Chris Pope of The Good Point.com Goes One-On-One With Future NHL'er Taylor Hall

thegoodpoint.com  by Contributor Written on March 12, 2009
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Taylor Hall may be less than two weeks removed from his 17th birthday, but he is already turning hockey heads as the projected first overall pick in his NHL Draft year.

The amazing thing is that, because of his late birthday, Hall won’t be eligible to be drafted until 2010.

What this means for Hall is one more year playing for the Windsor Spitfires in the OHL and one more year for NHL scouts to salivate over the slick center.

While talk about being the projected first overall NHL pick may be stressful for some 17-year-olds, Hall is taking it one stride at a time and is modelling himself after this year's projected first overall pick, John Tavares.

“A player like me can see what [Tavares] is going through and how he handles it and you can see on the ice what he’s doing and how he has matured as a player. Hopefully I can do that,” said Hall.

“I listen to a lot of his interviews and he has become a really mature man and hopefully I can do the same.”

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