In the spirit of Gino Reda, I'm going to give Cam Janssen a plus for his fight against Toronto enforcer Wade Belak. Ever since his debatable hit on Tomas Kaberle on March 2nd, he's known that the entire Toronto team would be after him in last night's game.
But he didn't alter his game, and, most importantly, didn't shy away from confrontation. When Belak went after him, he stayed in there for an amazing 90 seconds, and even managed to remain standing as Belak tired and slowly dropped to the ice. But what stood out the most was about half a minute in, when, with hand extended, Janssen waved off the two officials who were circling the fight in order to keep the fight going.
Regardless of whether or not his "following through on a hit" was a cheap shot or not, you have to respect the man for actively working to continue a fight that he probably wasn't going to win. But he stood his own and finished out what I thought was a draw. Anyone can dish it out, but it takes a man to hang in there and take some back.
