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Exactly, Hall by far makes the most sense. He’s still helping to drive play as well as he ever has, even on a crap Buffalo team and right now, he’s being centered by Eric Staal. The line of him, Eichel and Reinhart flirted with a xGF% of 70 before Eichel got hurt, and were actually outscoring their expect goal rate per hour by almost a third of a goal. Just imagine what he could do next to Barzal and Eberle.
Palmieri on the other hand is fine. I don’t know if I really believe he “fits the system” better than Hall would - I think they’d both find their place after some kind of adjustment period - but he’s not having a great year doesn’t drive play like Hall does, both in transition and in short attempt generation. I firmly believe right now is our best chance at a Cup, gotta strike while the iron is hot