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From Elliott Friedman's 30 Thoughts
7. Vegas has 11 defencemen on one-way contracts. The Golden Knights are an ideal trade partner, but it’s a bit of poker — other clubs might wait until waivers become a factor. Vegas had the hammer around the expansion draft and wielded it. Now, it’s the reverse.
26. Taylor Hall made three significant changes to his off-season preparation. First, he returned to the ice two months earlier than normal, in June instead of August. Second, “I wanted to become a better skater. I took power skating for the first time,” working with the respected Dawn Braid, who has a relationship with both John Tavares and the Arizona Coyotes. Third, “I moved to Toronto this summer for the first time in my life, to skate with NHL guys.” His peers included Tavares, Jason Spezza, Jeff Skinner and Sam Gagner.
Hall chose not to live downtown, going to a quieter area in the west end. “It was really easy to get to my gym. My dad trained me my whole life, taught a lot of speed, athletics. It was either Matt Nichol, Andy O’Brien or Gary Roberts. I went with Andy, and he helped me get a bit stronger, a bit more balanced.”
27. Hall had a ton of praise for the Islanders’ captain. “After skating with Tavares all summer… not that I didn’t respect him before, but he’s World Class. I always knew that, but his preparation, he’s a professional, the stuff he does on the ice…It’s fun to surround yourself with people like that because it just forces you to raise your game. Even though you’re skating at a community rink at 11 o’clock on a Wednesday, you’re still like, ‘Okay this guy is working on his game and he’s top 10 in the world, I should be there, too.’”
7. Vegas has 11 defencemen on one-way contracts. The Golden Knights are an ideal trade partner, but it’s a bit of poker — other clubs might wait until waivers become a factor. Vegas had the hammer around the expansion draft and wielded it. Now, it’s the reverse.
26. Taylor Hall made three significant changes to his off-season preparation. First, he returned to the ice two months earlier than normal, in June instead of August. Second, “I wanted to become a better skater. I took power skating for the first time,” working with the respected Dawn Braid, who has a relationship with both John Tavares and the Arizona Coyotes. Third, “I moved to Toronto this summer for the first time in my life, to skate with NHL guys.” His peers included Tavares, Jason Spezza, Jeff Skinner and Sam Gagner.
Hall chose not to live downtown, going to a quieter area in the west end. “It was really easy to get to my gym. My dad trained me my whole life, taught a lot of speed, athletics. It was either Matt Nichol, Andy O’Brien or Gary Roberts. I went with Andy, and he helped me get a bit stronger, a bit more balanced.”
27. Hall had a ton of praise for the Islanders’ captain. “After skating with Tavares all summer… not that I didn’t respect him before, but he’s World Class. I always knew that, but his preparation, he’s a professional, the stuff he does on the ice…It’s fun to surround yourself with people like that because it just forces you to raise your game. Even though you’re skating at a community rink at 11 o’clock on a Wednesday, you’re still like, ‘Okay this guy is working on his game and he’s top 10 in the world, I should be there, too.’”
