No matter how you look at it, Kariya is a negative choice. If it is an option of pure fan hatred, meaning I’d “rather have a guy you (I) personally don’t like than Kyle Calder” than the assumption is still I don’t like Paul Kariya. At that point, the people who choose Kariya are saying they don’t like him, thus justifying my question about why people are hating on him in the poll.

If a fan is left to interpret this in a positive way, as in “Of course I’d rather see Kariya in a Ducks Jersey than Kyle Calder, when is he coming back?” Then the poll doesn’t really tell us which kind of answer a fan makes and is therefore ineffectual. Even if you rank them in terms of ridiculousness, or improbability, it is still implied that Kyle Calder is a negative addition by virtue of comparing him to improbable additions to the line up. The construction of the question implies that all of the answers are negative. Usually, note I said usually, questions like this are used to choose between the lesser of two evils, like I’d rather lose a hand than an eye. Obviously losing a hand would suck, but not as much as losing an eye would suck. Therefore in this question, " Having Kariya back would suck, but not as much as Calder coming back," is still a valid interpretation, as is any question wondering why people who answer the poll would think that it would suck to have Kariya back in a Ducks jersey.

If you want to say I over-thought the poll, I’m listening. If you say I didn’t think about it at all, that’s clearly a false statement. I just didn’t think of one interpretation that you had.