Where there’s smoke, there’s fire and right now Taylor Hall is engulfed in a cloud of burgundy and blue smoke. While some fans of the Colorado Avalanche don’t believe trading for Hall is something the team should do, general manager Joe Sakic very much disagrees - and he doesn’t want to wait until the trade deadline. Sakic is putting on the full court press to acquire the 28-year-old winger before the holiday roster freeze kicks in on December 19th.
Saturday night, Chris Johnston of Hockey Night in Canada had this to say about where the Hall trade negotiations stand:
“Some teams are thinking it might take as many as four pieces to get him (Hall) from the Devils.