SALT LAKE CITY — Nick Bjugstad walked out of a meeting with the Utah coaching staff following Friday’s morning skate still in full uniform when somebody yelled, “Five minutes ‘til the first bus!”
“I can do it,” Bjugstad, in his 13th season, yelled back while laughing as he began to strip out of his gear.
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But when he realized a Utah TV reporter wanted to grab him for an interview in advance of the club’s game against the Wild and he had also committed to doing a quick radio hit with the local Minnesota sports station, Bjugstad — the epitome of ‘Minnesota nice’ — said, “I’ll take the second bus.”
That’s when
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