Reaves chirps 'weak' Kane for getting taken down by linesman

Ryan Reaves never misses an opportunity to take a jab at Evander Kane, verbal or otherwise.

On Tuesday, the Vegas Golden Knights agitator fired his latest shots at the San Jose Sharks winger, who was suspended three games for abuse of an official in Sunday's preseason contest between the two clubs.

Reaves lamented the fact that Kane won't be in the lineup for either of the first two games of the regular season, which pit the Pacific Division rivals against each other Wednesday and Friday.

"Poor Evander. So tragic," he told KTNV's Ross DiMattei. "I wish he was on the ice. It's always more fun when he's on the ice."

The Vegas grinder doesn't believe there's any legitimacy to Kane's claim that he's treated differently than other players.

"I don't understand why he would say that," Reaves said.

After Sunday's game, Kane expressed his frustration about being taken down to the ice by linesman Kiel Murchison. The player responded to the collision by shoving the official, which earned him the three-game ban.

Reaves didn't have much sympathy for Kane, however.

"Well yeah, he's weak," Reaves said. "Gets taken down by a ref. It happens. Gotta get in the gym, no?"

Kane and Reaves feuded constantly last season, and their rivalry reached a climax during Game 3 of their first-round playoff series, which featured a fight between the two players and a war of words in the days that followed.

Reaves renewed the spat over the summer when he called himself "Kane's worst nightmare," to which the Sharks forward tweeted, "Great example of trying to be relevant when you're not."