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Originally Posted by codynw
An 80 point winger isn't "elite"?
Sure he's not gonna win a Selke, but neither are Ovechkin, Kessel or Kane. Hall is an elite scoring winger (assuming he bounces back, cause he had a real bad year last year).
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Calling him an 80 point winger is as disingenous as calling Dion a 50 point defenseman.
Yeah it happened. Once. He also had a 50 point season and a 38 point season.
Hall is not elite. He's a star, but not a superstar. He's the Ryan Smyth or Mats Naslund, to Jarome Iginla. Close. But not quite.
It's moot now, but if the Oilers never got McDavid, I would be very comfortable in saying Hall would never reach 80 points again. I might even take a bet for 70 points.
And yeah, he's been injured. But also, he's always injured. You can't give him a pass cause he plays in spurts. A few seasons, ok. But so far, it's a regular thing.
Hall is not elite. He's very very good. He's not elite.