I think Krejci VS Seguin in a vacuum its hard to say. But the point is Boston is/was already loaded with 2way talent. They need speed and goal scoring. As in top notch goal scoring ability. Krejci the last 2 seasons has 29 goals. Seguin has 53. If they moved Krejci and kept Seguin as their 1C i think they'd be a slightly more dynamic and explosive team. 2 great players, but IMO with Bergeron they already have their all-world 2way player. Should have built their other top line around a goal scoring offensive stud instead of another all-world 2way player. It is nitpicking, because their still a great team....but i think they lost the Seguin trade for sure. Gotta hold on to talent like that and find a way to make the player fit in your core.
- SimpleJack

Well said but Krejci is not considered all world talent. He is a very good players. The opportunity to get a talent like Seguin does not happen often. You don't trade that away. If Chiarelli and Julien are not with team Canada, Seguin might of been on the team.

Neither Krug nor Smith are subject to offer sheets.

McDonaugh
- J-P

Every team makes bad trades. The Habs haves a few gems. McDonaugh, Roy, desjardins and Leclair, Chelios, ect...

I remember the Suguin trade and being shocked at first, then being pissed when I saw where he was headed. Thanks Boston, you bastards!!! LOL.

I'm just glad Ottawa doesn't have to see him 6 times a year anymore..

Dirty Aaron Hernandez reference lmao. Thank you boston and tyler seguin for winning me my pool this season. The east is a little easier these days. I think the trade helped put him in a better position to turn it around than if he had stayed in B. Still think they got robbed tho should have traded him for E. Kane. Maybe the trade factor could have worked for both of them

Well said but Krejci is not considered all world talent. He is a very good players. The opportunity to get a talent like Seguin does not happen often. You don't trade that away. If Chiarelli and Julien are not with team Canada, Seguin might of been on the team.
- Champ

My take:
Bostons core includes bergy and kreiji; 2 incredible playoff
Performers, still in their prime, and both centers. Seguin is a
Natural center and didnt fit as # 3.
Also, seguin did have another dud playoffs last year...

A bad trade for forced by the bad contact they signed him to, it's on China's shoulders no doubt.
That said, Tyler had another bad playoff run

My take:
Bostons core includes bergy and kreiji; 2 incredible playoff
Performers, still in their prime, and both centers. Seguin is a
Natural center and didnt fit as # 3.
Also, seguin did have another dud playoffs last year...
- BobbySchmautz

Didnt the Seguin trade have a lot to do with off ice activities?

Dirty Aaron Hernandez reference lmao. Thank you boston and tyler seguin for winning me my pool this season. The east is a little easier these days. I think the trade helped put him in a better position to turn it around than if he had stayed in B. Still think they got robbed tho should have traded him for E. Kane. Maybe the trade factor could have worked for both of them
- Jordy8

Congrats on your pool, how'd the pens do this year?????
How

Didnt the Seguin trade have a lot to do with off ice activities?
- vancity787

If you listen to rumors...banging another players wife

If you listen to rumors...banging another players wife
- 77emac77

have Horton and Seguin got to play against each other yet? No idea if this rumor is true but im sure Horton would have something to say to Seguin on opposite squads.

Honestly, I am more upset with the hindsight of the Iginla signing than I am with the Seguin trade. At least in the trade we got back two players who work hard night in and night out. I liked Seguin, but I wasn't that upset. The iginla signing just boned us into losing players

I think Boston’s going to have to embrace the fact that this one’s a loss for the Black-and-Gold.

And that’s just one year into it.
- tyanderson

Right, just one year into it. A few years from now we might see more problems with Seguin on or off the ice, and the Bruins players might really take off. It's still early.

Did Boston loose the trade? It looks that way for now, but time will tell.

While initially, I didn't agree with the move, I was rather impressed that a GM Could have the intestinal fortitude to make a move like that. As a Canucks fan, it really made me detest Gillis that much more. You win some, you loose some but I admire a GM who takes calculated risks. And again, it's still too early to tell. Smith looks like he could be one hell of a player.

I don't think The Bruins lost on the Seguin deal at all!! I think Riley Smith is 20 and still growing and is a fantastic player. He scored 20 this year and over 50 points is pretty good and he's only gonna get better. Eriksson as well I think will score a lot more this year as well I believe. And to me, Fraser is huge player with all kinds of potential and a better skater than Lucic and I think could be an impact player. Also if they waited till the start of the season and told Krug, Fraser and Smith not to go to training camp and pre season they would have 6 mill extra because they can put Savard on long term and get money back for that which would give them cussion to sign those guys and leads me to believe the rumor I'm hearing about Boston going for Heatley all the more in making sense if they go that route. They could offer Heatley a 3 mill one year and sign the other guys latter.

look back at when the flyers traded for Lindros.. who won that trade. You gotta say Quebec... I mean Colorado.. it was different circumstance i know.. Not to say Lindros wasn't an incredible player, woulda lasted longer if he started playing with todays rules.

A bad trade for forced by the bad contact they signed him to, it's on China's shoulders no doubt.
That said, Tyler had another bad playoff run
- 77emac77

Exactly this. If they didn't sign him to a ridiculous deal while he was still an RFA there wouldn't have been nearly as much urgency to trade him. People can say what they want about Glen Sather but at least he's smart enough to take advantage of players' RFA status to get cap friendly deals. In the cap era you just cannot waste money like this and not expect it to bite you at some point.

My question to this front office who I am seriously questioning and beginning to lose faith in is....IF SEGUIN WAS NOT A FIT WHY THE (frank) DID YOU DRAFT HIM?!!!

Maybe you could have traded the pic or drafted a scoring winger since the B's need another center like they need a (frank)ing hole in the head.

My question to this front office who I am seriously questioning and beginning to lose faith in is....IF SEGUIN WAS NOT A FIT WHY THE (frank) DID YOU DRAFT HIM?!!!

Maybe you could have traded the pic or drafted a scoring winger since the B's need another center like they need a (frank)ing hole in the head.


- glove_was_stuck

Kinda dumb to go back a discredit the pick when it was the clear cut choice to make at the time unless Edmonton took him over Hall. You draft the best player available.

PLUS at that time Bergeron was just becoming the player he is now. He also had really bad concussion problems prior to that season.

You take Seguin there every time.

My question to this front office who I am seriously questioning and beginning to lose faith in is....IF SEGUIN WAS NOT A FIT WHY THE (frank) DID YOU DRAFT HIM?!!!

Maybe you could have traded the pic or drafted a scoring winger since the B's need another center like they need a (frank)ing hole in the head.


- glove_was_stuck

and they would have rather had hall....
I do remember the Oilers also wanted the bruins to trade the #2 that year so they could have both....

Kinda dumb to go back a discredit the pick when it was the clear cut choice to make at the time unless Edmonton took him over Hall. You draft the best player available.

PLUS at that time Bergeron was just becoming the player he is now. He also had really bad concussion problems prior to that season.

You take Seguin there every time.
- Mahewman

Then I guess you make a luke warm trade and hand out bad contracts every time too. Also at the time he had a few horrible draft picks for centers in the system in Sauve and Hamill so draft another one, why not. I guess I just don't understand why they refuse to have a legit scoring wing.

Between that embarrassing playoff "performance" and the current state of their cap mismanagement every move can be scrutinized right now.

Here we go again, it's been said since the minute it was announced that is was a poope trade in a panic move by Chiarelli, stupid, stupid stupid The Bruins Fan Boys in the media kept insisting that Erikkson could fit perfectly in Claude's system and they would never miss Seguin, the go and Win the Presidents Trophy and they say SEE WE TOLD YOU we didn't miss Seguin. It's all BS I'm over it I just think they need to cut bait right now, I get rid of Eriksson give them some room to make a move and see what happens, I even dangle Rask if need be

I saw an article recently that stated Boston had too many NHL defenders and that a trade would most likely be coming. It looks to me that you guys need a few bottom six guys in your roster and Florida has plenty. Guys like Upshall, Kopecky, and maybe even Fleischman are available. What defender do you guys think you could possibly trade. I am not here to start a bicker fest.. and I'm not getting into this team retains salary or whatever.. but I think you guys could benefit a ton from the energy Upshall would bring or the front-of-the-net presence Kopecky would bring.

Here we go again, it's been said since the minute it was announced that is was a poope trade in a panic move by Chiarelli, stupid, stupid stupid The Bruins Fan Boys in the media kept insisting that Erikkson could fit perfectly in Claude's system and they would never miss Seguin, the go and Win the Presidents Trophy and they say SEE WE TOLD YOU we didn't miss Seguin. It's all BS I'm over it I just think they need to cut bait right now, I get rid of Eriksson give them some room to make a move and see what happens, I even dangle Rask if need be
- BruinBlood

Talk about a panic move?