When the Carolina Hurricanes acquired Taylor Hall in January 2025, his addition to the team was overlooked, while his production, especially at the end of the regular season, was underappreciated.
Some trades in NHL history are so infamous, they get their own unique name. Usually, they involve superstars who have just won awards, such as Quinn Hughes or Joe Thornton.
Watching Taylor Hall celebrate his day with the Stanley Cup, I couldn’t help but look back at the infamous one‑for‑one deal the Edmonton Oilers made to acquire Adam Larsson.
How many of the players to grace the cover of each EA NHL video game going back to 'NHL 2000?"
Fresh off winning the 2026 Stanley Cup with the Carolina Hurricanes, Taylor Hall reflected on the toughest moments of the team's championship run. Surprisingly, Hall pointed to the Eastern Conference Final opener against the Montreal Canadiens as Carolina's biggest challenge of the postseason.
The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.
A year ago, Brandon Bussi had no idea where he would play and if it would even be in the NHL. Last night, he stifled the Vegas Golden Knights and guided the Carolina Hurricanes to a much-anticipated Stanley Cup clinching victory, 3-0.
Winning a Stanley Cup is hard, especially if you’re a highly touted draft pick. Having this immense pressure of coming out on top is the pedigree that Taylor Hall has carried right next to his name wherever he has gone in his lengthy career.
When the Edmonton Oilers drafted Connor McDavid first overall in 2015, he was able to join a team that already had a deep forward group. Leon Draisaitl was coming off his first full season in the league, unbeknownst to anyone the offensive ceiling he would hit in his years that followed.
Perhaps no player is feeling the sting of losing the Stanley Cup more than Vegas Golden Knights forward Mitch Marner. While Marner was eager to turn the page on his time with the Toronto Maple Leafs, there’s an alternate reality where he could be celebrating a Stanley Cup win instead of wondering what if.
At long last, the Carolina Hurricanes are Stanley Cup champions again. Twenty years after winning their first one in 2006, the Hurricanes claim their second-ever Stanley Cup in 2026.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
One of the league’s most well-known veterans finally reached the pinnacle of his sport, even though the path to get there was winding. On Sunday night, the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final to clinch the franchise’s second championship, and first in 20 years.
Sixteen years after being drafted first overall by the Edmonton Oilers in 2010, Taylor Hall will have his name etched on the Stanley Cup. On Sunday evening, the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0, winning their second Stanley Cup in franchise history.
After so many deep playoff runs that just fell short, and after so many postseason disappointments, the Carolina Hurricanes are once again Stanley Cup champions.
There might not be another player in the entire National Hockey League with as unique a resume as Taylor Hall. He won two Memorial Cups in junior and was drafted first overall into the NHL.
When the Edmonton Oilers chose Taylor Hall with their first-ever, first-overall NHL Draft selection in 2010, they did so largely because of the winger’s “proven greatness on the big stage.” Earlier that spring, Hall had made Canadian Hockey League history by becoming the first player to win back-to-back Memorial Cup MVP awards.
After months of practices, games, travel, and storylines, the 2026 Stanley Cup Final is here. And this year’s edition will pit two franchises searching for their respective teams’ second championship, though the wait for each has been considerably different.
Taylor Hall is playing in the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in his NHL career. The former first-overall selection in the NHL Draft is in his second season and first full campaign with the Hurricanes, after being traded from the Chicago Blackhawks.
The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Montreal Canadiens in the Eastern Conference Finals. This places the Hurricanes in the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 2006.
Now that the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs have progressed into the Stanley Cup Final, it is time to start taking a look at the potential contenders for the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP.
The Carolina Hurricanes are Eastern Conference champions after a dominant showing in the East Final against the Montreal Canadiens. Taylor Hall led the charge in Game 5 on Friday night with three points.
Thanks to the Carolina Hurricanes' 6-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Friday night, the 2026 Stanley Cup Final is now officially set.
The Carolina Hurricanes are one step closer to making their first return to the Stanley Cup Final since the 2005-06 season. Thanks to their 4-0 win over
Taylor Hall has been just unbelievable for the Carolina Hurricanes. A sidepiece that came to Carolina in the Mikko Rantanen trade, Hall has been an incredible fit for the team, and he’s helping two young kids drag the Hurricanes through playoff rounds, even when the top line falls silent.
Oilersnation is reviving the Top 100 Edmonton Oilers of All Time list, a project originally created by the late Robin Brownlee in 2015. Taylor Hall comes in at No.
Logan Thompson delivered during the first period of Game 5.
Not less than 24 hours after the Carolina Hurricanes advanced to the second round of the 2025 NHL playoffs, the team announced a new deal with an essential piece of their roster.
It appears Taylor Hall is on the move.
While it’s not yet guaranteed that Taylor Hall will be traded by the Chicago Blackhawks ahead of the NHL Trade Deadline, Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic believes “that’s the most logical course of action for the veteran pending unrestricted free agent.” Hall has struggled a bit this season in Chicago.
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