Who remembers when the Bruins had the #2 overall draft pick? Well I would hope you do because it wasn't that long ago. The 2010 NHL entry draft was a special one for Boston because the Kessel trade gave us one of the best players in the NHL today, Tyler Seguin. Everyone knew it was going to be Seguin and Hall in the top 2 but it was almost impossible to decipher who would go first. All Bruins fans, myself included, were completely fine with either choice because you could just tell they were both going to be studs. Edmonton takes Hall first and the rest is history.
Let's just take a second to appreciate Claude's stubbornness because I know as well as the next guy that for some reason he hates rookies. He's been better with it lately but still. Hates them. However in 2011, a year in which the Bruins were shaping up to be a promising contender, Seguin saw a lot of ice time for a rookie (74 games played). By the time the playoffs role around Claude decides he will keep Seguin in the lineup. He plays on and off and has 7 points over 13 games. His magical performance against the Lightning is by far my favorite memory of him in Boston. His breakaway goal on Roloson was a thing of beauty. He was 19 years old and a Stanley Cup champion.
Next comes the part where all fans get really frustrated. After 3 years and 2 Stanley Cup appearances, Peter Chiarelli decides to trade our young star for Loui Eriksson (lost to free agency) and Reilly Smith (traded for Jimmy Hayes!!! YES!).... Now as much as this race hurt at the time it's fair to say it hurts even more now. Somehow it keeps getting worse. But at Chiarelli just traded Hall to the Devils for a "maybe" defenseman in Larsson. It's nice to see him start his BS in another city.
All in all I miss you Tyler but I can't wait to crush your dreams in the Stanley Cup final someday. You didn't fit in our system anyway.
(Stats per hockeyreference.com)
Let's just take a second to appreciate Claude's stubbornness because I know as well as the next guy that for some reason he hates rookies. He's been better with it lately but still. Hates them. However in 2011, a year in which the Bruins were shaping up to be a promising contender, Seguin saw a lot of ice time for a rookie (74 games played). By the time the playoffs role around Claude decides he will keep Seguin in the lineup. He plays on and off and has 7 points over 13 games. His magical performance against the Lightning is by far my favorite memory of him in Boston. His breakaway goal on Roloson was a thing of beauty. He was 19 years old and a Stanley Cup champion.
Next comes the part where all fans get really frustrated. After 3 years and 2 Stanley Cup appearances, Peter Chiarelli decides to trade our young star for Loui Eriksson (lost to free agency) and Reilly Smith (traded for Jimmy Hayes!!! YES!).... Now as much as this race hurt at the time it's fair to say it hurts even more now. Somehow it keeps getting worse. But at Chiarelli just traded Hall to the Devils for a "maybe" defenseman in Larsson. It's nice to see him start his BS in another city.
All in all I miss you Tyler but I can't wait to crush your dreams in the Stanley Cup final someday. You didn't fit in our system anyway.
(Stats per hockeyreference.com)