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Tyler Seguin’s father says his son is like most 21-year-old males, only he’s often trapped in the celebrity spotlight.

Paul Seguin admits his son enjoys the bar scene and sometimes goes out until 2 or 3 a.m. As a hockey star who is recognized anywhere he goes, his public outings are frequently tweeted out.

Word, however, got back to the Bruins executive.

“Him having a good time occasionally, and it being in the media, this was something that the Bruins thought should never happen,” Seguin said. “Even if it happened once or twice or three times, the Bruins didn’t like this happening even once.”

Seguin, 48, said his unmarried son likes to socialize with people his age.

“Who do you turn to when your teammates are older and you are by yourself and your family is in Toronto?” his father told the Star.

“With all respect to David Krejci or Milan Lucic, when the game is over, they go out with their family and hang out in the back of a restaurant. They’re nice and quiet and no one tweets about it. Tyler looks to his friends for comfort and where do his friends go? They go to the local bar.”

However, Seguin says his son has always been a professional in his approach to the game and never stayed out late before a game. He would mostly go to bars after a Saturday game when the team had the Sunday off.

The Bruins began questioning Seguin’s lifestyle during the first-round series against the Leafs, said his father, who spent a week in Boston going to dinner and movies with his son during the playoffs.

“I started to hear little bits and pieces of it in the Toronto series,” he said. “They were unhappy with his performance, but they should have termed it their performance.”

He said the Bruins asked him, “Is there something going on? Are you staying out late? From that moment, they started to lose faith in him.”

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