke told the conferences...
Via NorthWest Sports Beat  |  March 07, 2012
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