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http://interact.stltoday.com/blogzon...h-ryan-kesler/

Blues center David Backes hasn’t forgotten.

Even though Backes is enjoying Ryan Kesler as his teammate on the U.S. Olympic roster, he still remembers wanting to beat the snot out of Kesler during last year’s playoff series between the Blues and the Vancouver Canucks. In the series, Kesler tried to get under Backes’ skin by referencing his wife, Kelly, during the game.

“I think it was, ‘Tell Kelly I said Hi,’” Backes remembers Kesler saying to him. “He can tell me I’m stupid or slow or a bad hockey player. (But) you bring my wife into it and now we get personal. As I said then, if he wants to pick a fight with my wife, he’s better off picking a fight with me. . . . I thought it was a little bit over the line.”

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"I've had my luck against him, personally," Kane said. "So he's a goalie I wouldn't mind facing."

Agree or disagree with the statements, not too smart to say leading into the gold medal game.