Taylor Hall Demands Trade To Join Ty Smith In WHL
Losing Ty Smith at the beginning of the season was the first disappointment in a very disappointing two weeks with the New Jersey Devils. He didn’t have a good preseason, but we were all hoping that he’d stick around in New Jersey and help this defense as he grew as a 19 year old.
It wasn’t meant to be, and now he’s up for a possible championship playing for the Spokane Chiefs in the WHL. The Chiefs have a much better chance to win a championship than the Devils do right now, and Taylor Hall had said he wants to win a title before he retires. This would be the perfect opportunity to force the Devils hand and make them send him back to Juniors, where he can dominate a league while he gets his knee back to 100 percent.
The one-two punch of Ty Smith and Taylor Hall would make the Chiefs the favorite to win their league. Some of the names at the top of the scoring leaderboards includes prospects Dylan Cozens and Nolan Foote. Even though those are fine players, at this point in his career Hall knows he could dominate them in every aspect of the game.
The Devils would be devastated to lose Hall at this point in the season. They need scoring as much as ever, even if Hall is working his way back to superstar status. He gets to play with a player whose skill has been on display for two preseasons, and Hall can keep himself healthy while still skating against inferior opponents. Imagine his scoring stats? How much are teams going to pay a guy who scores 200 points in 50 games?