Boston Bruins Hoping Taylor Hall Can Change

The Boston Bruins are off to a mediocre start at 6-5-0 on the season but the team is confident they can get things heated up in the win column. One player who needs to get hot is Taylor Hall. The Bruins are hopeful Hall can turns things around this season but they do believe some things need to change about Hall's game.

So far this season Hall has recorded three goals and seven points in 11 games. He's only playing 15:43 of ice-time a night, which for Hall is a career low. Bruins head coach Bruce Cassidy recently chatted with the media about Hall's game and had this to say about what the winger needs to change:

He’s a good person, and he's trying to work hard and be a Bruin. And I think with [left wing Brad Marchand] around, it was the perfect scenario for him. He slides in right behind a world-class player, can have some competition with a world-class player; he can get back to being a world-class player. So I think that's been the biggest help for Taylor with us is having a guy like March — watching him every day in practice, how he's grown his game, how hard he works. Because Taylor loves to work; he's on the ice a lot.

I think he's hard on himself. That's one area we're trying to pick. It's not the end of the world if it's a bad period or something goes wrong. This is how we play here. Just keep pushing, keep pushing, keep the puck out of our net. Help the team win, however you can. He’s now our net-front power-play guy. He hasn’t done a lot of that; he’s been more of an elbow guy. But to be on that first unit, that was what's available. So, he’s changed his game a little in that regard to suit the team.

Doesn't have to be the face of the franchise. We've talked about that. Just be a good solid player. I think that's how his game has been. He's developing chemistry with Charlie Coyle now. They’re still a work in progress. But I like what he's done for us. He’s made us a harder team to play against and should only get better.

Hall committed to the Bruins last offseason and the team is certainly committed to him. Expect them to do whatever they can to help Hall succeed and once he gets comfortable with his role with the club, expect Hall's numbers to increase all across the board.

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