It was a tough night for Winnipeg Jets’ fans, as they watched their team lose game 3 and fall down 2-1 to the Vegas Golden Knights in the Western Conference Finals.
Those same fans can take solace, however, in the fact that their big man Dustin Byfuglien made a fool out of two Golden Knight players during a post-whistle scrum.
Dustin Byfuglien is the NHL’s greatest bouncer pic.twitter.com/kdedKWIQvn
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) May 17, 2018
Double duty. #WPGWhiteout #WPGvsVGK pic.twitter.com/7USLOFHBBW
— Winnipeg Jets (@NHLJets) May 17, 2018
Byfuglien is one of the last players to enter the scrum, but instead of getting involved he just grabs Tomas Nosek and Colin Miller by the back of their jerseys and yanks them both away.
The pair fall to the ground and Byfuglien drags their bodies another couple of feet, just for good measure.
What makes this even more impressive is that this isn’t Johnny Gaudreau and Viktor Arvidsson he’s pulling out of the pile.
This is perfect (h/t @tizzy1986) pic.twitter.com/S40QNW2o6Z
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) May 17, 2018
Miller is 6’1”, 196 lbs, while Nosek is a big boy at 6’3”, 210 lbs, and Byfuglien still had his way with them.
It’s not the first time Byfuglien has done something like this in the playoffs, as he did a very similar thing with 6’4”, 204 lbs Austin Watson and 6’1”, 201 lbs Roman Josi during the Jets series against Nashville.
The lesson here is that you shouldn’t mess with Dustin Byfuglien no matter how big you are, which is a lesson that Nosek, Miller, Josi and Watson have all learned by now.
Dustin Byfuglien is a monster. Handling a Predator with each arm. pic.twitter.com/wowwbFihvX
— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) April 30, 2018
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