VIDEO: Kesler neatly discards stick, gloves before attempting to fight Toews
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A true hero-versus-villain brouhaha nearly came to fruition Friday afternoon when Jonathan Toews and Ryan Kesler agreed to exchange blows.
But then someone's manners got in the way.
Watch the menacing - and suddenly upstanding - Kesler neatly place his stick and gloves on the ice before attempting to engage a willing Toews.
It would have been Toews' third fight this season - which would have doubled his career total. What's gotten in to him?
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