Tyler Seguin Drafted and Traded in First NHL All Star Draft
The face in the picture may very well describe how Dallas Stars forward Tyler Seguin felt last night during the first ever NHL Fantasy All Star Draft.
After being selected fifth overall by Team Foligno, there was an announcement made that a trade was to be done. With that, Team Foligno traded away the league leader in goals Tyler Seguin to Team Toews in exchange for Toronto Maple Leafs forward Phil Kessel.
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Many called it the Phil Kessel trade 2.0 because of history. On September 18, 2009, the Boston Bruins traded Kessel to the Maple Leafs in exchange for three draft picks, which turned out to be Tyler Seguin and Jared Knight in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, and Dougie Hamilton in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.
Seguin was then traded to the Dallas Stars on July 4, 2013, and has become one of the league’s most dominant snipers so far this season.
“You never expect to get traded,” Seguin said jokingly. “It’s tough to swallow right now, but I’m really excited. I’ve got a big opportunity over there with the white so it’ll be fun.”
Here are the teams for the NHL All Star Game now that the draft and trades have gone down:
Team Toews
Jonathan Toews
Ryan Getzlaf
Rick Nash
Shea Weber
Jakub Voracek
Tyler Seguin
Corey Crawford
John Tavares
Roberto Luongo
Brent Seabrook
Vladimir Tarasenko
Patrice Bergeron
Jaroslav Halak
Aaron Ekblad
Patrik Elias
Ryan Suter
Mark Giordano
Justin Faulk
Tyler Johnson
Alex Ovechkin
Filip Forsberg
Team Foligno
Nick Foligno
Drew Doughty
Patrick Kane
Ryan Johansen
Duncan Keith
Anze Kopitar
Steven Stamkos
Phil Kessel
Carey Price
Claude Giroux
Dustin Byfuglien
Marc-Andre Fleury
Brian Elliott
Brent Burns
Kevin Shattenkirk
Bobby Ryan
Radim Vrbata
Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Zemgus Girgensons
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
The All Star Game will take place on Sunday, January 25th at 4:00 pm CST. Tyler Seguin will start and look to keep his reputation intact.
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