Stars' Antoine Roussel on assertion he's a dirty player: 'I don't care'

Antoine Roussel doesn't care for your categorization. 

In conversation with reporters to discuss the slap-on-the-wrist $5,736 fine he received from the NHL's Department of Player Safety, the Dallas Stars' pest responded rather succinctly to the assertion that he's a dirty player. 

"I don’t care," he said.

Roussel was fined the maximum amount under the current CBA for his sucker punch on San Jose Sharks defenseman Justin Braun, actions he attempted to defend. 

"Obviously you don’t want to hurt anybody like that," he said. "I thought it was a fair fight for a second. When I saw he was tied up, I broke off."