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08:23 AM ET 04.13 | There are lots of third rails these days in Vancouver, from Byron Bitz, to the Kings' official Twitter account, to the notion they aren't popular among Canadians. The shot fired across the Canucks' bow by the @LAKings official account after the Kings' 4-2 victory Wednesday -- "To everyone in Canada outside BC, you're welcome" -- might be the toughest one to swallow, because of course, it goes to the heart of what their harshest critics believe to be the Canucks' fatal flaw: too many yapping Max Lapierres and flopping Ryan Keslers, and embellishers all around. Kesler didn't exactly help his argument Wednesday, when ... he spent far too much time on the ice in a prone position.
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Glad you can read a map. You think anyone in LA can point out where your team plays on one?
dannylimes
Toronto, ON
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Flopping Ryan Kesler? The Sun missed the biggest floppers on the team, the Sedin's.
But anyway, I'd like to thank the Vancouver Sun for pointing out the obvious.
Schad - Notorious…
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this is actually quite hilarious to me. So now are they going to try to play the "Oh Poor Us, no one likes us" card?
Spiny Norman
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Whatever Kesler was trying to sell in game 1 the ref's weren't buying. Hopefully that set's the tone for the rest of the playoffs where diving to draw calls is concerned.
THE BISHOP!
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Agreed. It would be a lot easier to watch them if they just played hockey and dropped the theatrics. That having been said, I agree with Spiny too. The tweet was hysterical.
Burgh-Fan
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hard to get them change so quickly I think.
hasn't this been their M.O. for a while now?
Spiny Norman
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The same thing happened in the SCF last year, after bite-gate and the Rome cheap-shot. The Sedins kept diving, and it finally got to the point where the ref's were just sick of it and stopped calling it.
In game 3, which was that 8-1 blowout by the Bruins, the Canucks got 8 powerplays. That's almost 1/3 of the game spent on the powerplay. That's nuts.
As long as it works, they'll keep doing it though.
Schad - Notorious…
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Post of the week. It's funny, it's true, it's funny because it's true
Nard Dog
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That is funny....now I'm rooting for LA even more.
Kberg1970
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They found the tweet hilarious in Toronto and Edmonton, simce their teams forgot what the playoffs are for the last decade.
PopKing
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So true. Easily the most hate-able club in the NHL.
Rooting huge for the Kings.
joec
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ef the tweet. richards owned those 2 floppy beatches - alex and ryan.
kingduck
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Kesler didn't exactly help his argument Wednesday, when ... he spent far too much time on the ice in a prone position"
it seemed all to natural for him - almost as if he were retreating to his warm and fuzzy place?
kingduck
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Same old, same old.
But every news show in town had it as one of their lead stories.
In my opinion, Tweets are for Twits.
Hank Kingsley
Port Alberni, BC
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most hate able? Possibly
Absolutely top 5
by the way, whenever I see your avatar, i always think what a great hockey player he would have made!
Spiny Norman
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Silly Rabbit tricks are for kids
NY Rangers
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Living out east I dont get to see them much, but my son stays up to watch them and have hated them for years and I could never understand why.
He would always tell me "Dad, if you watched them play, you would hate them too." He was right
drysdale
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They are definitely the most despised team in the NHL for their style of play, which was on full display in the SC Finals against the B's.
THE BISHOP!
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If you got to see them play every game like I can you would really, really dislike them.
Hank Kingsley
Port Alberni, BC
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