Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli revisits the Tyler Seguin trade

Dallas Stars centerman Tyler Seguin has tallied fifteen points in four games for the Stars so far this season. While Seguin has struggled enormously in the face-off circle, he's also rather clearly driving the bus offensively for the Stars.

In Boston, Seguin's early season successes are a sore spot for Bruins fans. General Manager Peter Chiarelli has been frequently asked to revisit the Seguin trade this season and did so again in a conversation with WEEI's DJ Bean this weekend. 

In the article, Chiarelli describes Seguin as a "rink rat" and a "real good kid," whose scoring issues in the postseason last spring were only a partial reason for Boston's decision to ship the budding star forward to Dallas. 

Chiarelli explained that when he signed Seguin to a six year, $34.5 million extension before the 2012-13 NHL lockout, he knew that Seguin might have to serve as trade bait depending on where the salary-cap ended up. But Seguin wasn't the only player who might have ended up in the block, "I could say that about five or six other players," the Bruins General Manager admitted.

Ultimately the biggest reason for the trade, it would seem, is that Seguin simply didn't fit into Boston's preferred style of play. "We play a hard style, and to fit a skilled player in sometimes is hard," said Chiarelli. "We always try and do that, and sometimes we succeed, sometimes we don’t. That doesn’t mean we didn’t succeed with Tyler. He helped us win the Cup."