Taylor Hall to AZ, 1st Rnd pick, 3rd Rnd Conditonal Pick, Bahl and 2 Prospects.Dvs Retain 50% salary

[mfitz804]

3 minutes ago, SterioDesign said:

oh they'd trade Drouin before Domi i think

I’d do that even faster. 

[MadDog2020]

 

What’s a realistic return for Taylor Hall at the trade deadline?

When was the last time a Hart Trophy winner was available as a trade-deadline rental? We could technically say Jaromir Jagr in 2015, but he was 43, and Martin St-Louis was 38 when he got dealt. Even Peter Forsberg was 33 and no longer at the peak of his powers when traded in 2007. There’s almost no precedent for what Hall could be at the 2020 deadline: a 28-year-old star in the cap era, still close to his peak years, less than two years removed from winning the MVP, available as a rental piece for a contending team. Despite his early-season struggles with the Devils this season, he’d still be an extremely impactful first-line addition on almost any roster.

We can thus expect Devils GM Ray Shero to demand an astronomical price for Hall. The 2019 trade deadline had some top-end forwards available to rent, so we can use them as a reasonable and recent baseline to generate a Hall scenario.

Mark Stone netted Ottawa a truly A-plus prospect in defenseman Erik Brannstrom, a warm body in Oscar Lindberg and a 2020 second-round pick. Matt Duchene brought in prospects Vitaly Abramov, Jonathan Davidsson, a 2019 first-round pick and a 2020 first-rounder conditional on Duchene re-signing with Columbus, which he didn’t.

I love Stone as much as the next person does but, with all due respect to him and Duchene, neither of them has a Hart Trophy. So I think Stone would be the floor for a Hall trade. Think first-round pick and elite-level prospect at minimum, plus maybe another decent depth prospect.

As an example: I was asked this week about the Carolina Hurricanes’ chances of getting Hall. If we follow the Stone/Duchene trade model, Hall would cost something like Dominik Bokk, Jake Bean and Carolina’s 2020 first-round selection.

If the Hall negotiations appear to be heading south, the Devils will be virtually guaranteed a delectable pile of foundational players and/or picks in any trade for him. That’s why, as a Devils fan, you want the team to be great or terrible but nowhere in between this season. The worst-case scenario would be the team hanging around the playoff bubble, retaining Hall as an “in-house” rental, missing the playoffs or losing quickly in the playoffs, then losing Hall as a UFA. That’s what happened to Columbus with its top UFAs last spring.

So the Devils having the fewest points in the NHL as of today isn’t the worst news. It’s nice and definitive. It could make future decisions easier for Hall and Shero.

https://thehockeynews.com/news/article/ask-me-anything-what-could-the-devils-get-in-a-taylor-hall-trade

[titans04]

On 11/14/2019 at 11:53 AM, NJDevs4978 said:

Hall is the Devils’ version of Cespedes...a loser player with good offensive numbers before he got here, one transcendent year here but now we’re back to underachieving disappointment and moodiness after. At least we didn’t give Hall a sh!t ton of money yet though.

Very well said imo. I will be way more disappointed if we go balls deep with this guy than trading him off for whatever we can get. 

Edited November 15, 2019 by titans04

[titans04]

On 11/14/2019 at 8:57 AM, slasher72 said:

Trade Hall to the Canadiens for Domi and a 1st rounder or solid D prospect,  whichever is achievable. There's no way they'd give up Drouin so I'm not even going to throw his name in the mix. 

 

[Nicomo]

I can’t even imagine Hall’s super sensitive ass playing in Montreal. That would certainly end well lol

[lazer]

Its funny cause the only goal they can highlight this year is the i cant hear you goal.

I had no problem with him until he did that

and whatever team he goes to hes gonna light it up unless its the devils

[MadDog2020]

15 minutes ago, Nicomo said:

I can’t even imagine Hall’s super sensitive ass playing in Montreal. That would certainly end well lol

Yeah they never boo their team up there. 🤣

[Nicomo]

21 minutes ago, MadDog2020 said:

Yeah they never boo their team up there. 🤣

Not to mention the media will NOT be so kind to him when things are going poorly.

[MadDog2020]

Just now, Nicomo said:

Not to mention the media will NOT be so kind to him when things are going poorly.

That’s putting it mildly lol.

[Devilsfan118]

fvck I'd love to get Domi on this team.

We need some intense competitors.

[SterioDesign]

weeks ago there was rumours that Hall would love MTL. I already posted about it somewhere but it was said to be coming from the owner of the sunglasses brand Hall is linked to? and that's in MTL i think? i dunno

 

[nessus]

If they trade Hall to Montreal, Shero's got to shoot for getting Cayden Primeau as part of the return.

[Jerzey]

The best we can hope for is to start a bidding war. Or keep him.

[pumpkin cutter]

Hall has got to go. I won't miss him, nor boo him when he returns. He never asked or wanted to be here, he was forced here. A few picks and a prospect will be a great return. He doesn't fit in at all with our timeline to compete, which seems to be another 2-3 years away if we get the right pieces. Thank you Taylor for hopefully hooking us up with good pieces.

[mfitz804]

I haven’t thought he was going to resign, but at this point I think it’s pretty clear he is not going to. All of the BS about how great it is to live in New Jersey and how he would appreciate that was wishful thinking. He doesn’t want to be here, he never wanted to be here, it’s time for him to go. Ray needs to get the most he can get it and be done with it.

[NJDevils1214]

I wouldn't be surprised if he turns it on the second he puts on a new jersey. Whatever is infecting the players in that room has ahold of him too.

[jagknife]

4 minutes ago, MB3 said:

It isn’t entirely unfair to wonder if whatever is infecting Taylor Hall has a hold of the rest of the locker room too. 

if anyone’s not listened to spitting chiclets I think it’s a must-listen for hockey fans; but MackKinnon (I think?) talked about the duchene trade and said even though we lost an incredible player, one of our best, it took a big weight off the locker room because there wasn’t a daily “I wonder if he’s being dealt” thought process in the room. It made the locker room feel more settled and allowed for new leaders (him) to step up. 

Yeah it definitely was Mac that said it. The second the distraction was over, they finally gelled as a team and moved forward together.

4 hours ago, nessus said:

If they trade Hall to Montreal, Shero's got to shoot for getting Cayden Primeau as part of the return.

Just outta curiosity, why not Caulfield to play with Jack again once he’s ready?

[nessus]

1 hour ago, jagknife said:

Just outta curiosity, why not Caulfield to play with Jack again once he’s ready?

I would definitely not object to getting Caufield. I think he will be a great player, irrespective of how he has done on Jack's wing in the past. I mentioned Primeau because he is such a great goaltending prospect. He has performed very well at every level so far, and I would bet on him being an effective NHL goalie too. Having a goalie his age with the rest of the core of this team would be a really good foundation for a competitive team.

Also, regarding the article that @MadDog2020 posted, I would hope that Shero has enough insight to realize that if Hall is not signed near the trade deadline, he needs to be traded. I think there's a lot of middle ground between "great" and "terrible" where Shero would still trade Hall. Good thing Lou is gone.

[mfitz804]

11 minutes ago, nessus said:

I would definitely not object to getting Caufield. I think he will be a great player, irrespective of how he has done on Jack's wing in the past. I mentioned Primeau because he is such a great goaltending prospect. He has performed very well at every level so far, and I would bet on him being an effective NHL goalie too. Having a goalie his age with the rest of the core of this team would be a really good foundation for a competitive team.

I wouldn’t imagine anyone would give a top great goalie prospect for a half season of Hall. Or are we signing and trading?

Also, we should get Caufield because he’ll make Hughes look huge. 

Edited November 16, 2019 by mfitz804

[NJDevils1214]

Caufield dropped super far in the draft but I have to think he's highly valued. A Hall rental 1 for 1 probably won't get it done. A trade involving those two would have a lot of extra this and that going both ways. 

[moustic]

The start of " Who will we play tonight ? Ok then we will have a rumor to Hall to this team" is officially on ! 

[SterioDesign]

4 hours ago, MB3 said:

It isn’t entirely unfair to wonder if whatever is infecting Taylor Hall has a hold of the rest of the locker room too. 

if anyone’s not listened to spitting chiclets I think it’s a must-listen for hockey fans; but MackKinnon (I think?) talked about the duchene trade and said even though we lost an incredible player, one of our best, it took a big weight off the locker room because there wasn’t a daily “I wonder if he’s being dealt” thought process in the room. It made the locker room feel more settled and allowed for new leaders (him) to step up. 

I fully agree with this and it's not that hard to imagine, they've been relying on him so much and seeing him as a leader. Even if you're a paid professional it has to be hard to really follow someone you don't know will be your teammate the next day.

2 hours ago, nessus said:

I would definitely not object to getting Caufield. I think he will be a great player, irrespective of how he has done on Jack's wing in the past. I mentioned Primeau because he is such a great goaltending prospect. He has performed very well at every level so far, and I would bet on him being an effective NHL goalie too. Having a goalie his age with the rest of the core of this team would be a really good foundation for a competitive team.

Also, regarding the article that @MadDog2020 posted, I would hope that Shero has enough insight to realize that if Hall is not signed near the trade deadline, he needs to be traded. I think there's a lot of middle ground between "great" and "terrible" where Shero would still trade Hall. Good thing Lou is gone.

This whole thing has been incredibly weird cause it's the first time ever that Shero let a situation like this get this far. He always signed his upcoming top UFAs in july or august at the latest. To let it go in the season is unheard of.

2 hours ago, NJDevils1214 said:

Caufield dropped super far in the draft but I have to think he's highly valued. A Hall rental 1 for 1 probably won't get it done. A trade involving those two would have a lot of extra this and that going both ways. 

He didn't really drop he was projected late first round and he actually rise a bit after the world juniors

[NJDevs4978]

What angst is there here over whether Hall will be traded?  Other than from Hall himself.  It's not like we have an inquisitive or antagonistic media that's going to make it a daily issue?

[Jerzey]

I know this is a garbage website but...

https://www.nhltraderumors.me/2019/11/nhl-trade-rumors-taylor-hall-for-adam-larsson.html?fbclid=IwAR1TOIREjFUF0QQVrDnzUFglPEutz7peDRPd8WmjA4UsONSqXBrq3bT1nCY&m=1

“According to Joshua Marshall, Taylor Hall has informed his agent that he wants a trade as of a few days ago.The Edmonton Oilers are the number one team on his list.”

Seems like it could be a troll post though. And sorry about the huge text, it’s a copy and paste.

 

Edited November 16, 2019 by Jerzey

[NJDevils1214]

38 minutes ago, SterioDesign said:

I fully agree with this and it's not that hard to imagine, they've been relying on him so much and seeing him as a leader. Even if you're a paid professional it has to be hard to really follow someone you don't know will be your teammate the next day.

This whole thing has been incredibly weird cause it's the first time ever that Shero let a situation like this get this far. He always signed his upcoming top UFAs in july or august at the latest. To let it go in the season is unheard of.

He didn't really drop he was projected late first round and he actually rise a bit after the world juniors

Pretty sure I saw him within the top 10 a lot. Like just outside the top 5. He got taken at least 15 or something. Dropping like 8 spots is dropping to me.