Interview With NHL Prospect Taylor Hall ft. Melissa Hashemian

Andrew: Taylor, I'm sure any NHL team would love to have a player of your calibre on their roster; which team would you be most interested into getting drafted onto?

Taylor Hall: It depends on where I'm ranked when draft week comes along I guess. Probably a team like Ottawa or Toronto, they're close to home and they seem like a team that's rebuilding and stuff like that. I don't really have any preferences, any team would be great to play for, and just playing in the NHL is fantastic. Ottawa and Toronto are close to home and they seem to be a good fit for me.

Mel: It's actually funny how you named Toronto. I'm pretty proud of you right now, not many people want to come play for Toronto.

Taylor Hall: I'd go and play in Toronto for sure.

Mel: It's been a dream probably. So, I saw a quote said by one of your Windsor Spitfires teammates, Ryan Ellis, and he said, and I'm sure you've heard this, "the 2010 draft can't come fast enough for him. He's just unbelievable, he's got skill, talent, he's got it all. The whole package." So, how does it feel to be so highly respected by your peers and especially a guy like that who has already done so much at the junior level?

Taylor Hall: Well, Ryan's one of my good friends. I see him everyday and I hang out with him a lot and it's really nice of him to say stuff like that. I can't really comment on how I play my game, but I'm fast and I'm pretty big.

Mel: I've seen the way you play, you're six feet right?

Taylor Hall: Yeah, six feet, six foot one, whatever.

Mel: Well, do you agree with him or how do you see yourself as a player?

Taylor Hall: I'm pretty big and I'm pretty fast and an offensive player that loves to score goals and get the play in the offensive going and trying creating turn overs and stuff like that, so I love playing offense, but at the same time I feel like I'm pretty reliable on defense.

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