As difficult and distasteful as this may be, you might consider giving him some more time to recover from the concussion. He seems to be getting back on track and time is what he will need.
Pure nonsense! Jagr struggled to get points with Bergeron. Marchand has struggled. Seguin is not on the team anymore because he couldn't do it. You're grasping at whatever you can, whether it makes sense or not, to downplay the trade and make it look as bad as you can make it. Time will probably not be on your side when it comes time to evaluate the trade.
Again for those who need to understand the issues that some here have with the Seguin trade from not only Loui's fit with the Bruins to Seguin's performance with the Stars.
The Bruins and Cloude did not like the way Kessel played the game over all and traded him for a very nice return, two first and a second. Now there was a great deal of luck landing the #2 overall, but whatever, Chia received value for a young goal scorer. The return for the skill and untapped potential was right by most accounts. btw, as we all know Kessell is playing like a man in TOR as he has grown up a bit, amazing...
The Bruins after losing a painful Stanley Cup decide that Seguin's antics at 21 were too much to bear, I leave that up the team but I strongly disagree because of his age and potential as a player, and deal him under a shroud of "not a Bruins type player" and he was not growing into a pro with a sprinkling of salary cap concerns for flavor. Fine.
Timeline:
June 25th, the Bruins lose to the Blackhawks in stunning fashion as they fold late after appearing to be headed to game 7.
July 4th, the Bruins trade Seguin and Peverley (+change) to that Stars for Eriksson plus three other players.
So 9 days after the cup collapse the Bruins deal one of their top 5 pieces in terms of value and arguably their most tradeable asset with the most pure hockey skill while still having a considerable upside for a player that does not seem to address the Bruins need yet again of a goal scorer. Eriksson is a two way guy that had benefited from being on Dallas' #1 line and PP. Fine, everyone likes Eriksson's game, I concede that.
The argument from most people here that seems legitimate is that Chia traded a very good young potential star player for what appears to lesser quality players that will place the Bruins in the same spot come this spring and that is a lack of pure scoring talent.
I believe nobody here hates Loui, all of us that are Bruins fans want to see him do well and hell let him pull a Horton and be a playoff hero.
What the anti trade people are tired of hearing from this organization is "let him get acclimated", he is a 28 year old pro he should have come in here with something to prove, "two way player" we have the best one in the league in Bergeron and this was not an issue in the 2013 finals, and finally Seguin's production and fulfillment of his potential can not be ignored as he playing very well in a role the Bruins were seeming to never give him a shot at. We all know about the Scott hit and understand that factors in, his start to the season sucked which cannot be denied.
The Bruins could have revived a lot more for Seguin, Bobby Ryan was traded not long after for for a couple of moderate prospects and a first rounder. There seems to have been a hasty decision to deal Seguin and unlike the Kessel deal, on its face the latest deal lacks the return needed for trading yet another highly skilled player.
