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Jets respect personal needs of missing star player

John Woods / The Canadian Press files

Jets defenceman Josh Morrissey says his time as a young player alongside Dustin Byfuglien improved his game.

Josh Morrissey won’t speculate on a hockey life without Dustin Byfuglien, but gets intensely personal when ackowledging how his own rapid growth in the NHL has been due, in large part, to the enormous presence of his fellow Winnipeg Jets blue-liner.

“I miss seeing him every day at the rink.