Taylor Hall Appears To Be Fitting In Quite Nicely

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Off hand, I think we would have to go back to before the creation of the smartphone to find a Devils player that was too fast to be caught on camera. I mean, whoever taped this was literally making it a point to focus on Taylor Hall and their motor skills still weren't quick enough to keep up with Taylor Hall. You say Ilya Kovalchuk? I say moving in slow motion compared to the guy that is FINALLY slotting into his spot in the lineup as the dangerously talented winger that can take over a game at a moment's notice. Obviously it was fun to watch old highlights and start to picture what a blindingly fast playmaker would look like in red and black, but those wet dreams are starting to become a reality now that training camp is upon us. I didn't even get to see the entirety of (what I imagine was) Hallsy's inside-outside-inside deke on a hapless defender, and the all-too-swift conclusion to it still had my jeans tightening. We're not exactly back to the glory days quite yet, but adding a player that's basically built of the same cloth from which the 'fast, attacking, supportive' mantra was founded has literally and figuratively accelerated that process. There's actually high end skill back within the organization. Let's just hope the person who has it doesn't kill his own defensemen's confidence before the season starts. Is it October yet!?!