FRISCO, Texas -- Tyler Seguin missed the last 11 games of the playoffs for the Dallas Stars with a strained left calf that was weakened by sitting out the final 10 games of the regular season because of a cut on his Achilles tendon.
So the 24-year-old All-Star forward will just add that to his offseason conditioning checklist as he tries to get healthy for next year.
"Probably the toughest time of my career I would say, being away from the rink," Seguin said Friday. "Just two months of trying to find a fine line between supporting the guys and also not being a distraction and making sure they can do their jobs."
Seguin was limited to 16 minutes in Game 2 of a first-round series victory against Minnesota. He strained the calf in that game, his only appearance of the postseason, and missed all seven games of a second-round loss to St. Louis.
"It was another fluke thing that happened, a weird step that made it go fireworks in my leg," said Seguin, who had 73 points during the regular season (33 goals, 40 assists). "I've never felt anything like that."
The Stars also revealed Friday that Patrick Sharp separated a shoulder in the St. Louis series and fellow forward Antoine Roussel had a strained abdomen. Both played all 13 postseason games. Travis Moen was limited to six games with a broken wrist.
Dallas led the Western Conference with 109 points in the regular season, and extended the second-place Blues to seven games despite getting outscored 25-14 in the series. Dallas never scored more than three goals in a game.
"It was going to be a tight series regardless of who was in the lineup," forward Jason Spezza said. "Would he have helped us? Definitely. He's a special player in the league. The reality of it was is he wasn't going to be able to play. You almost just block it out and you move forward and that shows the resiliency of the group."
