St. Louis Game Time · Mar 30, 2021
Should the Blues make a play for Taylor Hall?
Believe it or not, Taylor Hall is ben in the NHL for over a decade. The former first overall draft pick of the 2010 draft began the trend of the Edmonton Oilers drafting high (or first overall) and then snuffing out that draft pick’s will to play. You may remember Nail Yakupov, the former highly touted prospect who was drafted first by the Oilers two years after Hall. He briefly played for the Blues under coach Ken Hitchcock, which served Yak so well that the team declined to extend him a qualifying offer. After a one year stint with the Avalanche, Yakupov is now with the Avengard Omsk of the KHL. He has seven goals and nine assists in 37 GP this season.