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Dallas Stars Daily Links: Seguin on the Stars’ Playoff Run

Posted on by Tyler Mair

The last time the Dallas Stars took on the St. Louis Blues in the second round, Tyler Seguin was forced to watch from the sidelines due to injury. Now the Stars center is front and center as the team hopes to make the Conference Final, a lofty goal heading into the season:

“It’s been a long year,” Seguin said. “It’s been a roller coaster of a year. A roller coaster of a playoff. I’ve obviously been trying to keep it even keel all year. A lot of stuff has happened — for the whole team, for me personally… To think about where I’ve come from, where we’ve come from this season, it’s encouraging,” he said. “But we can’t stop now.”

Playoff hockey is widely considered to be much different than the regular season, both because the stakes are higher and because the game gets more physical. But that’s just what makes it all the more fun:

I’ll talk to friends and family and they’ll say: ‘You look tired, it’s such a grind.’ And I’ll tell them that this is the one thing I’ll miss the most — the grind and the locker room. It’s so rewarding and fulfilling to win a playoff game, a playoff series and obviously going all the way. That’s why you enjoy when times are tough. Because it makes winning so much sweeter.”

You can hear more from Tyler Seguin here: [NHL]

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