Last week Keith Tkachuk called out the Florida Panthers for being a soft team who were easy to play against. So what happened tonight might make Papa Tkachuk a little frustrated.
In the 2nd period of tonight's game between the Ottawa Senators and Florida Panthers, Tkachuk caught Alex DeBrincat with a huge hit that sent the much smaller DeBrincat to the ice. The hit wasn't penalized on the play and DeBrincat would eventually return to the game.
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Late in the 3rd with the game already way out of reach the 5'7 DeBrincat challenged Tkachuk to drop the gloves. However the 6'2 Tkachuk refuses to answer the bell.
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The referees opted to eject both players to try and cool the temperature but it's definitely not a good look for Tkachuk to turn down this fight.
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