Taylor Hall has 5th best PPG among LW'ers

[Tillain]

Originally Posted by oiler-dude

Hall, IMO, works best as a player when he is playing reactionary. For example, that goal. The breakaway sprung up in a matter of like a second, he went in quick and finished. When he has a lot of time to think (shootouts, penalty shot, when he finds himself during a game with a lot of time), he's a bit less effective.

Some players just aren't Taylor made for those situations.

(inner Gene!)

Like last game when he was all alone in front and looked like a deer caught in headlights until Phaneuf bowled him over. I was thinking when that went down, what if it was Eberle in the same situation, he probably would have buried it somehow.

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Originally Posted by PDO

Look at what the kids are doing.

... and we're somehow wasting the huge advantage of having those kind of points from those kind of salaries into being in 2nd last place.

That says all you need to know about management.

How exactly do you finish last place twice in a row and also have the great core veteran group? Guess what, the kids are the core. They will grow up and be stars and then it will be up to management to supplement them down the road with good young players and other secondary players.

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Originally Posted by Tillain

Like last game when he was all alone in front and looked like a deer caught in headlights until Phaneuf bowled him over. I was thinking when that went down, what if it was Eberle in the same situation, he probably would have buried it somehow.

Yep, exactly the play I had in mind there.

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Originally Posted by oiler-dude

Hall, IMO, works best as a player when he is playing reactionary. For example, that goal. The breakaway sprung up in a matter of like a second, he went in quick and finished. When he has a lot of time to think (shootouts, penalty shot, when he finds himself during a game with a lot of time), he's a bit less effective.

Some players just aren't Taylor made for those situations.

(inner Gene!)

I guess i should post more often on here before more people take credit for that catch phrase.

As for Hall, i credit the team playing a lot better after he got p***ed off at the end of the game against St Louis, i dont think it was a coincidence (that they started playing better after that game) and like others have said, he is future captain material IMO.