Why seguin traded

His goal-scoring abilities, though, are certainly valuable, as Tim Cowlishaw of the Dallas Morning News argued in a column supporting the trade for the Stars. Just like when the Bruins shipped forward Phil Kessel out of town, the reaction the trading of yet another young potential superstar boils down to two groups:. Example: The Boston Globe. Example: Much of the fanbase. What do you think of the trade? Leave your thoughts in the comments below. Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission.

All rights reserved About Us. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. Altogether, since the deal, Morrow skated in 65 games as a Bruin, averaging 16 minutes per outing, and chipped in two goals and nine points along the way. But with his contract up when this season concluded, the Bruins decided not to extend a qualifying offer to Morrow, effectively making him a free agent.

And when he signed a one-year deal with the Montreal Canadiens, Morrow officially became the final member of the Seguin deal to head elsewhere without Boston getting anything in return. At the time of the Bruins-Stars swap in , most anyone would have said the return was uneven, a definite win for Dallas.

Four years later, though, a bad deal looks worse, and as Seguin continues to succeed with the Stars, the Bruins are now officially left without any trace of arguably their most significant trade of the past decade.

Want more in-depth features and expert analysis on the game you love? Subscribe to The Hockey News magazine. Not a subscriber? Sign up today to get the best features and analysis from the NHL and beyond. Toronto Maple Leafs forward John Tavares will likely return to the team's lineup while the team's goaltender for Saturday in Buffalo remains a mystery. Zach Fucale's dreams of becoming an NHL goaltender seemed many years ago. Dealing Seguin and Peverley is not the first big offseason news for the Bruins.

First-line winger Nathan Horton has also let Boston know he intends to leave via free agency. The Seguin move, on the other hand, was fully of the Bruins' accord. Whether the motivation was Seguin's high cap number, his lack of playoff prowess or simply a deal they could not pass up is unclear. But this Boston team is shaping up to look far different than the one that lost to the Chicago Blackhawks in six games in the Stanley Cup Final.

Enjoy our content? In the season, he managed to score 30 goals and had his career season. Unfortunately for him, the Bruins had to choose whether to trade him at the trade deadline or wait and extend him in the summer. They had some offers; General Manager Don Sweeney later admitted, that he had an offer with a first-round draft pick.

You already know that the Bruins let Eriksson walk away in the summer for absolutely nothing. Two of the teams interested were the Anaheim Ducks and the Minnesota Wild.

The Bruins would end up with a first-round draft selection, at least. Those could have been players like Luke Kunin or Max Jones. But nope, nothing is better than something. The Bruins ended up with absolutely nothing from the Tyler Seguin trade?

Eight years after it happened. With the ageing center core of Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci , the talks around Boston of who might be that next franchise center have already started. If the salary cap space was the issue with him, it was never really an issue.

For the money saved on him, the Bruins signed David Backes in , for example. For the other fans — the Tyler Seguin trade was just catastrophic and the Boston Bruins feel consequences from it until today.

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