The New Jersey Devils star Taylor Hall is having his agent Darren Ferris meet with GM Ray Shero while the team is on a long road trip through Canada. There are multiple possible outcomes to this meeting.
The New Jersey Devils slow start has come at the worst possible time. We all thought that this was the last year we had to see a bad team at the Prudential Center every game after Ray Shero went out and added Jack Hughes, Nikita Gusev, Wayne Simmonds and P.K. Subban in the offseason. Adding those pieces to parts of the team that desperately needed upgrading made us think this was the year to start competing.
On top of all those moves, we were getting back former Hart Trophy winner Taylor Hall. He spent most of last season on the sideline after a knee injury that went months without proper treatment. He waited to get the surgery, but we were told he was close to 100 percent going into this season.
Well, he did need some time to gel with his new teammates and to get back up to speed after the injury. We thought that the pieces Shero added would give him that time, along with an upgraded defense and Cory Schneider and Mackenzie Blackwood as a formidable goalie duo. Yeah, none of that worked out.
Now, Hall’s agent Darren Ferris is meeting with Ray Shero in what’s a very important meeting. In case you didn’t know, this is the last year of Hall’s contract with the Devils, and since it isn’t going well it could be his last season with the Devils in general. Hall has said before he wants to win more than anything, so this meeting is scary for a lot of us.
However, the possible outcomes to this meeting aren’t all negative. There are possibilities where the Devils and Ferris make moves one way or the other after this week, which would at least give us some clarity. There are a lot of possibilities that could come out of this meeting, but these are the five most likely.