Posts About "Taylor Hall"
Race for Hart Is Tight, but Choice Is Easy
May 3rd, 2018 It's been a long time since the race for the Hart trophy was so crowded. In an era of NHL parity, perhaps it makes sense that at least 12 different players could have been nominated as the league's best player. Taylor Hall, Anze Kopitar, and Nathan MacKinnon ended up as the final candidates, which didn't sit well with...
Devils Season a First Step in Foundation For Success
April 26th, 2018 “Start over. There’s no momentum from year to year. Understand what it will take to be competitive again.” That was New Jersey Devils head coach John Hynes’ message to his team following their first round exit in five games against the Tampa Bay Lightning. The season was quite the improvement for a team that finished dead last in...
Adam Larsson and the Edmonton Oilers
April 21st, 2018 At no fault of his own, Adam Larsson was put in an awfully difficult position to start his Edmonton Oilers career. Though any reasonable fan, media member and student of the game would never view the rugged rearguard as fair value for Taylor Hall, one has to remove that part of the equation in order to fairly judge his performance. On...
Devils Urgency Gives Them New Life
April 18th, 2018 In a must-win game, the Devils came up with the outing they needed to cut their series deficit by one. They played with a sense of urgency they lacked in the first two games and got under the Lightning's skin, forcing them to commit seven minor penalties. Here are a couple of takeaways from Monday's 5-2 win that helped them get back in...
Devils Found Their MoJo (and Goalie) in Game 3
April 17th, 2018 Lost in the excitement of the New Jersey Devils’ 5-2 Game 3 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning in their opening round series was the return of two players to their lineup that had an impact that goes deeper than the stats will ever show. Marcus Johansson played his first game since January 23 (a span of 37 games) when Boston’s Brad...
Oilers Must Avoid Panic Move
April 13th, 2018 With a season that can only be described as disastrous finally in the books, the Edmonton Oilers are once again heading into the off-season with many a question surrounding their roster. Though many felt the organization had turned the corner from what is known as the “Decade of Darkness” following their 2016-17 campaign, there is...
