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<p>With Alex Burrows out of the lineup for Saturday night&#8217;s game against the Toronto Maple Leafs, other Vancouver Canucks players were spiritually tasked with stepping up their trolling game. The usually mild mannered Jannik Hansen proved up to the task.</p>
<p>After exchanging cross checks with Maple Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf Hansen went to great lengths to very strongly imply that Phaneuf turtled during an early exchange with Zack Kassian. The gesture was a bit harsh, especially considering that Phaneuf has been battling through a broken hand, but it was also extremely funny. Click past the jump to check it out:</p>
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<p>(Courtesy: <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl">Hockey Night in Canada</a>)</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not sure if that&#8217;s quite at the level of <a href="https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=2&amp;ved=0CCMQtwIwAQ&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DE5YkqHD7uFo&amp;ei=sdoEVejUJa3IsASpzoKwAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNEpSxovEJuOU_iTiRD67TGWelN68A&amp;sig2=Ibhqoja3vv5GXebVXccRnw&amp;bvm=bv.88198703,d.cWc">Scott Hartnell&#8217;s mic&#8217;d up &#8220;suck it Phaneuf&#8221;</a> or <a href="https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CB0QFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fvansunsportsblogs.com%2F2013%2F11%2F02%2Falex-burrows-mocks-phil-kessels-lumberjack-skills-causes-leafs-star-to-flip-out-video%2F&amp;ei=JdsEVdfANPLnsASbhYK4AQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNHEnHjRq6Ud3Rhmfi29qXj_yK58ww&amp;sig2=frD3NVEJXyAbkwWx1HmFaw&amp;bvm=bv.88198703,d.cWc">Burrows&#8217; mean spirited impression of Kessel evading a fight with John Scott</a>, but it&#8217;s pretty good.</p>
<p>By the way, if Hansen had a shell, that shell would be red. Just based on the way he forechecks.</p>

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</div><p>With Alex Burrows out of the lineup for Saturday night's game against the Toronto Maple Leafs, other Vancouver Canucks players were spiritually tasked with stepping up their trolling game. The usually mild mannered Jannik Hansen proved up to the task.</p><p>After exchanging cross checks with Maple Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf Hansen went to great lengths to very strongly imply that Phaneuf turtled during an early exchange with Zack Kassian. The gesture was a bit harsh, especially considering that Phaneuf has been battling through a broken hand, but it was also extremely funny. Click past the jump to check it out:</p><p><img src="//thenationnetwork.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/images/b8/c9/article_b8c99807-f355-400a-86a5-43758c9036d9.gif" alt="Hansen-Turtle" width="600" height="321"><br></p><p>(Courtesy: <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl">Hockey Night in Canada</a>)</p><p>I'm not sure if that's quite at the level of <a href="https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=2&amp;ved=0CCMQtwIwAQ&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DE5YkqHD7uFo&amp;ei=sdoEVejUJa3IsASpzoKwAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNEpSxovEJuOU_iTiRD67TGWelN68A&amp;sig2=Ibhqoja3vv5GXebVXccRnw&amp;bvm=bv.88198703,d.cWc">Scott Hartnell's mic'd up "suck it Phaneuf"</a> or <a href="https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CB0QFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fvansunsportsblogs.com%2F2013%2F11%2F02%2Falex-burrows-mocks-phil-kessels-lumberjack-skills-causes-leafs-star-to-flip-out-video%2F&amp;ei=JdsEVdfANPLnsASbhYK4AQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNHEnHjRq6Ud3Rhmfi29qXj_yK58ww&amp;sig2=frD3NVEJXyAbkwWx1HmFaw&amp;bvm=bv.88198703,d.cWc">Burrows' mean spirited impression of Kessel evading a fight with John Scott</a>, but it's pretty good.</p><p>By the way, if Hansen had a shell, that shell would be red. Just based on the way he forechecks.</p>

GIF: Jannik Hansen trolls Dion Phaneuf for turtling

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