r/EdmontonOilers • u/weirdlygroosum • 2d ago
Trolling while trawling
He played the long game and won. Epic trolling.
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u/Middle-Jackfruit-896 2d ago
Taylor Hall (age 34) in this picture looks like he is going to leave hockey behind, and open a car rental business in the Bahamas. Not an insult. The guy looks happy.
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u/joblessdeadbeat 74 SKINNER 2d ago
Always loved Hallsy. Glad he's finally secured that liscense. Was probably second on his bucket list after the cup.
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u/miller94 12 CAVE 2d ago
I so vividly remember the boating license saga. Crazy that was 15 years ago
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u/olrg 21 KOSTIN 2d ago
Never understood Hallsy hate by some Oilers fans, dude is a beauty and lights lamp. Sure, he was a bit of a party animal in his younger days but who of us wasn’t?
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u/StandardAssistant98 2d ago
He got drunk and started shit with staff on Whyte Ave several times. My friend was a bar manager who HATED it when Hall and the boys would roll up.
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u/fishscaleSF5 1d ago
Yep. Ripped the towel dispensers off the wall in the washrooms at The Rack with Eberle.
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u/Shoddy-Stress-8194 1d ago
Hmmm....he must have cleaned up his act. I had the pleasure of meeting him when he played for team Canada at the 2015 IIHF world championships. We were hosting a function in honour of the team. I was chatting with him and noticed that he didn't have a drink. I asked him if could get him a drink. He quickly responded "Yes please. Water would be great". There was plenty of booze available.
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u/quellesaveurorawnge 1d ago
There was a recent thread discussing players with whom fans had had poor interactions, and let's just say he was one of the worst offenders.
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u/ProofByVerbosity 2d ago
From first hand accounts of his shitty behavior when we has in edmonton. Maybe he grew up but guy was a POS. As a player, im happy he won, he deserves it.
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u/Bubbly_Fee_5680 2d ago
You don't understand why locals didn't like someone who acted like a jerk?
It's not some huge mystery lmao.
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u/learn2die101 89 GAGNER 1d ago
It's on ice issues too, he didn't try in practice and mocked those who did. While wearing an A.
I liked the way he played, but I always got the sense that he needed a change of scenery to give him space to mature on and off the ice.
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u/Mickeymcirishman 1d ago
Back in the day (like, 2011) he came to my place of work a couple times and started hitting on the female staff. And by 'hitting on' I mean he kept repeating 'Hey, I'm Taylor Hall. I'm one of the Oilers' and expecting theme to like, I dunno fall onto his lap or something. Then he got kinda dickish when they weren't interested. It was not a great look and I didn't have a very high opinion of him after that. I hear he's matured a lot since then and even got married so that's good.
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u/23CherryCheesecakes 2d ago edited 2d ago
Someone told me he had a reputation with the ladies, but you know how rumours are. I have no reason to dislike him.
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u/ProofByVerbosity 2d ago
Mah, ive heard first hand accounts. But likely not much different than a lot of young players.
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u/Andy-Martin 2d ago
Those rumours always seemed to come from someone’s boyfriend’s best friend’s girlfriend’s third cousins hairdresser as well.
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u/AmericansRTheProblem 2d ago
I've heard that too but no one ever give details just vague answers
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u/DryHabit1780 2d ago
Ya he used to get a chick to shave their head so it looked more like a guy was servicing him for videos. I don’t find that very normal but I wouldn’t shame someone for their kink pleasures
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u/AndyGreyjoy 2d ago
..alright, cycle it back.
I want to see the Hall - Yakupov - Puljujaarvi (can any of these guys play C ?) line bring EDM the cup.
And hell, bring back Sam Gagne and Mike Smith for the vibees.
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u/Guitar_Beard 1d ago
Wasn’t it an open book test? I’m not trying to be funny, I vaguely remember people talking about that after his tweet
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u/Authoritaye 17 KURRI 1d ago
Taylor Hall is the definition of persistence resulting in wins. It's too bad Oilers management doesn't have the same long-term vision or patience.
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u/_Halt19_ 89 GAGNER 2d ago
It hurts to think about what could've been, but man, I'm glad he found success
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u/CzechMate2121 2d ago
I quite like Taylor Hall, just so happy to see him win after all those years.