Speculation: 2nd Overall: A cursed pick?

[91Stammer*]

We got Kessel for Seguin and Hamilton. He was traded along with Peverley for Rielly Smith, Loui Eriksson and Joe Morrow. Boston were happy to get the heavy return on the paper, but it turned out to be a mistake.

They signed Iginla to a 5.5 AAV. Now they have roughly 4.5 million in cap space and still have to sign 2 wingers and also Krug. Loui Eriksson fell off the cliff and is now a good 3rd line winger if we look at his production.

Was that a mistake or was that pick cursed by the largest fan base in the hockey world?

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[Peasy]

Are you saying Seguin was a curse to the Boston organisation? You do know they won a cup with him right...

 

[91Stammer*]

Are you saying Seguin was a curse to the Boston organisation? You do know they won a cup with him right...

Were they cursed to trade him away, is my question. I know he was by far a better player but they traded so many good years of Seguin for Loui Eriksson.

 

[Kyle Doobas*]

I was going to make a post but then Chris Pronger stole it.

 

[Peasy]

This thread makes no sense. You provide one example... And Boston is far from a terrible team right now, theyre the only team that stands a chance in the East.

 

[MapleLeafs9]

If Seguin's on the Bruins he likely doesn't have the season he had this year. Besides, he was awful in the playoffs this year...again.

 

[johnny_rudeboy]

We got Kessel for Seguin and Hamilton. He was traded along with Peverley for Rielly Smith, Loui Eriksson and Joe Morrow. Boston were happy to get the heavy return on the paper, but it turned out to be a mistake.

They signed Iginla to a 5.5 AAV. Now they have roughly 4.5 million in cap space and still have to sign 2 wingers and also Krug. Loui Eriksson fell off the cliff and is now a good 3rd line winger if we look at his production.

Was that a mistake or was that pick cursed by the largest fan base in the hockey world?

What mistake are you talking about? Boston knew that they traded away a star player but preferred the depth of players fitting their system. Win win if you ask me since Dallas really needed a star center, different teams and all that. And Eriksson had what, two concussions last year. Not really ideal to look at his numbers after a season like that.

 

[rdawg1234]

If Seguin's on the Bruins he likely doesn't have the season he had this year. Besides, he was awful in the playoffs this year...again.

Yea if he keeps this up he's going to be known as a playoff choker, he wasnt really apart of the cup winning team, was a depth guy but ever since he's been nowhere near ppg which is pretty bad considering thats what he's there for.

 

[johnny_rudeboy]

Yea if he keeps this up he's going to be known as a playoff choker, he wasnt really apart of the cup winning team, was a depth guy but ever since he's been nowhere near ppg which is pretty bad considering thats what he's there for.

Yeah, what was it Jim Benning said when one of the hockey guys said they were going to miss his pace on the "Behind the B" show when they discussed trading Seguin. "Yeah in the regular season we will miss it". Not saying Seguin can not become a solid playoff performer but so far he have not shown he can bring it.

 

[Peasy]

Yea if he keeps this up he's going to be known as a playoff choker, he wasnt really apart of the cup winning team, was a depth guy but ever since he's been nowhere near ppg which is pretty bad considering thats what he's there for.

Do you not remember the Tampa series? Also he had 3 points in 6 games these past playoffs playing against one of the top teams in the league.

 

[MapleLeafs9]

Do you not remember the Tampa series? Also he had 3 points in 6 games these past playoffs playing against one of the top teams in the league.

He was a healthy scratch all playoff long until game 2 and had 2 good games in games 2 and 3, then did nothing the rest of the way, and nothing the next 3 years. 11 players on Dallas had 3 or more points in that series vs Anaheim. I watched that series, trust me, he was bad. The guy disappears when the going gets tough.

 

[Diatomic]

We got Kessel for Seguin and Hamilton. He was traded along with Peverley for Rielly Smith, Loui Eriksson and Joe Morrow. Boston were happy to get the heavy return on the paper, but it turned out to be a mistake.

They signed Iginla to a 5.5 AAV. Now they have roughly 4.5 million in cap space and still have to sign 2 wingers and also Krug. Loui Eriksson fell off the cliff and is now a good 3rd line winger if we look at his production.

Was that a mistake or was that pick cursed by the largest fan base in the hockey world?

Jeez, you know its summer when threads like this start popping up everyday.

 

[hotpaws]

He was a healthy scratch all playoff long until game 2 and had 2 good games in games 2 and 3,then did nothing the rest of the way, and nothing the next 3 years. 11 players had 3 or more points in that series vs Anaheim. I watched that series, trust me, he was bad. The guy disappears when the going gets tough.

He played very well this year regardless of only putting up 3 pts in 6 games , sometimes the puck just doesn't want to go in . I was also very surprised he could co-lead a very mediocre team to the playoffs in the west .

Constantly crapping on the guy doesn't make the trade any better on our part and two years from now this trade will look even worse as Seg/Hamilton continue to develop .

 

[MapleLeafs9]

He played very well this year regardless of only putting up 3 pts in 6 games , sometimes the puck just doesn't want to go in . I was also very surprised he could co-lead a very mediocre team to the playoffs in the west .

Constantly crapping on the guy doesn't make the trade any better on our part and two years from now this trade will look even worse as Seg/Hamilton continue to develop .

He really wasn't. When you're an offense only player, your production is all that counts in the end, and in the end, he didn't produce when Dallas needed him to. You can be flashy and skate with the puck all you want. Whatever.

 

[Mess]

There are no merits to this thread of cursed picks.

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