Nill: Healthy Seguin would have changed Stars' playoff result
As Dallas Stars general manager Jim Nill takes in the Western Conference Final, he feels his team should be there - and he thinks their postseason would have turned out differently with a healthy Tyler Seguin in the lineup.
"I think it definitely would. Tyler Seguin is an elite player, he is close to a point-a-game guy," Nill said Wednesday on Sirius XM'S "The Power Play," according to NHL.com's Mark Stepneski, while addressing whether the star forward's presence could have changed the Stars' playoff result.
"I am watching the San Jose-St. Louis series right now and you see what Joe Pavelski has done on their power play. Our power play against St. Louis struggled and if Tyler Seguin got one or two goals at the right time that might have made the difference."
The 24-year-old was limited to just one game during the postseason after suffering a calf injury in the opening round against the Minnesota Wild.
The Stars came within a win of advancing to the Western Conference Final without Seguin, but were crushed by the St. Louis Blues in Game 7 of the second round.
"That's easy to sit there now and say that, but when you lose an elite player, it is tough," said Nill. "In saying that, we still went to Game 7 of the second round, so it was a pretty good run."
Seguin collected his third straight 30-goal campaign this season, finishing with 73 points in 72 games.