Evander Kane

There's no doubt that Bunting is a pest. No ambiguity either that he got under Kane's skin in Saturday's win over the Oilers. The Maple Leafs forward leads ...

“In the course of things throughout the game, just have to control your emotions in that situation, regardless of what I may feel or something going on that I don’t like. “Heat of the moment,” explained Tavares, who popped a pair of goals against Edmonton to hit 30 on a three-point night. I just tried to get to the net because I knew we were on a power play, so I just wanted to get to my position, and then the rest unfolded.” [Mitch Marner](https://www.thestar.com/topic.mitch_marner.html) — the incongruity was a two-handed slash delivered by Tavares on Oilers defenceman Vincent Desharnais in response to a crosscheck. I’m not against fighting; I still think it’s part of our game, and it’s going to be for a while. Kane’s allegation, that Bunting doesn’t have the guts to put his dukes where his gob is, was met with an eye roll: “You have to protect yourself out there and if it comes to fighting, it comes to fighting. So Bunting did revisit the sequence of events that led to the brawl: “To be honest, I was just breaking out and he got in my way and held me all the way down. It’s the ref’s call and you’ve just got to keep playing.” “I just went to forecheck and he got in my way. That just builds character on a team, and I think all of us would say the same thing, that we like to back each other up out there. It should be noted, though, that Bunting hadn’t taken a single penalty in the eight games previous to Saturday, in part probably to get back into the good graces of his coach. You want to get that out of the game, but they (officials) prevent guys from the consequences of those actions …

Things got pretty heated between Toronto Maple Leafs forward Michael Bunting and Edmonton Oilers forward Evander Kane on Saturday night when the Leafs and ...

At least not unless both teams manage to make a deep run in the Stanley Cup playoffs. I suspect that it was that incident in particular that had Evander Kane fired up following the game, something he made no effort to hide when he threw some barbs at the Leafs forward through the media. It just prevents guys from answering the bell and he’s a perfect example of that."