Doughty tees off on Tkachuk ahead of Kings vs Flames game tonight

The history between Los Angeles Kings defenseman Drew Doughty and Calgary Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk is well known. The two players simply do not like each other. At all.

You may recall that Tkachuk earned himself a two games suspension during his rookie season in 2017-18 for viciously elbowing Doughty in the head.

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The very next game Doughty narrowly missed getting absolutely obliterated by Tkachuk at center ice.

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Since then, the two have reacquainted himself a few times:

Tonight the pair will face off yet again and, according to Flames insider Eric Francis, Doughty isn’t letting the beef go anytime soon. Check out these comments from Doughty on his arch-nemesis as the two teams prepare to do battle once again.

Drew Doughty just teed off on Matthew Tkachuk, who he'll face tonight: "No respect for him, none. I respect everyone else. I’ll never talk to him off the ice. ... He’s not respected by most of the people in the league, it’s not just me – that’s just a fact." Full story to follow

Should be a doozy once again. Let's go, boys!