VIdeo: Kessel rips into the media and stands up for a teammate.

In a media scrum down in Florida today Phil Keseel had some scathing comments for the Toronto Media. It was arguably the most emotion the Leafs star forward has shown during his entire tenure as a Maple Leaf, and it wasn't because he was upset about any criticism leveled his way, he was standing up for a teammate. Kessel was furious over the treatment his captain Dion Phaneuf has received throughout his time in Toronto and called some of the things said about Phaneuf "embarassing." His comments come off the heels on a major Canadian broadcaster allowing a highly inappropriate and offensive tweet about Phaneuf, and more specifically his wife,  to make the air. Here's what Kessel had to say. For those of you curious about what prompted this uncharacteristic level of emotion from Kessel you can see the offensive tweet in this article. Be warned however the language is colorful.