It rattled a few feathers

Former NHL coach Rick Bowness was interviewed on the Cam and Strick Podcast Show and uttered this nice malaphor at 2:24:18:

It is a congruent conflation of “ruffling (someone’s) feathers” and “rattle someone’s cage”, both meaning to annoy or irritate someone. “Feathers” and “cages” are linked together which may have caused the confusion. A tip of the hat to Will for spotting this one and sending it in!