
Seguin/By S. Bradley
WILMINGTON, Mass. — Tyler Seguin is Canadian born and raised. But the last couple years, Plymouth, Mich., became his second home.
Although he has been scratched by the Bruins the last two games, there’s a chance Seguin could get to skate against the Red Wings in nearby Detroit tomorrow in Boston’s rematch with the team that pulled off a 6-1 rout at TD Garden last night.
Today in practice at Ristuccia Arena, Seguin skated at center between Michael Ryder and Blake Wheeler, while Zach Hamill — who centered that line while Seguin was out — skated in a foursome with Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand and the suspended Daniel Paille.
Even if he doesn’t play against the Wings — something he said he “always wanted to do” — Seguin said he’ll make some personal connections back in Michigan.
“Tonight, I’ll probably stop by where I played in the OHL, the Plymouth Whalers, and watch their game for a bit and say hi to some of the people I lived with the last two years,” he said.
Seguin couldn’t have been scratched for two weirder, more different types of games. Boston put forth one of its worst efforts of the year against Detroit two nights after one of their best wins in an 8-6, fight-filled affair with Montreal. He soaked it all in from the press box and thinks he learned a thing or two.
“Obviously, it’s a whole different game from up top,” said Seguin. “You can see how much more time you actually have up there on the ice. Obviously it looks a little bit slower from up top but you can learn a lot of things.”









Hopefully he found some mojo visiting his old barn in Plymouth.
The game has always been easier from above. That’s where all the ‘experts’ watch from.
It’s interesting to see that Seguin said he realized how much more time you have with the puck. Savard said the same thing when he watched games from the press box. Perhaps this will decrease the amount of turnovers.
i agree, there is no reason to sit seguin when wheeler hasnt done anything to deserve his spot, and do NOT play seguin with wheeler and ryder cuz they are garbage put him 1st line for a game or two and let the kid get some time in hes awesome
Apologies to Tyler. I just noticed my fingers have been typing a “q” instead of a “g” in his surname.
I find it a bit hard to believe that no one has mentioned Big Joe’s rookie season when Sequin’s name has come up. We all know how Thornton turned out but his rookie season was so disappointing (4+3=7 in 55 games after a 122 point OHL season). Thornton credited the late Pat Burns for his later success.
Sequin has showed flashes of brilliance this season so we know he has the skills. Better mentoring may be all he needs, along with more ice time.
Nvm…he got a personal day….nothing major
Where was Rex if Hamill was skating with Bergeron, Marchand and Paille? Is he hurting?? Needing time off?
Yup, play him for god sakes. Give him some PP minutes. how does Wheeler get to play and Seguin doesn’t? I don’t get it
This kid needs to play! thats it…Look at his t.o.i. he has 8 goals with little playing time imgine if he had as much time as marchand or even campbell.