Their Stanley Cup hopes fell short in Boston, but Taylor Hall and Nick Foligno will take on bigger roles in the Chicago Blackhawks rebuild. _phil_thompson has more.
in exchange for defensive prospects Ian Mitchell and Alec Regula, as well as the ability to shed Hall’s $6 million cap hit.“It is a bit of a change and I guess a change in expectation coming into the season,” he said, “but in saying that, you never know what an NHL year can bring for a team and you never know how quickly a team can come together and start to jell and figure things out.
It’s not just about feeding off each other for goals and assists. Hall, a former No. 1 pick himself by the Edmonton Oilers in 2010, is entrusted with mentoring the Hawks’ most precious commodity in a generation.“You can tell just watching him deal with the media and talk, he’s pretty well-mannered, he knows what to expect, he has high expectations from himself,” Hall said.
“When I saw that this was a possibility, I reached out to him right away, and I think he was looking forward to it.”
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