"I think he said, 'Let's go.' I guess he wasn't talking about fighting." The post Why Bruins’ Trent Frederic said Matthew Tkachuk was being ‘disrespectful to the game’ appeared first on Boston.com.

While fans and players in Florida were having, one specific Bruin did not enjoy what had been done to him. After the 6-4 loss to the Panthers, forward Trent Frederic revealed that Matthew Tkachuk asked him to go and then wouldn’t drop the gloves, perhaps trying to sucker Frederic into a penalty.

Early in the Bruins’ 6-4 loss to open the season on Tuesday, Trent Frederic said Matthew Tkachuck invited him to fight. The Bruins forward was eager to engage but said the Panthers pest didn’t follow through. Instead, Frederic was whistled for unsportsmanlike conduct.

When a team finally reaches the mountaintop after falling short in previous years, there is some concern that players will relent a little and succumb to a lapse, commonly known as a championship hangover.