Tom Petty told us first that the waiting is the hardest part. It feels like he wrote that song for New Jersey Devils fans right now. It’s become inevitable that Taylor Hall will not finish his career with the Devils like many of us hoped, but at least the Devils will trade him now instead of waiting like the New York Islanders did with John Tavares.
Now, however, it’s hard to focus on games and really evaluate what’s going on during play. It doesn’t help that the Devils haven’t won a game in December and only won two since the middle of November.