from Scott Billeck of the Winnipeg Sun,

On the surface, it all seems a bit crazy.

Turning down an $8 million payday. Foregoing free medical care, surgery, rehab, etc. Deciding, perhaps, at the last moment to walk away from a team you’ve played with since the 2010-11 season.

For 99.9% of us, we’d be frothing at the mouth for the cash alone. The other .1% are lying to themselves.

And then there’s Dustin Byfuglien.

Byfuglien doesn’t fit the conventional mold of a human being. That’s not a slight against the big man, either — it’s just who he is.

If there was ever a role model for those truly wishing to go through life marching to the beat of their own drum, Byfuglien would be that poster child.

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