What if? - Taylor Hall

[travel_dude]

6 hours ago, robrob74 said:

 

Duchene did go to the 2nd round last year, something I thought he’d never do. I am with you though, have a red flag with Hall and Duchene. 
 

but wouldn’t Hall magnify some of the players we have and shift guys into better slots, effectively creating depth? I seriously think this team has depth but not necessarily the right type. 

 

We are one or two players short of a very good top 6.

Hall may not be the answer, but neither is Backlund.

Dube and Mange may be those guys, but not yet.

I like our bottom 6 mostly.

We just don;t have two top lines going at the same time.

EDM has the same issue, yet they are capanle of running just one line nightly.

When they don;t they fall.

 

May not fix it before the playoffs, but we need to. 

[taz89]

52 minutes ago, travel_dude said:

 

May not fix it before the playoffs, but we need to. 

And that's if we make the playoffs....nothing has really changed actually with the coaching change...this is still the same team with lots of holes

[jjgallow]

7 hours ago, travel_dude said:

 

We are one or two players short of a very good top 6.

Hall may not be the answer, but neither is Backlund.

Dube and Mange may be those guys, but not yet.

I like our bottom 6 mostly.

We just don;t have two top lines going at the same time.

EDM has the same issue, yet they are capanle of running just one line nightly.

When they don;t they fall.

 

May not fix it before the playoffs, but we need to. 

 

I would agree that we are 1 or 2 players short of a top 6.  More precisely 2.   One top RW and one top center.

 

Those are, unfortunately, two of the hardest positions to fill in hockey.  And something Hall could never help with no matter how we assess his current abilities.

 

You need that top center.  You need that top RW.    We need....focus lol.

 

 

And before you even go after them, you're securing your D.

 

Before you even secure your D situation, you're taking care of the goalie situation.

 

So the goalie situation is step 1.

D is step 2.

Your forward lines are step 3.

 

We haven't done step 1, we haven't done step 2, and Hall can't help us with step 3 not only because of his age and health but because of his position.

 

But even if he could help us at step 3, it would be at our peril because we would surely be sacrificing step 1 and 2 (which have been skipped).

 

 

Long road ahead.