Evander Kane calls out Kevan Miller in regards to incident Saturday, Miller fires back

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Evander Kane , Getty Images/Christian Petersen

Hockey is the only "Big 4" sport in which players can actually fight to settle their differences.

Think of the fighting as a substitute for all of the subliminal tweets and shots that other players fire at each other through social media or the media in general.

When two players have a problem with each other, they let their fists do the talking rather than actually talking.

With that in mind, here's the situation. Saturday, Kevan Miller of the Boston Bruins and Evander Kane of the Buffalo Sabres nearly fought before the refs intervened and gave both players penalties.

After the game, Miller said, via CSNNE.com, that Kane "was excited to fight when the referees came in, not before."

That quote prompted Kane to tweet this out:

When a guy pretends to want to fight and only chirps when the 6'6 linesman is standing in the way. #KevanMiller #pretender #stoplying
— Evander Kane (@evanderkane_9) January 1, 2017

Sunday following Bruins' practice, Miller fired back at Kane:

KMiller on Evander Kane: "He wanted to fight when refs came in & now he uses twitter. He seems to be saying it when we dont play them again"
— Joe Haggerty (@HackswithHaggs) January 1, 2017

KMiller on Evander Kane cont: "He knew I wanted to [fight]. There's no ifs, ands or buts about it. Everybody on his team knew I wanted to"
— Joe Haggerty (@HackswithHaggs) January 1, 2017

KMiller on Evander Kane: "I'm pretty sure everybody on his team knows how I feel about him. There's always next year"
— Joe Haggerty (@HackswithHaggs) January 1, 2017

Who's right and who's wrong? That's for you to decide, we just provide the quotes. All we know is the next time these two players square off, all eyes will be on them.

(H/T: /r/hockey)