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It is July 31st and Taylor Hall remains unsigned past this upcoming season with the New Jersey Devils. GM Ray Shero and his agent Darren Ferris have been in contact throughout the Summer, but things have been relatively quiet in the past few weeks since coach John Hynes said he is committed to team for this season regardless of new contract or not. Assistant GM Tom Fitzgerald told reporters yesterday that Hynes traveled to Toronto to meet with Hall and did not divulge on more after that but things are going well for him. It is obvious that the closer that we draw to training camp, the more serious talks will get. Hall did not want to rush into anything after the season in regards to his future in New Jersey. He wanted to wait and see what Ray Shero did this Summer to improve the team. Now that it has been a very busy Summer for Shero adding the likes of Jack Hughes with the number 1 pick, forward Wayne Simmonds, defenseman PK Subban and acquiring forward Nikita Gusev from Vegas. H...

It is July 11, 2019 and we are where we were back in my last post about Taylor Hall and that is he is still is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent next Summer on July 1 at Noon ET. With the history New Jersey has had in losing big name players under Lou Lamoriello, fans obviously are in a state of panic. Lamoriello already had this experience with his NY Islanders when they lost John Tavares for nothing in free agency last Summer to Toronto, but Lou was new on the job. Yesterday, during the teams developmental camp, Head Coach John Hynes mentioned Hall is 100% all in on the season with the Devils despite the contract uncertainty. The big question is, what does GM Ray Shero think or how he is going to approach the situation? As mentioned above, the key for Hall and the Devils is to not get TAVARES-ed. Meaning, if he does not sign an extension by training camp, the best route to go is to trade him for heavy assets of roster players, prospects and likely a 1st and 2nd roun...