Taylor Hall’s Best Moments In A New Jersey Devils Uniform

It’s looking more and more like TaylorHall’s days with the New Jersey Devils are numbered. Let’s look back at happier times with the Devils’ superstar.

In the grand scheme of things, Taylor Hall‘s time with the New Jersey Devils is a small speck compared to the time other stars spent in the Garden State. The numbers hanging in the rafters include Scott Niedermeyer (13 seasons), Scott Stevens (13 seasons), Patrik Elias (20 seasons), Ken Daneyko (20 seasons) and Martin Brodeur (21 seasons) all had at least three times the career in New Jersey.

Even players like Zach Parise and Claude Lemieux spent more time with the Devils, and some would argue they had a bigger impact overall on the Devils franchise. Both players carried the team to the Stanley Cup Finals. Hall got them to the first round of the playoffs. At the end of it all, Ilya Kovalchuk will have played more games with the Devils than Taylor Hall. That’s actually kind of insane to think about with the lockout shortened season, and with the midseason trade.

Still, there were some amazing times with number 9. When Bob McKenzie announced that “the trade is one for one”, that was going to be a day that changed everything for the Devils. They turned a floundering young defenseman into one of the most exciting players in the league. Hall had all the upside, and he hit his ceiling.

Now that we’re getting to the end, instead of looking ahead and being bitter about what could have been, let’s look back and be happy about what we had.