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Saturday Headline: Clarity on Winnipeg Jets Dustin Byfuglien coming soon

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On Saturday Headlines tonight insider Elliotte Friedman had this to say about the Dustin Byfuglien situation:

There is word tonight we are getting closer to clarification on Dustin Byfuglien’s status for this season. Word is he has yet to resume skating, and “most likely” outcome is he doesn’t play this year and his future is re-visited in the summer.

This could open up the Jets cap situation if they wish to make moves….they’ve had to “hold” his $7.6M hit until they knew his plans.

And this is slowly but surely is coming to a conclusion we think……stay tuned.

To watch the segment click here.

Quote:

“He’s not skating yet.”

“Most likely scenario this year is he doesn’t play this season”

Update:

Fast forward a few days and Frank Seravalli of TSN is reporting that the Jets and Byfuglien are working towards a mutual termination of his contract.

David Minuk

Working hard on a daily basis to provide the latest Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose news for our readers and listeners. I also appear on the Illegal Curve Hockey Show every Saturday on our YouTube channel as well as the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show after every single Jets game. And I occasionally jump in the play-by-play booth at Canada Life to provide colour analysis during Manitoba Moose games.