#19 at 19 years old: the man or a dbag?

This past Saturday night, was out and about around the Garden with Nat, Patty C and Finn and during our cab ride home from the North Star to have a nightcap at the Waterfront Cafe, our cab pulled up next to Tyler Seguin's dealership black Benz at a stop light.

We pulled up on his left to be blinded by his $20,000 watch hanging over the steering wheel and a slight head turn to basically acknowledge the fact that we all saw him and knew who he was. If I hadn't said "is that Tyler Seguin?", I think Finn could have stared him right in the eyes, been told he was on the Bruins, and was the #2 overall pick last year and still wouldn't have blinked twice.

It was not determined, but in the front seat was believed to be B's d-man Adam McQuaid and in the back, some nerdy looking kid who actually looked like he was 19 and still maybe in college, obviously riding his boy's coat tails ala Vinny Chase. Anyway, after Tyler got the satisfaction that we noticed him, he rolled down the window, turned up the music and started a slow head bob. He gave one more glance in our direction, then peeled through the traffic light over the bridge into Charlestown.

The reactions started flying - what a dbag? who does he think he is? is he serious? My initial reaction was "hold up, he's 19, in the top of the league in scoring, making millions, and is obviously a stud, so he can do whatever he wants." This did not go over too well, but sparked an interesting debate the next few days with the boys. Is Tyler Seguin allowed to be a dbag? Colin said it best when his response was "I think about when I was 19 and I was the worst human ever ... and certainly was not making millions of dollars to play in the NHL." 

I would like to think that if I was in that situation, I'd be classy and friendly and still doing regular 19 year old things (on a huge budget of course), but I also think I would have a little bit of swagger that people who didn't know me would classify as dbag'ish. It's hard to say that you wouldn't. You're living the dream of kids all around the world. Maybe at this point last year when he was struggling to make the every night lineup, we could say hey buddy why don't you worry about your ice time before you start peeling off, but this year, the kid has been sick. He has to be feeling good about life and where he's at that maybe some sort of swagger is undeniable.

I don't know, it's hard to say because not me nor anyone else probably reading this is in his shoes. The consensus of our cab was "dbag" as we watched his $100k+ car speed away which Natalie immediately pointed out was not his because of the dealership temp plates.

What Tyler should also know is the response he got from those in my cab that were not me:

Finn (front seat): "Who is Tyler Seguin? Should I roll down my window and tell him I was the long snapper on the Waltham high football team and I'm not impressed?"

Pat: "McQuaid is the man, I could kick Seguin's ass."

And my favorite ...

Natalie: "He's not even that cute."

So, take your watch and your millions and your future hall of fame career Tyler, and shove it. 

No, I'm not jealous. What do you guys think?

Have a good week all!

Marshy