Taylor Hall is donning a number for the Devils that has had a relatively rich history. Specifically, he assumes the throne vacated by Zach Parise. We look at the significance of that move.
Taylor Hall is supposed to be number 4. That’s what he was for the Oilers. However, the Devils rightly retired #4 in honor of Scott Stevens. This left Hall looking for a new number. And boy, did he pick a provocative one.
From the Hockey Reference, this is the list of players to wear the sweater with the same number.
Wilf Paiement 1975-1980, Lanny McDonald 1980-1982, Don Lever 1982-1985, Kirk Muller 1986-1991, Tom Chorske 1992-1993, Bernie Nicholls 1994, Neal Broten 1995-1997, Vadim Sharifijanov 1997, Brendan Morrison 1998-2000, Jiri Bicek 2001-2004, Bruce Gardiner 2002, Craig Darby 2003, Zach Parise 2006-2012, Harri Pesonen 2013, Bobby Butler 2013, Jacob Josefson 2013, Mike Sislo 2014, Mattias Tedenby 2014, Joe Whitney 2014, Martin Havlat 2015, Jiri Tlusty 2016
First off, there are a few whoppers in there in terms of important Devils.