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I feel so bad for Taylor Hall. All that man wants is to play in the playoffs. He leaves Edmonton with that dream and shuffles to NJ, AZ, Buff, and then finally to Boston a really good team.
Boston is looking so good this year and are favorites to win cup. But now Taylor Hall has gone down with injury, which the poor man has a history of. Looks like he will miss the playoffs once again. And it is funny because all the teams he left like Edmonton, NJ Buff are going to the playoffs. With Edmonton having gone to multiple trips since Hall leaving.
He is such an excellent player too. To not be able to see him perform in the playoffs has been one of the greatest disappointments in this generation of hockey. He singled handedly will his NJ team to the playoffs that one year.
Hall is probably really regretting leaving Edmonton. Imagine McDavid/Draisaitl on the first line, with Hall paired with Nugent Hopkins on the second. He'd have waited shorter time for playoff success. Plus he been playing for 12 years now.
I feel so bad for Taylor Hall. All that man wants is to play in the playoffs. He leaves Edmonton with that dream and shuffles to NJ, AZ, Buff, and then finally to Boston a really good team.
Boston is looking so good this year and are favorites to win cup. But now Taylor Hall has gone down with injury, which the poor man has a history of. Looks like he will miss the playoffs once again. And it is funny because all the teams he left like Edmonton, NJ Buff are going to the playoffs. With Edmonton having gone to multiple trips since Hall leaving.
He is such an excellent player too. To not be able to see him perform in the playoffs has been one of the greatest disappointments in this generation of hockey. He singled handedly will his NJ team to the playoffs that one year.
Hall is probably really regretting leaving Edmonton. Imagine McDavid/Draisaitl on the first line, with Hall paired with Nugent Hopkins on the second. He'd have waited shorter time for playoff success. Plus he been playing for 12 years now.
GM playing with the salary cap/LTIR loophole, perhaps. I think they will pull a Kucherov and he will be back for the playoffs.
Honestly, he should have just stayed in NJ. He was a major reason why they brought in PK for a few years (he asked them to sign him.) While PK was far from his former self during his stay in NJ, as reported by the rising stars, he was a terrific veteran locker room presence for the team, and helped shape Hughes into what he is. Should have just stuck it out for a few more years, and he'd be the bonafide leader on a team he helped build. In Boston, he's an asset, but certainly second fiddle to the likes of Bergeron, Marchand, Pastrnak, Kreici...
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I'd love to see it. They lack a bit of physicality though, don't they? They'd benefit from a Patrick Maroon, or Corey Perry type of player. Winning teams always have a solid physical grinder on their team, which NJ just doesn't have. If they face a team like the Caps, who will step up when Wilson scores, and then destroys Hughes or Hischier in open ice, all while laughing and smiling?
But yeah, I hope they go deep, and I really love the team. I'm rooting for them.
GM playing with the salary cap/LTIR loophole, perhaps. I think they will pull a Kucherov and he will be back for the playoffs.
Honestly, he should have just stayed in NJ. He was a major reason why they brought in PK for a few years (he asked them to sign him.) While PK was far from his former self during his stay in NJ, as reported by the rising stars, he was a terrific veteran locker room presence for the team, and helped shape Hughes into what he is. Should have just stuck it out for a few more years, and he'd be the bonafide leader on a team he helped build. In Boston, he's an asset, but certainly second fiddle to the likes of Bergeron, Marchand, Pastrnak, Kreici...
Or he could have stayed in Buff. Maybe Jack Eichel would have stayed on. They'd have Skinner too, and Tage Thompson has obviously developed. On D they have Dahlin, and Owen Power. But all that has been needed this past decade is two forward anchoring one line each, and one or two great offensive D man.
Hall would have had that option in Edmonton too with McDavid, Draisaitl, and Nugent Hop. They just needed a D man. Not sure if have that now. Is Darnell Nurse developed into a #1 Dman?
I'd love to see it. They lack a bit of physicality though, don't they? They'd benefit from a Patrick Maroon, or Corey Perry type of player. Winning teams always have a solid physical grinder on their team, which NJ just doesn't have. If they face a team like the Caps, who will step up when Wilson scores, and then destroys Hughes or Hischier in open ice, all while laughing and smiling?
But yeah, I hope they go deep, and I really love the team. I'm rooting for them.
NJ has really small top two scoring lines.
Dawson Mercer is going to be a stud. He is doing better his second year than Hughes in his second year.
GM playing with the salary cap/LTIR loophole, perhaps. I think they will pull a Kucherov and he will be back for the playoffs.
Honestly, he should have just stayed in NJ. He was a major reason why they brought in PK for a few years (he asked them to sign him.) While PK was far from his former self during his stay in NJ, as reported by the rising stars, he was a terrific veteran locker room presence for the team, and helped shape Hughes into what he is. Should have just stuck it out for a few more years, and he'd be the bonafide leader on a team he helped build. In Boston, he's an asset, but certainly second fiddle to the likes of Bergeron, Marchand, Pastrnak, Kreici...
Turns out you are right, and Taylor is back for the playoffs.
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