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Leafs set for tense rematch after last month's hostilities

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Erik Gudbranson trudged off the ice at Air Canada Centre last month furious at what had just happened.

His Vancouver Canucks were embarrassed 6 3 by the Toronto Maple Leafs on the scoreboard in the eighth defeat of what would turn into a nine game losing streak

That was only part of the reason for his seething anger.

It really started when veteran teammates Jannik Hansen and Daniel Sedin were felled by crushing, and in the case of the latter, controversial hits from Morgan Rielly and Nazem Kadri in quick succession that infuriated the Canucks.

There were also spears,vintage alhambra bracelet replica, fights and slashes on both sides in a wild third period before Toronto's Matt Martin started pummelling rookie Troy Stecher an exchange that prompted Vancouver goalie Ryan Miller to jump in against the bruising winger.

Line brawl capped off last meeting

A full line brawl ensued as the teams combined for 171 penalty minutes on the night, including 157 in the third alone. Miller and Leafs goalie Frederik Andersen, who skated the length of the ice to join the fray, were both tossed.

After the game Gudbranson made a point of yelling in the vicinity of reporters outside the locker rooms that: "Matt Martin's dead."

The Canucks got a call from the league about those comments, and both teams did their best to cool the temperature of the rivalry, at least publicly,bracelet van cleef alhambra replica, ahead of Saturday's rematch at Rogers Arena.

"I was just pissed off," said Gudbranson. "I think everybody can relate to the moment that I had at that time."

But the Vancouver hockey market is acutely sensitive to this type of exchange after former Canucks forward Todd Bertuzzi checked Colorado Avalanche counterpart Steve Moore to the ice in 2004. Moore sustained a concussion and three fractured vertebrae as a result of the incident, ending his playing career. Bertuzzi eventually pleaded guilty to criminal assault causing bodily harm.

Moore's lawsuit against Bertuzzi and the Canucks, which was settled shortly before trial in 2014,replica van cleef & arpels bangle, alleged Vancouver put a bounty on him after his check injured captain Markus Naslund in a game earlier that season.

Gudbranson will not follow through on threats

Gudbranson said Friday he has never had any intention of following through on the threats he shouted back on Nov. 5.

"It was kind of a fit of rage that I had,replica van cleef mother of pearl bracelet," said the hulking defenceman. "I understand that it was wrong, but the number of times that I've said that is probably higher than most people expect. Do I mean it? No. That's the honest truth. I'm not going to kill the guy. But I was just frustrated at that point.

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