The Winnipeg Jets, losers of three of their last four games, will lean on the big man to help jolt them out of their late-season funk. Dustin Byfuglien is expected to return to the blue line for Saturday’s regular-season, home-ice finale against Montreal, marking his first game since Valentine’s Day. “He can do as much as any one player can do in your lineup,” coach Paul Maurice said. He’s important to us.”Assuming Byfuglien reports for work on Saturday feeling as good as he did on Friday, he’ll line up next to Ben Chiarot against the Habs, sending rookie Sami Niku to the sidelines. “When I’m with Buff I get more yelled at than do the yelling.”While Niku hasn’t been afraid to lug the puck, he’s not as aggressive as No.

Source: National Post March 30, 2019 01:08 UTC