BUFFALO, N.Y. – Taylor Hall refused to buy into the negativity surrounding the Buffalo Sabres, and instead focused on the positives.The opportunity to alongside captain Jack Eichel was factor.
Playing for a familiar coach in Ralph Krueger another. Add in Buffalo being close to his home in Toronto, and the the Sabres willing to sign Hall to a one-year deal, allowing him to keep his options open for next year, were enough to put him over the top.“When you look past some of the smoke and some of the stuff that’s happened to the Sabres over the last couple of years, under the hood, there’s some really good pieces,” Hall said during a video call Monday, a day after signing a $8 million contract.“Hockey’s an interesting thing.