Taylor Hall

Report: The Capitals were in on Taylor Hall before he was traded to the Boston Bruins

Much of the talk heading into the trade deadline was that Washington Capitals general manager Brian MacLellan was interested in upgrading his goaltending depth ahead of the postseason. But in the 24 hours ahead of the 3 PM buzzer, the Capitals have been linked with several intriguing forwards.

Sunday, TSN’s Frank Seravalli reported that the Capitals were among several teams trying to land Nick Foligno from the Columbus Blue Jackets for a first-round pick. Later that night, the Fourth Period’s David Pagnotta reported that the Capitals also tried to acquire the biggest star of this year’s deadline, 2018 MVP Taylor Hall.

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By Ian Oland 7 months ago

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Taylor Hall to be held out of Sabres games ahead of trade deadline

Taylor Hall was signed over the offseason to be a part of the solution in Buffalo.

Now, he will sit and likely join his fourth team in 16 months.

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By Ian Oland 7 months ago

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Taylor Hall leaves game after being hit in in the face by a slapshot

The Buffalo Sabres can’t catch a break.

On Tuesday, a day getting blown out by the Washington Capitals 6-0, Taylor Hall was hit in the face by a Colin Miller slapshot.

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By Ian Oland 8 months ago

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Vitek Vanecek kisses post after it stops Taylor Hall’s penalty shot 😘

Vitek Vanecek is a character and some of his personality came out after a Taylor Hall penalty shot.

The Sabres star was allowed to go in alone on Vanecek after being tripped to the ice by a Capitals defenseman on a breakaway.

The game was tied 3-3 and if Hall scored, he would have given the Sabres the lead.

Instead, the post came to the rescue.

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By Ian Oland 9 months ago

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Taylor Hall signs one-year, $8 million contract with the Buffalo Sabres

UFA Taylor Hall has picked his new team.

Sunday night, the 2018 NHL MVP inked a one-year, $8 million contract with the Buffalo Sabres, opting to bet on himself and become a UFA once again next year. Hall finished last season with the Arizona Coyotes after a midseason trade with the New Jersey Devils.

The 28-year-old had 52 points (16g, 36a) in 65 games.

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By Ian Oland 1 year ago

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Taylor Hall traded to Arizona Coyotes for conditional first-round pick, prospects

The biggest trade of the season has just happened. The New Jersey Devils have traded forward Taylor Hall to the Arizona Coyotes for a conditional first-round draft pick, a second conditional pick, and prospects.

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By Peter Hassett 2 years ago

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Taylor Hall is the greatest ‘NHL Lottery Ball Specialist’ of ALL TIME

Taylor Hall is a magnet for high draft picks. It doesn’t matter whether he’s with the Edmonton Oilers, who selected him first overall in the 2010 draft, or the New Jersey Devils, who got Hall in a one-for-one trade in exchange for Adam Larsson in 2016. The teams Hall has played for, in the nine years since he was drafted, have gotten five first-overall picks.

On Tuesday night, the New Jersey Devils jumped from third to first overall in the 2019 draft–just like Taylor Hall predicted.

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By Brennin Weiswerda 3 years ago

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Dmitry Orlov’s big hit on Taylor Hall

Dmitry Orlov is one of the best hitters in the NHL, and Thursday night against the New Jersey Devils, the Russian defenseman laid out Taylor Hall with a monster hit.

The reigning Hart Trophy-winner tried to dipsy-doo around Orly to the middle of the ice and NOPE.

A big fat NOPE. That goal was not accomplished.

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By Ian Oland 3 years ago

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Alex Ovechkin passed over in Hart Trophy voting

This season, Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin won the seventh Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy of his career after leading the league with 49 goals during his age 32 season. After declaring the Caps “were not going to be suck” in the preseason, Ovechkin backed up his talk and wore a shirt with that quote adorned on it, guiding his team to a third straight Metropolitan Division title. The Capitals finished third overall in the Eastern Conference (105 standings points) despite losing several key depth players during the offseason and both Barry Trotz and Brian MacLellan in the final years of their contracts.

Ovechkin scored 19 percent of the Capitals’ goals this season (49 out of 259 total goals), highest in the league, yet when the three finalists in Hart Trophy voting were announced Friday night, as voted by the Pro Hockey Writers’ Association, the Russian machine was no where to be found.

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By Ian Oland 4 years ago

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