Well, well....Wouldn't Hodgson have looked quite nice with Kesler's injury!

[King of the ES]

And Hodgson is too much a prima donna. Kassian just puts his head down (figuratively, not literally) and plays hard

[Jägermeister]

I feel like some people have some unresolved abandonment issues.

[**Pavel4Life**]

Cody Hodgson?

Oh, you mean the kid that didn't want to play in Vancouver?

[surtur]

i hope Kassian has a big year so you donk's can shut up about this kid who wanted Rk17's spot with out earning it

[spliced]

Kopitar would have been even better. Although that wasn't Gillis' fault

[Master Mind]

I agree. I thought I was in a time warp. As we see more and and more of Kassian, I like this trade better and better. Kassian is a year younger than Hodgson and a year of development makes a big difference at this age. To me, Kassian's trajectory looks at least as good as Hodgson's. Guys who are big, physical players AND who have a high offensive skill level AND who play responsible defence are gold and there are not many of them. Kassian looks like he will be one of them.

And Hodgson is too much a prima donna. Kassian just puts his head down (figuratively, not literally) and plays hard without whining about where he plays, how much he plays, etc.

I like this trade, even if it means a month or so with a back-up (Ebbett) in the 2C slot in place of Kesler.

[gumshoe242]

Oh get over it... Hodgson was moved to the Sabres... he is NOT a Canuck anymore.

[Mad_Duck]

And wouldn't Hodgson have been snivelling like a baby about his ice time again when Kesler returned.

[UFCanuck]

Hodgson's own fault for demanding Kesler's ice time.

Now he's on a crap team.

[Niloc009]

Well, well....Doesn't Kassian look quite nice with Booth's injury!

[Noheart]

Hahaha this is actually funny.

He is fishing for a bite and you all got sucked in.

[miles.p]

well well...wouldn't we have a stanley cup if we didn't choke in game 7 of the finals.

[UFCanuck]

Except when he's a healthy scratch in the minor leagues for doing too much floating.

Has that ever happened to Cody?

[oldnews]

I take it you're with Canuck Surfer on this one.

OP makes no sense:

Why settle for the 2nd line in Vancouver when you can struggle even more trying to prematurely live up to a top line role in Buffalo?

[Burnsey]

"

Well, well....Wouldn't Hodgson have looked quite nice with Kesler's injury!"

It also would have been nice to draft Zetterberg in 1999 (in the 2nd round after the Sedins).

[Common sense]

He was a defensive liability. At least Ebbett's more reliable than a guy who resembles a pylon when matched with the big boys.

[Nuck-Shot]

Meh hodgeson was soft

[Samuel Påhlsson]

Hodgson is the camel that broke his own back.

[Brockbuster]

Don't think he'd be that effective flying coast to coast to play for two teams. He already has trouble skating

[GB5]

This is the very first time I have ever heard this, thank you very much for bringing it up.

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