subject: Expect Expectations To Be Through The Roof [print this page] Get drafted second overall in a given draft and expect expectations to be through the roof.Fortunately, though, when you're drafted that high, the thinking is you can handle and overcome high expectations.Such is the case with Boston Bruins forward Tyler Seguin, a highly skilled 19-year-old who's looking to burst onto the NHL stardom scene in his sophomore season after a Stanley Cup-winning rookie campaign.So far, so good. While the defending champion Bruins struggle as a team through four games in the 2011-12 season (1-3-0), Seguin has done nothing but impress. He has amassed four points in as many games, including a goal in the season opener.Wholesale cheap jerseysMoreover, he's a plus-3 player who has accumulated four PIMs and 12 shots on net.Boston Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli announced today that the club has signed forward Rich Peverley to a three-year contract extension through the 2014-15 season.The 29-year-old Peverley was acquired by the Bruins with Boris Valabik from the Atlanta Thrashers on February 18, 2011 for Mark Stuart and Blake Wheeler. In 23 games with the Bruins last season, he notched 4-3=7 totals in the regular season and went on to add 4-8=12 totals during the Bruins 2011 Stanley Cup championship run. For the full year split between Atlanta and Boston, Peverley skated in 82 regular season games with 18 goals and 23 assists for 41 points. He has not missed a game over the last two-plus seasons.
This season, Peverley has appeared in three games for the Bruins and has a team-high two goals.Peverley set a career high in goals and assists during the 2009-10 season as a member of the Thrashers when he registered 22 goals and 33 assists for 55 points.His talent has a lot to do with his early production, to be sure, but his knack for being opportunistic is just as much of a contributing factor.Wholesale soccer uniforms With David Krejci normally a top-line center for the B's recovering from an undisclosed injury suffered during a practice, Seguin filled in and played alongside Nathan Horton and Milan Lucic. In a 3-2 defeat to the Carolina Hurricanes, Seguin looked sharp all night and showed he can not only complement established NHL wingers, but can shoulder much of the offensive load, too. As you aim to tweak your fantasy team rosters, don't look past Seguin and his across-the-board potential this year on a Bruins' team that figures to get its game together as the season progresses.
