It was announced last week that the Winnipeg Jets and Byfuglien had mutually agreed to terminate his contract, leaving the door open for contending teams like the Vegas Golden Knights to line up for one of the most polarizing defenseman to have ever played the game.
Having not played for a year, speculation had raged about Byfuglien’s future for a while and the eventual outcome between the player and the Jets shouldn’t have come as a surprise due to all the reports circulating about strained relationships between the two parties.
Stemming back to the off-season, the relationship between Byfuglien and Winnipeg had been strained to say the very least, if not fractured with the cracks appearing larger by the day.