Dustin Byfuglien shares a story about being HOMELESS

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S. Harper
September 2, 2022 (4:45 PM)

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When most people think of NHL players they automatically assume the players are rich and famous.

However, that's not always the case, some players have ended up in financial trouble while others money has change their life for the better, like Dustin Byfuglien.

For those that didn't know, Byfuglien was not very wealthy before his rise to becoming one of the best NHL defenceman during his career. Heres a little bit from Cheryl Byfuglien mother of Dustin.

"Cheryl Byfuglien and her son lived in a trailer behind the tidy home of her parents in Roseau, a hockey town of 2,700 in northwest Minnesota hard by the Manitoba border. Byfuglien rented his skates-not uncommon among growing kids--but paying off a stick shaft in three installments at the local hardware store was out of the ordinary.

When Byfuglien went off to play junior hockey, his mother borrowed $80 from her parents to buy him an all-purpose black suit. "And we never found a winter coat that fit because he had such long arms and big shoulders," she says. "I don't know how he [lived in Canada] without a winter coat ... but we couldn't afford it at the time."

Big Buff as he was called during his career was originally drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks back in the 2003 NHL Draft in the 8th round 124th overall.

Most 8th round picks are a long shot to make the NHL but Dustin Byfuglien didn't just make it, he had one hell of a career playing in 869 games and putting up 177 goals, and 345 assists from from 2005 to his last NHL season in 2019.

He also helped the Blackhawks to a Stanley Cup in 2010.