Seguin insists he’s “one million percent healthy” despite injury rumors

Tyler Seguin denied rumors that he cut his time in the Swiss league short because of a hip injury, insisting to CSNNE.com’s Joe Haggerty that he’s 100 percent.

Actually, he’s apparently way beyond 100 percent, telling Haggerty that he’s actually “one million percent healthy.”

It really brings into question every other athlete health update. What does “80 percent” really mean, then? Also, when a coach claims his team needs to give 110 percent, is he setting the bar too low?

Seguin’s update brings up a lot of tough questions, but most importantly, he claims that the talks about his health concerns are unfounded.

“I have no idea where that came from,” Seguin said. “I told [HC Biel] I was leaving with no injury reason.”

Haggerty does explain why that rumor about the 20-year-old Boston Bruins forward might have started anyway:

There was a report out of ESPNBoston.com last year that Seguin had a genetic predisposition to hip issues later in his career, but the Bruins didn’t appear too concerned about that before inking him to a six-year contract extension in September.

One might counter that the Bruins rolled the dice with Marc Savard‘s contract extension after he suffered from concussion issues, yet the ultimate takeaway is that Seguin should be fine to play if the season begins in about a month.

In fact, he might just be “one million percent.”