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SAN JOSE — He is on pace for the most productive offensive season of his career, is a critical part of the NHL's best power-play unit, leads his team in ice time and is providing perhaps his most defensively sound play on the blue line.
All of which would be impressive enough if Dustin Byfuglien was at the peak of his career. But he's 33, an age when many athletes are experiencing a sharp decline in performance. And yet the only member of the Winnipeg Jets roster who owns a Stanley Cup ring seems as driven as ever to help take his team to the promised land.