A Taylor Hall Trade may not be the Most Popular Move, but it was the Only Move
Well, Devils fans, it's over. The Taylor Hall era is over. And to be honest, it really did not go the way any of us imagined it would on July 29, 2016. Sure, Hall may have been traded a couple of hours ago for D Kevin Bahl, Fs Nick Merkley and Nate Schnarr, a 2020 1st rounder, and a conditional 2021 draft pick. Some Devils fans are, how do I put this, a little disinterested in the return for the 2018 Hart Trophy winner. Especially from Arizona, who is chock full of good prospects and roster players. Other teams that reportedly checked in on T-Hall were the Blues, Panthers, Bruins, and Canadiens. The Avalanche, who were reportedly one of the front runners the entire time, never even made an offer. I get it, nobody wanted Taylor Hall to leave. I didn't want Taylor Hall to leave. The man poured his heart and soul into New Jersey and to the Devils, a place where he might not have necessarily wanted to be. Everybody would rather go to the Rangers or Islanders than the Devils.