from Ken Wiebe of the Winnipeg Sun,

It certainly didn’t take Dustin Byfuglien long to work his way back into the top-six forward mix.

After Evander Kane suffered a knee injury early in the first period of Thursday’s 6-2 triumph over the Phoenix Coyotes, there was Byfuglien taking the majority of minutes alongside Mark Scheifele and Blake Wheeler.

It’s a trio that was used a bit last season after Jets head coach Paul Maurice took over and figures to present some interesting challenges, should the unit stay together because Kane is on the shelf for a substantial amount of time with the injury.

“Any time you’re on the ice with those two, it’s a pretty simple game,” said Byfuglien. “You just go to the net and those two will do the rest.”

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