Blake Wheeler and Dustin Byfuglien have been teammates since 2010-11 when the team was based in Atlanta. With the talk recently about the Jets and Dustin Byfuglien’s camp seeking a mutual termination of contract the captain of the Jets spent about 10 minutes today in St. Louis discussing his teammate and fellow Minnesota product.

Audio:

Blake Wheeler on Dustin Byfuglien.

Audio courtesy of TSN 1290 Winnipeg.

Quotes:

“We’ve grown up in this organization together”

“He busted his tail for this team”