Burnt Biscuits
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Hall was a top 5 LW in the league when we traded him, he is tied for 10th highest 5on5 Pts/60 in the league over the last 4 years (even including this off year for him)(minimum 1500 min sample size), he has the highest IPP in the league showing he is having a rather large effect on his lines success. He was also was a 2 time back to back Memorial Cup MVP.You're joking, right? Hall is not a "stud".
We're now 7 years into Hall's NHL career. Here's what he has NEVER done:
- played 1 playoff game
- back-to-back 60-point seasons
- scored 28 goals in a season
- played on a team with a winning record
After 7 years, an offensive #1 pick has never done any of these things, and you think he's a stud?
I suppose you also expect Yakupov to make the Hall of Fame someday.
Taylor Hall did not fail us, we failed him with incompetent management, poorly constructed teams, often lacking balance, being perpetually weak on D, up the middle (for all but his last season as an Oiler), and in general sub-par goaltending. Taylor Hall is not a generational talent like McDavid which should go without saying and even if he was wingers generally can't swing the fortunes of a franchise around to that extent. Look no further than Rick Nash, Ilya Kovalchuk, & Dany Heatley who in their respective times were the top wingers in the league, but that didn't translate to much team success. Look at Jarome Iginla a for sure Hall of Famer who went his first 7 seasons without a playoff appearance. Look at Teemu Selanne and Brett Hull, both slam dunk HOFers, they had middling success in terms of ability to get their teams very far into the playoffs, it wasn't till they were older and on the downside of their respective careers that they got themselves on a team that could win a Stanley Cup.