Sad News: Former Bruins Star Tyler Seguin currently in the hospital, ready to undergo a major Hip surgery. Can he make a Playoff comeback?

Former Bruins star to undergo surgery, miss 4-6 months

Former Bruins forward Tyler Seguin is headed for surgery that could finish his season.

The Dallas Stars announced Wednesday that Seguin, 32, will undergo surgery on Thursday in New York to repair his left hip. Recovery is expected to be four to six months.

The Stars issued the following statement:

“Dallas Stars General Manager Jim Nill announced today that forward Tyler Seguin will undergo surgery on Thursday, Dec. 5 to repair a left side FAI (femoral acetabular impingement) and the left side hip labrum. Seguin is expected to miss four to six months. The surgery will be performed by Dr. Bryan T. Kelly at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, N.Y.”

If Seguin recovers on the fast side of that timetable, he could return for the playoffs. If he’s on the slower end, he could miss the rest of the 2024-25 season.

After three seasons in Boston, he’s in his 12th year in Dallas. He never became the Hall of Famer many thought he might become when the Bruins selected him second overall in the 2010 draft. But he’s had a good career.

Boston traded him, Rich Peverley and Ryan Button to Dallas for Loui Eriksson, Joe Morrow, Reilly Smith and Matt Fraser on July 4, 2013. He’s been a fixture for the Stars since.

He had a goal and two assists against the Bruins in October. He had nine goals and 11 assists in 20 games this season and has 360 goals, 448 assists and 808 points in 988 career games.