What prompted Senators rookie Ryan Dzingel to drop the gloves for his first NHL fight Tuesday?
Did he think that, in his 20th NHL game, it was about time?
Was he unhappy with the treatment he received from Matt Dumba in front of the Minnesota Wild net?
Or did Dion Phaneuf shout out orders?
OK, so probably not the latter, but earlier in the day, coach Dave Cameron was explaining that Phaneuf’s contributions have been “50-50” as far as what we mere observers do and do not notice from the former Leafs captain. As an example of the latter, he harkened back to a March 6 game when Dzingel took a Marc Methot slap shot off the back of his ankle.