I got a chuckle from that too, but for different reasons than you I think. I laughed because it's typical behavior of someone that knows he's wrong about something, but makes a smartass comment to deflect their own responsibility in the situation.
B's had issues with Kessel and Seguin, but it had more to do with their style of play than where they were drafted. Would have been the same story if they were picked in a later round, only they would have gotten less rope (in Seguin's case). We know the B's wanted Backstrom over Kessel that year, do you think they would have had a problem developing him or Toews? Duchene? Landeskog? Huberdeau? Plug in any Top 5 player that had an ounce of maturity and realized that he had some responsibility for the millions he was being paid, and I think the B's would have been OK with that.
If Seguin was my kid, or if one of my children was lucky enough to be getting paid millions for their job at 21, the team or the company would not need to be talking to them about their "behavior", because I would have already had that conversation. Why does it seem to be the trend in society today to deflect blame and accountability away from the "guilty" parties? Seguin gets paid to do a job, parties too much, gets kicked out of his house, comes to the rink in Toronto in the same clothes 3 days in a row, needs a babysitter outside his room, plays like **** in the PO's...and then it's the B's fault for not "developing" him properly.
Ummm, sure.
I don't remember having those issues with Bergeron, Krejci, etc., or more recently with guys like Krug, Hamilton, Rask.
