Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Lokacin da NHL lockout ya ƙare kuma wasan ya ci gaba don kakar NHL ta 2005<unk>06, Kesler ya shiga Canucks don cikakken lokacinsa na farko tare da ƙungiyar, yana wasa a cikin wasanni 82 kuma ya ƙare kakar tare da maki 23. Tare da kwantiraginsa na matakin shigarwa wanda ya ƙare a cikin lokacin hutu, Kesler ya ƙi tayin cancantar $ 564,000 daga Canucks kafin ya zama wakili mai kyauta a ranar 1 ga Yuli, 2006. Ba za a iya samun yarjejeniya ba a kan sabon yarjejeniya tare da Canucks, Kesler ya sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar shekara guda, dala miliyan 1.9 tare da Philadelphia Flyers a ranar 12 ga Satumba. Takardar tayin daga babban manajan Flyers Bobby Clarke ita ce ta farko a cikin NHL tun lokacin da Tampa Bay Lightning ta ba da ɗaya ga Brett Hauer a watan Yulin 1999. Wannan motsi ya kasance mai rikitarwa sosai, tare da yawancin manajan janar na NHL suna sukar yadda girman albashi na Kesler zai shafi sa hannun 'yan wasa na gaba. Canucks na da mako guda don ko dai ya dace da tayin ko karɓar zagaye na biyu daga Flyers a
2007 a matsayin diyya. Kwana biyu bayan sanya hannu, Canucks ya dace da tayin Flyers.