Look who's talking
The Canucks and the Red Wings began a rivalry in the playoffs last spring, but it seems to be getting personal between two of the mainstays on each team.
Before the Western Conference powerhouses met this week for a highly anticipated game which the Canucks won 4-3, Detroit's Chris Chelios tried to stir the pot by calling Vancouver forward Todd Bertuzzi a "dirty " player.
Chelios, 41, who has never been accused of being a choirboy during his long career, was answered back during the game when Bertuzzi told him it was time to retire.
"I told him he just couldn't do it any more and he can't," Bertuzzi said. "He should pack it in."
Chelios obviously didn't like the remark, Bertuzzi said, because the Detroit defenseman responded by commenting on Bertuzzi's 245-pound frame.
"He called me fat," said Bertuzzi, whose 30 goals is tied for eighth in the league. "I told him if I'm playing 25 minutes a game, how could I be fat. I told him, 'Is that the best you could come up with?'"
They said it:
A lot of people expected me to come in and help the team, and I've failed. -- Rangers defenseman Darius Kasparaitis, who signed a six-year, $25.5 million free-agent deal last summer.
The Canucks and the Red Wings began a rivalry in the playoffs last spring, but it seems to be getting personal between two of the mainstays on each team.
Before the Western Conference powerhouses met this week for a highly anticipated game which the Canucks won 4-3, Detroit's Chris Chelios tried to stir the pot by calling Vancouver forward Todd Bertuzzi a "dirty " player.
Chelios, 41, who has never been accused of being a choirboy during his long career, was answered back during the game when Bertuzzi told him it was time to retire.
"I told him he just couldn't do it any more and he can't," Bertuzzi said. "He should pack it in."
Chelios obviously didn't like the remark, Bertuzzi said, because the Detroit defenseman responded by commenting on Bertuzzi's 245-pound frame.
"He called me fat," said Bertuzzi, whose 30 goals is tied for eighth in the league. "I told him if I'm playing 25 minutes a game, how could I be fat. I told him, 'Is that the best you could come up with?'"
They said it:
A lot of people expected me to come in and help the team, and I've failed. -- Rangers defenseman Darius Kasparaitis, who signed a six-year, $25.5 million free-agent deal last summer.
