For a player who was picked as early as Tyler Seguin was, No. 2 in the 2010 NHL Draft, the highs that he has reached in his career make sense. From playing in the Stanley Cup Final three times, winning in 2011, to nearing 400 goals, it has been an NHL tenure rich with accomplishments.

But it has also seen its share of difficult moments, of disappointments, from the trade that shipped him from the Boston Bruins to the Dallas Stars to losses in two of those Stanley Cup Finals to surgeries on each of his hips that cost him all but three games in the 2020-21 season and all but 20 in the 2024-25 season.

It has all combined to give the 33-year-old perspective beyond his years, even if he has suddenly felt those years creeping up on him.

“I’ve felt times of bliss with winning early, with hav

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