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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
Boston didn't trade him for a big win-now type player though. They traded him mostly for other young guys. He's still the best player involved in the trade. Nothing they got back is going to bring more talent to help them win a cup in 2014 than what they shipped out in Seguin. Seguin was also a big player for them in the year they did win the cup and has a lot of playoff experience. The move reeks of wanting to get rid of Seguin more than of wanting to win now.
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As someone else pointed out, I think you are undervaluing the return. And you missed the point of my post. I wasn't really focusing on the return, I was focusing on that if Boston views him as a distraction now, when they are in win now mode, then shipping him out might be a prudent short term decision. The classic addition by subtraction in the short tern for them.