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Dallas Stars Daily Links: Tyler Seguin’s Offseason

Posted on by Tyler Mair

For most players, the offseason is rather uneventful. It’s time away from the daily NHL grind, a chance to recuperate while still practicing and improving upon their skills.

For Tyler Seguin, his offseason consisted of further rehab from his surgery, as well as a bout with COVID-19:

“Just another eye-opener for me, just realizing that this thing is still real and affects so many people… I wasn’t doing anything stupid or anything like that but maybe you have a little bit of ignorance thinking you’re more invincible being double-vaxxed. … It kind of humbled me. I’m happy that I got over it peacefully and feeling more normal now.”

With training camp only a couple weeks away, Dallas Stars players have begun migrating back to Frisco to ramp up hockey activities. Seguin’s working hard to make sure he will be back to 100% for the season opener, but that doesn’t mean it’s all serious business:

“It’s funny, I’ve been mentally trying to find the line of me just being so happy to be out there with the guys but also being focused and detail-oriented,” Seguin said. “Coming in today, goof off with the guys and be a normal athlete again, that’s the biggest thing I missed the most, was being teammates with all these guys.”

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