Shero was interviewed during the 1st intermission and basically said they never had contract talks with Hall and they didn't really ever consider signing him to a longterm deal interesting.
Basically what trading Hall means. It's more of a continuation of their old rebuild because Lou left that team in such a hellhole with no prospects (made worse by Shero whiffing on that Zacha pick). I don't blame Shero for adding Hall since it only cost them Larsson & it didn't really hurt their rebuild thanks to the two lotteries. It just seemed like the whole Taylor Hall era was a waste of time since all it got them was one playoff win. Some of that is bad luck with Schneider's health falling off a cliff & Hall getting injured last year but idk. It should have accelerated their rebuild & they kind of just accepted being bad until this year & those moves backfired.
Give Josi the Norris please (I know he won’t win it this year, but let this man win one before he’s done)
Comrie has been bad in Winnipeg, he was bad in Detroit. I still don’t understand the point of trading for a #3 goaltender in the first place only to lose him on waivers right after. I truly thought they planned to play the long game with Comrie, especially knowing Howard is likely done after this year. Maybe Yzerman knew it was a gamble and decided that he was fine with freeing up a contract in the worst case scenario. Still, seems like a trade that didn’t need to happen.