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If Im Ray Shero I wouldnt let Taylor play in a Devils uniform until he signs!
Really, what team has done that?
If Im Ray Shero I wouldnt let Taylor play in a Devils uniform until he signs!
It actually makes tons of sense.
If the Devils start out 25-5, he will have a completely different view of the future as opposed to if they start out 5-25.
If the young players + whoever is brought in give enough for Hall to see the light at the end of the tunnel reflecting off the Stanley Cup, then yeah he’s going to want to stay.
Bratt needs to give us a full season. But if he can, and we stick him on Hughes wing, I think he will have a huge year.Bratt is a top-6 F
This past season's woeful record was due to injuries, from Schneid's, to Bratt, to Vat's, to Hall.I don't think Shero's going to wait 30 games into the season before deciding on Hall...remember how direct he was with him in the 2017 offseason. And I think it'll be obvious by then if we've played the comatose approach and hope for everything to improve within or not anyway.
I don't think Shero's going to wait 30 games into the season before deciding on Hall...remember how direct he was with him in the 2017 offseason. And I think it'll be obvious by then if we've played the comatose approach and hope for everything to improve within or not anyway.
So he is going to base this big life decision on what a bunch of teenagers do in their first 20 or so NHL games ever.
Makes zero sense.
i actually don’t care if we sign hall or not. the only thing that would piss me off would be losing him in FA for nothing, but i don’t think shero allows that.
I agree. IMO Hall became our 3rd valuable asset as soon as the Devils won the lottery. I would prefer he stay but would not be worried at all if we had to trade him. The choice is Hall's and I have no problem with any player going to FA. Hall will be 28 this year and has had to work where he was told his whole career. It will be interesting to see how this off season plays out.It’s amazing how that lottery has changed the outlook for the team. I tend to agree with you but would prefer Hall sees the future and realizes it is here with the young talent Shero and Castron are assembling. The team likely can’t be built around Hall. Too many holes to fill on the roster to make that feasible. The team can be built around Nico Hughes Bratt Butcher Smith even Zacha and Sevs and Wood and MBW. Hall can certainly be the elder statesman as that unfolds and i hope he shares that role with Coleman. If Hall can’t see that future why let it fester into the season?
theres absolutely no upside to NJ for us to go into the season with Hall not signed
Too many bad things could happen
It’s amazing how that lottery has changed the outlook for the team. I tend to agree with you but would prefer Hall sees the future and realizes it is here with the young talent Shero and Castron are assembling. The team likely can’t be built around Hall. Too many holes to fill on the roster to make that feasible. The team can be built around Nico Hughes Bratt Butcher Smith even Zacha and Sevs and Wood and MBW. Hall can certainly be the elder statesman as that unfolds and i hope he shares that role with Coleman. If Hall can’t see that future why let it fester into the season?
theres absolutely no upside to NJ for us to go into the season with Hall not signed
Too many bad things could happen
I would look for Hall to sign on July 2nd to be honest. He needs to be assured that the Devils are set up to compete soon and surround him with more talent. We get Jack Hughes in the draft... maybe make some trades with the abundance of picks, then make a signing or two in free agency.
I don't think Shero's going to wait 30 games into the season before deciding on Hall...remember how direct he was with him in the 2017 offseason. And I think it'll be obvious by then if we've played the comatose approach and hope for everything to improve within or not anyway.
I think the problem arises if NJ signs a player or two in free agency specifically to appease Hall and then he says he wants to explore UFA anyway. I think there should be a meeting of the minds before NJ signs anyone in UFA
Would that be that big of a problem, though?
The organization has accumulated a lot of young talent... enough to keep the forward group afloat in the event Hall leaves. Even if the free agent signings were a fruitless attempt to appease Hall, they'd still improve our group. I wouldn't construe that as a "problem" at all.
I would say July 8th, once the teams don’t match our offer sheets .I would look for Hall to sign on July 2nd to be honest. He needs to be assured that the Devils are set up to compete soon and surround him with more talent. We get Jack Hughes in the draft... maybe make some trades with the abundance of picks, then make a signing or two in free agency.
Most teams who would want Taylor Hall are capped out by the time camp rolls around. They'd rather have him at the trade deadline anyway because they're probably counting on making the playoffs. Karlsson went for a 1st, a former low 1st (with unimpressive results), and a few other stragglers - that's the kind of package the Devils would get for Hall at camp.
I would wait til last possible moment at trade deadline.if Hall is not signed by training camp, he should be traded. Its pretty simple.
I would wait til last possible moment at trade deadline.
Hall's first intention might be to explore free agency.
But i think we can convince him midseason to change his mind, if we are in a playoff position and if Jack Hughes is his center, he may want to sign on because of that, when he realizes what a special player Hughes is, after playing with him for half a season.
Also, Hall's girlfriend (who is absolutely stunning, check out his instagram), is apparantly a new yorker. More incentive for him to stay.