Ryan Kesler played again at Rogers Arena on Thursday, and of course that meant he heard boos practically every time he touched the puck.
He’s used to it now and says all those raspberries even motivate him, although it’s clear that Kesler wishes the Vancouver fans would remember him for the way he played in a Canucks uniform, not the way he left town.
“Obviously, it still shocks me that I get booed here,” Kesler said before the Canucks met the Anaheim Ducks. “I played here for 11 years and called it home for my whole young adulthood.