{"id":38459,"date":"2018-11-30T10:43:51","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T15:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=38459"},"modified":"2018-11-30T10:43:51","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T15:43:51","slug":"dustin-byfuglien-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/11\/30\/dustin-byfuglien-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncertainly Continues For Winnipeg Jets Dustin Byfuglien"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/jets\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Winnipeg Jets<\/a>\u00a0defencemen <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/byfugdu01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dustin Byfuglien<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0missed last night&#8217;s game against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/blackhawks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chicago BlackHawks<\/a>. It is currently uncertain\u00a0when the thirty-three-year-old\u00a0will return. He is suffering\u00a0from concussion symptoms.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Maurice: Byfuglien developed &#39;a symptom&#39;, will be checked out by doctor <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z1nNKIiSbj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/Z1nNKIiSbj<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TSNHockey?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TSNHockey<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WwOTxioCN4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/WwOTxioCN4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TSN Hockey (@TSNHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TSNHockey\/status\/1068233846536187904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 29, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/byfugdu01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dustin Byfuglien<\/a> Injured<\/h1>\n<p>Byfuglien was pulled from Tuesday&#8217;s game after hitting <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/penguins\/\" target=\"_self\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a>\u00a0defenceman <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/o\/oleksja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Jamie Oleksiak.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0This resulted in the Jets player requiring assistance off the ice. He would later return to the game. Byfuglien did not skate on Wednesday as a precaution. He is not yet ruled out for a concussion but is vaguely stated to be suffering a significant &#8220;symptom&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>So far this season,\u00a0Byfuglien has scored two goals and 15 assists for 17 points to go along with 26 minutes in penalties in 21 games. His possession numbers were 54 percent Corsi-For and a relative Corsi of +3.9.<\/p>\n<p>Over his extensive\u00a0twelve-year NHL career, the veteran has played for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/blackhawks\/\" target=\"_self\">Chicago Blackhawks<\/a>,\u00a0Atlanta Thrashers, and the Jets. He has 175 goals and 336 assists for 511 career points in 848 career NHL games. The Stanley Cup winner was originally drafted by the Blackhawks in the eighth round, 246th overall in the 2003 NHL draft.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding Byfuglien&#8217;s injury, head coach <strong>Paul Maurice<\/strong> stated before yesterday&#8217;s morning skate that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/sports\/hockey\/jets\/byfuglien-morrow-injuries-put-niku-schilling-on-jets-blue-line-tonight-501564811.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;There&#8217;s no diagnosis yet on how to go forward,&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0and is said to need further medical tests.<\/p>\n<h2>What This Means for the Future<\/h2>\n<p>As an offensive defenceman, the American native will be a big loss for the Jets if this condition becomes longer-term. The veteran has vital experience that will be needed as they head into back to back games against highly offensive teams this weekend. Particularly\u00a0as fellow defensemen, <strong>Joe Morrow<\/strong> is ruled out with an upper-body injury. Which will add\u00a0pressure to young players like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/n\/nikusa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sami Niku<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/schilca01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cameron Schilling<\/a>, who will continue to play in the duo\u2019s place for now.<\/p>\n<p>The Jets are currently third in the Western Conference and are tipped to make a genuine impact in the\u00a0playoffs. It is hoped Byfuglien will return soon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winnipeg Jets\u00a0defencemen Dustin Byfuglien\u00a0missed last night&#8217;s game against the Chicago BlackHawks. It is currently uncertain\u00a0when the thirty-three-year-old\u00a0will return. He is suffering\u00a0from concussion symptoms. Maurice: Byfuglien developed &#39;a symptom&#39;, will be checked out by doctor https:\/\/t.co\/Z1nNKIiSbj #TSNHockey pic.twitter.com\/WwOTxioCN4 &mdash; TSN Hockey (@TSNHockey) November 29, 2018 Dustin Byfuglien Injured Byfuglien was pulled from Tuesday&#8217;s game after hitting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2344,"featured_media":20042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33,34],"tags":[1985,246,434,1134,44,2282,357],"class_list":["post-38459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jets","category-news","tag-cameron-schilling","tag-chicago-blackhawks","tag-dustin-byfuglien","tag-jamie-oleksiak","tag-pittsburgh-penguins","tag-sami-niku","tag-winnipeg-jets"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2344"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}