Emily Kaplan: I'll take Drew Doughty vs. Matthew Tkachuk. Let's go over the cast: Tkachuk is the Calgary Flames' 19-year-old hot-shot winger (and, duh, son of Keith) who is getting a reputation as a guy who can score goals but also likes to stir things up. Doughty is the veteran Los Angeles Kings defenseman who has won two Stanley Cups and anchors a team that's trying to squeeze one last run out of big contracts. They're in the same division. And they don't like each other.
This budding saga began last season, when Tkachuk elbowed Doughty, then was slapped with a two-game suspension. The duo rekindled it earlier this month, when both players served penalties around the same time and began chirping at each other through the glass. Actually, they were standing up and screaming -- the type of shouting that the TV broadcast hones in on, then everyone on Twitter giggles with funny euphemisms for what is actually being said. (The Kings' official Twitter account posted the video with this caption: "Drew Doughty making postgame dinner plans with Matthew Tkachuk.")
I enjoyed Ferland/Bieksa a few years ago more than Tkachuk/Doughty.
But if we are talking NHL over the last 10 years, Gimme Marchand vs the Sedin Twins everyday of the week! That playoff was awesome and Marchand happened to the twins! Love it!
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I enjoyed Ferland/Bieksa a few years ago more than Tkachuk/Doughty.
But if we are talking NHL over the last 10 years, Gimme Marchand vs the Sedin Twins everyday of the week! That playoff was awesome and Marchand happened to the twins! Love it!
I don't think it counts as a feud when one side is this passive.
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Claude Lemieux vs pretty much everyone on the Red Wings roster at the time. If Tkachuk keeps developing the way he is he might earn that sort of hatred one day.
Gio was *so* in Brown's head by the end of the game. That miss by Brown is just as devastating as when Gio hit him. I could watch the Captain hit Brown all day.
Gio was *so* in Brown's head by the end of the game. That miss by Brown is just as devastating as when Gio hit him. I could watch the Captain hit Brown all day.
That attempted elbow by Brown still pisses me off to this day. Sure he didn't connect, but he was definitely trying to decapitate Gio there.
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Best feuds in hockey - Tkachuk vs. Doughty
