Dustin Byfuglien back in his comfort zone on the Winnipeg Jets' blue line

Well, that was short-lived!

The Winnipeg Jets were beat soundly Thursday night at the Centre Bell; a 4-1 drubbing at the hands of the Montreal Canadiens in which head coach Claude Noel tinkered with his line-up insofar as to shift Dustin Byfuglien from his natural position of defenceman to the Jets' first line, alongside Andrew Ladd and Bryan Little.

Suffice to say, the stats spoke for themselves:

Dustin Byfuglien

#33 / Defenseman / Winnipeg Jets

Height: 6-5

Weight: 265

Born: Mar 27, 1985

Things went so poorly that Byfuglien found himself stapled to the bench for the final 12 minutes of the third period. Yesterday, the man they call Big Buff displayed some of his dissatisfaction to his coaches decision by declining media availability upon the Jets' arrival back in Winnipeg.

Fortunately for Byfuglien and fans alike, his days at forward are numbered, as reported by TSN's Sara Orlesky:

Claude Noel confirms that Byfuglien will be back playing on the blue line tomorrow v. PHI #NHLJets #tsn

— Sara Orlesky (@saraorlesky) April 5, 2013

This likely means that Byfuglien will rejoin his old running mate, Tobias Enstrom, in patrolling the blue-line when the Philadelphia Flyers visit later this afternoon.

Hopefully things go a little smoother than they did on Thursday.