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Watch Ryan Kesler’s somersault dive in Canucks’ loss to Kings (VIDEO)

Watching this in real time last night, one couldn't appreciate the audacity of Ryan Kesler's embellishment against Mike Richards and the Los Angeles Kings in Wednesday night's Game 1. But watching it again, Kesler was a piece of cardboard and a boom box away from this being electric boogaloo break dancing:

As the Official LA Kings Twitter Feed trolled last night: "Richards and Kesler share words, looks like a gust of wind sent Kesler tumbling."

Although we also appreciate Drew Doughty's assessment of the play at the 26-second mark. Unless he's just pretending to roll some dice …

Meanwhile, check out the analysis from Thomas Drance on the Kings' Twitter trolling last night and why, even for a Canucks Army blogger, it was genius marketing.